SUSE-RU-2026:20087-1: important: Recommended update for suse-migration-services

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# Recommended update for suse-migration-services

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2026:20087-1  
Release Date: 2026-01-15T16:28:43Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1250003
  * bsc#1253963
  * jsc#PED-13640

  
Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

  
  
An update that contains one feature and has two fixes can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for suse-migration-services fixes the following issues:

  * Bump to version: 2.1.29
    * Fix mount_system unit
    * Run ssh precheck only for SLE16 target The check for the ssh default settings change should only be performed for migrations to SLE16
    * Only generate wicked xml if service is the active network
    * Fix unit link check and no use of path.join
    * Fixed migration live image package requires
    * Update setup_host_network service
    * Fix backup processing
    * Fix log handler setup
    * Drop and backup /etc/sysconfig/network
    * Skip migration if wicked is not the default network config service
    * Add package_installed method
    * Backup drop_path data
    * Check if package exists prior drop
    * Fixed use of suse version macros
    * drop README_QA.rst
    * Update conditional requires per review
    * Consolidate project documentation
    * Fixed spec file regarding wicked2nm
  * Bump to version: 2.1.28
    * Fix update_version helper
    * Fix mount_system
    * Fix order of reboot service
    * Improve dracut logging
    * Drop wicked component after nm migration
    * Move script package to the main migration provider
    * Add DropComponents class
    * Fixed spec file:
      * suse-migration-container-pam-config.service was not installed
    * Create systemd.link files for biosdevname (bsc#1253963)
    * Create lib file for common network-prereq tasks
    * update PAM configurations to use pam_unix.so SLE16 no longer provides compat links for pam_unix_*.so. Fix the configuration for tools that are still using those compat links so they don't break after migration (PED-13640)
    * Omit cio_ignore kernel commandline on zkvm (bsc#1250003)
  * Bump to version: 2.1.27
    * Refactor mount_system service
    * Fix order of reboot service
    * Add support for wicked2nm in container workflow
    * Fix unit test for solver test case
    * Fixes for btrfs_snapshot_pre_migration

## 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 Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-147=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-147=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    * suse-migration-pre-checks-2.1.29-160000.1.1
    * suse-migration-services-common-2.1.29-160000.1.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (noarch)
    * suse-migration-pre-checks-2.1.29-160000.1.1
    * suse-migration-services-common-2.1.29-160000.1.1

## References:

  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250003
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253963
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-13640

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