SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1 Public Beta is out!

Thu Aug 22 15:16:33 UTC 2024

We are thrilled to announce the Beta2 of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
6.1!

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1 is a modern operating system
primarily targeted for edge computing.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro leverages the enterprise-hardened
technology components of SUSE Linux Enterprise and merges that with
what developers want from a modern, secure, immutable OS platform. As
a result, you get an ultra-reliable infrastructure platform that is
also simple to use and comes out-of-the-box with best-in-class
compliance.

Using SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro, you can build and scale
differentiating systems across a wide range of industries including
aerospace, telecom, automotive, defense, healthcare,
hospitality, and manufacturing. SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1 is
available on the AMD64 and Intel* 64 (x86_64), Arm* 64, IBM* POWER
(ppc64le) and IBM* z System or LinuxONE (s390x) hardware
architectures. For more information, please refer Release Notes.

Download

You can download SLE Micro 6.1 Beta2 from
https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/micro-beta.

Notable Changes

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PED-8466 - SLE Micro 6.1 adds general support for the IBM Power
platform (ppc64le) to the product. It requires at least IBM Power9.
IBM Power8 is not supported. The support for IBM Power is currently
still in progress and not yet finalized.

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PED-8686 - Added soft-reboot support (more info
https://microos.opensuse.org/blog/2024-06-13-soft-reboot/ )

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SMO-353 - Include vhostmd for SAP Virtualization

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PED-8599 - Secure offline updates from USB thumb drives

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PED-8234 - chrony-pool-empty for Sles Micro

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PED-8497 - pf-bb-config available on SL Micro

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Number of packages have been updated

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Multiple bugfixes

Known issues

Functional

- bsc#1229146[2]:openQA test fails in journal_check:
basic.target: Job cockpit-ws-user.service/stop deleted to break
ordering cycle starting with basic.target/stop
- bsc#1215377[3]:plugin /usr/sbin/sedispatch terminated
unexpectedly
- bsc#1215378[4]:libvirtd[982]: error from service:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.login1.OperationInProgress: The
operation inhibition has been requested for is already running

Kernel

- bsc#1229138[5]:P2 - kdump can't be setup on sl micro on s390x
architecture - confirmed issue
- bsc#1229207[6]:High crashkernel memory requirements for kdump on
SL Micro encrypted image
- bsc#1229025[7]:SLERT-15SP6: /proc/sys/kernel/printk does not
exist

Filesystems

- bsc#1229160[8]:generic/754 fails on xfs
- bsc#1228321[9]:btrfs/300 fails
- bsc#1210821[10]:NFSv3 issue, known issue from 15SP5
- bsc#1218042[11]:generic/730 fails on btrfs, known issue from
15SP6
- bsc#1223284[12]:generic/741 fails on btrfs, known issue from
15SP6

Containers

- bsc#1215377[13]:plugin /usr/sbin/sedispatch terminated
unexpectedly
- bsc#1229231[13]:systemd units ordering cycles
- bsc#1215378[14]:libvirtd[982]: error from service:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.login1.OperationInProgress: The
operation inhibition has been requested for is already running

Migration

- bsc#1229132[14]:SELinux: pam_wtmpdb module is not allowed to open
wtmp database if called by /bin/login
- bsc#1223259[15]:sedispatch[1192]: Connection Error (Failed to
connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: Connection
refused): AVC Will be dropped
- bsc#1215377[16]:plugin /usr/sbin/sedispatch terminated
unexpectedly

Security

- bsc#1218181[16]:[SLEM][6.0][Build7.1][x86_64][encrypted]
systemd-cryptsetup reports error "Device luks is still in use" at
every vm reboot

Virtualization

- bsc#1229131[17]:[SLEM][6.1][Build9.15] Some guests fail to
install due to "Could not run /usr/bin/swtpm_setup"
- bsc#1218181[18]:[SLEM][6.0][Build7.1][x86_64][encrypted]
systemd-cryptsetup reports error "Device luks is still in use" at
every vm reboot
- bsc#1210429[18]:reduce timeout when no ignition/combustion
config is provided //For now, we have to wait for almost 10 - 15 mins to
boot up ppc64le qemu images successfully due to this bug

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact us at
beta-programs at suse.com.

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