Recommended update for kdump

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3863-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kdump fixes the following issues:

  • Add watchdog modules to kdump initrd to prevent that the crash dump may be interrupted by a watchdog, which caused hpwdt kernel module not building (bsc#1189923)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3863=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3863=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-3863=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.16.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.16.1
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.16.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.16.1
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.16.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kdump-debugsource-0.8.16-11.16.1
    • kdump-debuginfo-0.8.16-11.16.1
    • kdump-0.8.16-11.16.1

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