SUSE-RU-2021:2628-1: moderate: Recommended update for open-vm-tools

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for open-vm-tools
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2021:2628-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #1029961 #1180997 #1185103 #1185175 #1187567 
                    
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Manager Server 4.0
                    SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
                    SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS
                    SUSE Enterprise Storage 6
                    SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0
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   An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:

   This update for open-vm-tools fixes the following issues:

   Update from version 11.2.0 to version 11.3.0

   - Changes in version 11.3.0 (bsc#1187567)

     * Reduce or eliminate Linux dependency on the 'net-tools' package.
       * The 'ifconfig' and 'netstat' commands are deprecated in more recent
         releases of Linux. Update the Linux 'vm-support' script to use the
         'ip' and 'ss' commands when available. If the new commands are
         missing a fallback will be used. In Particular, 'ip' has a fallback
         on 'ifconfig', 'ip route' will fallback on 'route' and 'ss' will
         fallback on 'netstat'.
     * Configuring OVT with the '--without-pam' option will implicitly
       disable 'vgauth'.
       * When no 'vgauth' option is given alongside '--without-pam', a
         warning is displayed with a message 'Building without PAM; vgauth
         will be disabled.'.
       * When '--disable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', no
         warning or error message is displayed.
       * When '--enable-vgauth' is supplied alongside '--without-pam', an
         error will be shown and the configure stage will be aborted with an
         error message 'Cannot enable vgauth without PAM. Please configure
         without --without-pam or without --enable-vgauth.'
     * Fix issues using GCC 11 with gtk >= 3.20 and glib >=2.66.3
     * Fix more GCC 11 failures. (bsc#1185103)
     * Update the 'FreeBSD' specific sections of 'open-vm-tools' to adjust
       what necessary for 'ARM64'.
     * New command line tool 'vmwgfxctrl' introduced in 'open-vm-tools'.
       * A user can now control various aspects of the 'vmwgfx' Linux kernel
         module. Currently it can both display and set the current topology
         of the 'vmwgfx' kernel driver. It is useful when trying to configure
         custom resolutions on recent Linux distributions, including
         multi-monitor setups.
     * New command line tool 'vmware-alias-import' added to 'open-vm-tools'
       that can be used to import 'vgauth' config data and apply it to the
       running 'vgauth' service.
     * Enhancements to support or utilize various vSphere features.
     * In 'vmtoolsd.service' move the deprecated path '/var/run' to '/run'
       for it's 'PID' file. (bsc#1185175)
     * Finalize the 'UsrMerge'. (bsc#1029961)

   - Changes in version 11.2.5 (bsc#1180997)
     * Some potential memory leaks were fixed
     * The SUSE specific vmtoolsd PAM configuration file incorrectly
       referenced pam_securetty.so

   Some minor issues have been fixed as well. Please refer to the rpm's
   changelog file in order to see the full list of all changes.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended 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 Manager Server 4.0:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 6:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-2628=1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0:

      To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It
      will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger
      updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.



Package List:

   - SUSE Manager Server 4.0 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1

   - SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (x86_64):

      libvmtools-devel-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      libvmtools0-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-debugsource-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-desktop-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-11.3.0-4.37.7.1
      open-vm-tools-sdmp-debuginfo-11.3.0-4.37.7.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1029961
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180997
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185103
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185175
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187567



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