[ANNOUNCEMENT] SLE15 SP6 PublicBeta-202402 is released

Thu Mar 7 14:10:20 UTC 2024

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Hi,

we are happy to announce PublicBeta-202402 for SLE 15 SP6. The snapshot
media is only released to our partners in the Partner Beta Program and is
accessible to all members of the Public Beta Program via the Pool channel.
To update they need to force a refresh via 'sudo zypper ref --force'.

Main Info Page
==============
[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SUSE+Linux+Enterprise+Server+15+SP6)
- information on the project, its status and responsibilities as well as
important documents and locations.

Download Links
==============
You can get the PublicBeta-202402 ISO images from:

- [SLE-15-SP6-Full-PublicBeta-202402](
http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Full-PublicBeta-202402)
- [SLE-15-SP6-Online-PublicBeta-202402](
http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Online-PublicBeta-202402)
- [SLE-15-SP6-Minimal-PublicBeta-202402](
http://download.suse.de/install/SLE-15-SP6-Minimal-PublicBeta-202402)

Next Steps
==========
- 2024-03-19 - kABI freeze
- 2024-03-19 - Crypto freeze
- 2024-03-20 - Code submit deadline for RC1
- 2024-03-28 - RC1-202403

Important Notice
================

SLE 15 SP6 is labelled as a "Refresh" Service Pack. To learn more about our
"Consolidation/Refresh" model please refer to this [article](
https://www.suse.com/c/how-suse-builds-its-enterprise-linux-distribution-part-4/).
Please take a note that during the beta phase our images will continue to
evolve and we'll add new fetaures untill our Public Beta milestone.

For more details on the project roadmap please head to the [Time page of
the Project Plan](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/SLE15+SP6+Time+Line+and+Gant+Chart),
which includes more information on each project and release milestone and
their Acceptance Criteria. You can find a detailed SLE 15 SP6 schedule on
[Confluence](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP6/Schedule)
as well.

Build Numbers
=============
* SLE-15-SP6-Full:          Build62.1
* SLE-15-SP6-Online:        Build62.1

* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.123
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.126
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.128

* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.123
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.126
* SLES15-SP6-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.128

* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Aliyun-Build1.85
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-OpenStack-Build1.84
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-SAP-CCloud-Build1.83

* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Aliyun-Build1.85
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-OpenStack-Build1.84
* SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-SAP-CCloud-Build1.83

* SLES15-SP6-EC2-ECS-HVM.aarch64-0.9.1-Build1.83
* SLES15-SP6-EC2-ECS-HVM.x86_64-0.9.1-Build1.83

* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80
* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83
* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85

* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.80
* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83
* SLES15-SP6-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85

* SLES15-SP6-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.82
* SLES15-SP6-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83
* SLES15-SP6-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85

* SLES15-SP6-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.82
* SLES15-SP6-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.83
* SLES15-SP6-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.85

* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.80
* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.84
* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.86

* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.80
* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.84
* SLES15-SP6-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.86

* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.aarch64-RaspberryPi-Build5.32

* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Build3.101
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Cloud-Build3.101
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Build3.101
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Cloud-Build3.101

* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.aarch64-kvm-Build5.32

* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.s390x-Cloud-Build3.101
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.s390x-kvm-Build3.101

* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-Cloud-Build5.32
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-MS-HyperV-Build5.32
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-VMware-Build5.32
* SLES15-SP6-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-Build5.32

* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Devel-Build1.73
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Production-Build1.73

* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Devel-Build1.73
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Production-Build1.73

* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.114
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.114
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.114

* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.72
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.72
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.72

* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.71
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.72
* SLES15-SP6-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.72

* SLES15-SP6-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.71
* SLES15-SP6-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.72
* SLES15-SP6-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.72

* SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.71
* SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.71
* SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.72

* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Basic-Build1.82
* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Standard-Build1.80

* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.82
* SLES15-SP6.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.84

* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Basic-Build1.82
* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Standard-Build1.80
* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.82
* SLES15-SP6.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.84

Notable Changes
===============
Since the Last Beta

New OpenSSH is handling the root login permit differently.  There are no
changes in the behavior in the default behavior, but some corner cases
might be affected. See bsc#1221005. This milestone features many bug fixes
and updates.
openssl3.0 is now the default, but the 1.1 is still available.
This milestone features many bug fixes and updates, and the last kernel.

Since the Beta Begin

GNOME 45, glibc 2.38, kernel 6.4, PostgreSQL 16, java-openjdk 21,  systemd
254, qemu 8.2.0, libguestfs 1.52.0, postfix 3.8.4 and go 1.22.

Complete Changelogs
-------------------------------
[Full Changelog on xcdchk](
http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Test/62.1)

Selection of Changes in this Milestone
======================================

The Selection will be available very soon [under the link](
http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP6-Full-Test/62.1)

Resolved and Known Issues
=========================

Notable Known Issues
____________________
bsc#1220681: Apache does not start in FIPS mode. This will be fixed in the
next build.
bsc#1220858  mozilla-nss-certs is not available. libnssckbi.so is provided
by p11-kit-nss-trust instead. mozilla-nss-certs will be available again in
the next build

SAP
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bsc#1220851  sap-installation-wizard (autoyast_sles4sap_hana) autoyast
installation, reports : Value '' is invalid. This will be fixed in the next
build.
bsc#1220125 - [hana-perf] Persistent bios(devname) provided network
interface names broke on

Virtualization
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bsc#1216796 Timeout to compress guest system disk image via qemu-img
bsc#1220143  VM startup indefinitely stucks at "start job is running for
wicked managed network interfaces"

PPC64
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bsc#1220711  LPFC adapter (Everest/1060/lpfc/Nool)
bcs#1219958  mcore is not getting saved when fadump is configured)

s390x
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bsc#1220714  virtqemud logging problem reporting wrongly End of file while
reading data

aarch64
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bsc#1220281 - instances does not fallback to first-boot when no cloud-int
config is configured

OpenSUSE 15.6 Known Bugs
________________________

https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bug_Day (landing page) and
https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Known_bugs_15.6 specifically for 15.6 Bug
finding and Known issues dashboard

Resolved
--------
* For a complete bug list, please refer to our [Bugzilla page](
https://bugzilla.suse.com/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&list_id=13942414&namedcmd=SLE_15SP6_Triage)

Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team

-- 
*Radoslav Tsvetkov*
Senior Program Manager SUSE BCL Linux
<https://www.suse.com/solutions/business-critical-linux/>
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