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OTC Public Images Release Notes July 2023

SMT service

Migration SMT - package repository service

Package repository server preconfigured in OTC public images
will be upgraded and shifted into a new infrastructure. 

planned date:          24th of July 2023  
affected service URL:  smt.eu-de.otc-service.com  
affected OTC regions:  eu-de

After migration, IP address of SMT service URL will be provided out of
a new network segment: 198.19.0.0/16
Access to this network segment is allowed for all ECS by default.
Please ensure not to block this network segment in private security groups.

For migration, there is

  • no service downtime
  • no need to reconfigure running ECS or existing images

An overview about services within same network segment you can get here:
https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/home/public-services-in-otc-new-ip-addresses

An overview about available package repositories:
https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories

Linux

Discontinue Ubuntu 18.04

OTC public image Standard_Ubuntu_18.04 will be discontinued on 31th December 2023.

what does that mean?

public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list

  • Standard_Ubuntu_18.04_latest
  • Standard_Ubuntu_18.04_prev  

OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Ubuntu_18.04 images will be available as long as they are oficially provided by vendor. https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories

  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.

It is recommended to migrate existing ECS to

  • Standard_Ubunut_22.04_latest

Discontinue Fedora 36

OTC public image Standard_Fedora_36 will be discontinued on 30th September 2023.

what does that mean?

public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list

  • Standard_Fedora_36_latest
  • Standard_Fedora_36_prev  

OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Fedora_36_latest images will be available until 30th November 2023. https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories

  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.

It is recommended to migrate existing ECS to

  • Standard_Fedora_38_latest

BMS Support for AlmaLinux 8, Rocky Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 8 for BMS available

Image Names:

Oracle Linux 8

  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_8_amd64_bios_latest
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_8_amd64_bios_BMS_latest
  • Enterprise_OracleLinux_8_amd64_bios_GPU_latest

Alma Linux 8

  • Standard_AlmaLinux_8_amd64_bios_latest
  • Standard_AlmaLinux_8_amd64_bios_BMS_latest
  • Standard_AlmaLinux_8_amd64_bios_GPU_latest

Rocky Linux 8

  • Standard_RockyLinux_8_amd64_bios_latest
  • Standard_RockyLinux_8_amd64_bios_BMS_latest
  • Standard_RockyLinux_8_amd64_bios_GPU_latest

Windows

GPU images uses the new NVIDIA license server - for details see new NVIDIA license service DLS 3.1 available

GPU images of Windows Server 2019 and 2022 have new names - see below

New Windows Server 2022 BMS image with support for physical.i7n Flavor (Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD_amd64_uefi_BMS_latest)

Updated Microsoft Windows Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of July 2023, 12th

  • new updates for Windows Server 2012 R2 (end of live is October 2023)

    • 2023-07 Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64 (KB5028941)
    • 2023-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5028228)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.115 (KB890830)
    • 2023-07 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based systems (KB5028167)
    • 2023-07 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB5028223)

  • new updates for Windows Server 2016

    • 2023-07 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB5028169)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.115 (KB890830)

  • new updates for Windows Server 2019

    • 2023-07 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB5028168)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.115 (KB890830)
    • 2023-07 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2 and 4.8 for Windows Server 2019 for x64 (KB5028936)

  • new updates for Windows Server 2022

    • Microsoft Edge-Stable Channel Version 114 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 114.0.1823.79)
    • Microsoft Edge-Extended Stable Channel Version 114 Update for x64 based Editions (Build 114.0.1823.79)
    • Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool x64 - v5.115 (KB890830)
    • 2023-07 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.8 and 4.8.1 for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64 (KB5028943)
    • 2023-07 Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5028171)

  • updated NVIDIA driver for Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016

  • new NVIDIA driver 536.25 for Windows Server 2019 and 2022

    • images have new naming convention:
      • Enterprise_Windows-Server_2019_STD-NV_amd64_bios_GPU_latest
      • Enterprise_Windows-Server_2019_STD-NV_amd64_uefi_GPU_latest
      • Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD-NV_amd64_bios_GPU_latest
      • Enterprise_Windows-Server_2022_STD-NV_amd64_uefi_GPU_latest
    • new driver supports A100 flavor
    • for details see NVIDIA release notes: https://docs.nvidia.com/grid/16.0/grid-vgpu-release-notes-generic-linux-kvm/index.html

  • unchanged drivers and tools of all Windows Server OS versions

    • Cloudbase-Init: 1.1.4 (stable version)
    • KVM UVP Vmtools: 2.5.0.156
    • Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 28.0 rev. 1.2, April, 2023 (BMS only)
    • Melanox MLNX_WinOF2-3_10_51000_All_x64