SUSE-RU-2024:0426-1: Recommended update for supportutils

Q: Which environments are covered by this update?

The update applies to supportutils on SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS and 15 SP2 LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS and 15 SP2 LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 and 15 SP2, and SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0.

Q: What operational issues does the update address?

It improves support-data collection and reporting, including Xen Dom0 detection, smart disk errors, chrony or NTP collection, Podman display, NVMe-STAS configuration, zypp history, kernel live-patch information, and long listings for /etc/sssd/sssd.conf. It also fixes plugins creating empty files when supportconfig.rc is used and removes dependencies on util-linux-systemd and kmod.

Published Feb 8, 2024

Updated

This update for supportutils fixes the following issues: Update to version 3.1.28 Correctly detects Xen Dom0 (bsc#1218201) Fixed smart disk error (bsc#1218282) Remove supportutils requires for util-linux-systemd and kmod (bsc#1193173) Added missing klp information to kernel-livepatch.txt (bsc#1216390) Fixed plugins creating empty files when using supportconfig.rc (bsc#1216388) Provides long listing for /etc/sssd/sssd.conf (bsc#1211547) Optimize lsof usage (bsc#1183663) Collects chrony or ntp as needed (bsc#1196293) Fixed podman display issue (bsc#1217287) Added nvme-stas configuration to nvme.txt (bsc#1216049) Added timed command to fs-files.txt (bsc#1216827) Collects zypp history file issue#166 (bsc#1216522)