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OTC Public Images Release Notes December 2024

Linux

End of Service Oracle Linux 7 Image 31st December 2024.

Oracle Linux 7 Image reaches End of Service on 31st December 2024.

Oracle Linux 7 Image reaches it’s official End of Service Status Premier Support End on the 31st December 2024. As of this date, OTC public images for Oracle Linux 7 are no longer updated anymore and are being hidden from web console. At the same time the Open Telekom Support for those images are no longer valid:

  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_latest
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_P100_latest
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_GPU_latest
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_BMS_latest
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_prev
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_P100_prev
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_GPU_prev
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_BMS_prev
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_7*

Already existing ECS installed with one of these images:

  • existing ECS installed with one of these images can be reinstalled
  • existing ECS installed with one of these images can be used to create a new ECS

A new ECS can still be installed with a discontinued image by using its image id directly. Using a discontinued image is without OTC support.

OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Enterprise_OracleLinux_7_latest images will be available until 31st March 2025.
https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories

New Image Release - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5

Windows

Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of December 2024, 11th

  • New updates for Windows Server 2016

    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.130 (KB890830)
    • 2024-12 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5048671)
  • New updates for Windows Server 2019

    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.130 (KB890830)
    • 2024-12 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5048661)
  • New updates for Windows Server 2022

    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.130 (KB890830)
    • Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 131 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 131.0.2903.86)
    • 2024-12 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5048654)

Updated Drivers and Tools

  • n/a

Unchanged Drivers and Tools

  • Cloudbase-Init: 1.1.6 (stable version) with OTC patch 1.0
    • service startup type is set to manual and triggerinfo is set to start/networkon (prevents error messages of not running cloudbase-init service)
  • NVIDIA driver 538.95 for Windows Server 2019 and 2022
  • .net Framework 4.8 (Windows Server 2016 and 2019 only)
  • virtIO KVM driver package version 0.1.262
  • Chocolatey client version 2.3.0