OTC Public Images Release Notes October 2020

Linux

New Fedora image released

Standard_Fedora_32_latest
default login user: linux
supported OTC flavors: https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/flavor-list
Fedora 28 and Fedora 29 will be discontinued soon
discontinue Fedora 29

OTC public image Standard_Fedora_29 will be discontinued 31st January 2021

what does that mean then?
- public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list
  - Standard_Fedora_29_latest
  - Standard_Fedora_29_prev
- OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Fedora_29_latest images will be available until 31th of March 2021
  - https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories
- 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
- new ECS can be installed by using image id from existing ECS installed with one of these images
- continue using these images is without OTC support
It is recommended to migrate existing ECS to Fedora 32.
discontinue Fedora 28

OTC public image Standard_Fedora_28 will be discontinued 31st December 2020

what does that mean then?
- public images will be no longer listed in OTC public image list
  - Standard_Fedora_28_latest
  - Standard_Fedora_28_prev
- OTC internal package repositories preconfigured in Standard_Fedora_28_latest images will be available until 28th of February 2021
  - https://imagefactory.otc.t-systems.com/package-repositories
- 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
- new ECS can be installed by using image id from existing ECS installed with one of these images
- continue using these images is without OTC support
It is recommended to migrate existing ECS to Fedora 32.

Windows

Updated Microsoft Windws Server Images with current Microsoft Windows Server Patches of October 2020 (14th)

Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 approached end of support lifecycle on Januar 14th 2020. For details see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4456235/end-of-support-for-windows-server-2008-and-windows-server-2008-r2
- public Windows Server 2008 R2 images were removed form OTC plattform with October patch cycle.
Windows Server 2012 R2
- 2020-10 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4580358)
- 2020-10 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4580347)
- 2020-10 Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4578623)
- 2020-10 Security Only Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 for x64 (KB4566468)
- 2020-10 Security Only Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 for x64 (KB4580469)
Windows Server 2016
- 2020-10 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (KB4580346)
Windows Server 2019
- 2020-10 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB4577668)
- 2020-10 Servicing Stack Update for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB4577667)
- 2020-10 Security Update for Adobe Flash Player for Windows Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (KB4580325)
- 2020-10 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.7.2 and 4.8 for Windows Server 2019 for x64 (KB4579976)
Driver and tools of all Windows Server types
- Cloudbase-Init: 0.9.12.dev86
- XEN GPL driver: 5.0.136.10
- KVM UVP Vmtools: 2.5.0.156
- Intel(R) Network Connections Software Version 25.0, January 2, 2020
- NVIDIA vGPU driver: 370.41 (fixes CVE 2019 5698)
- NVIDIA pGPU driver: 443.66 (solves CVE‑2020‑5980, CVE‑2020‑5979, CVE‑2020‑5981, CVE‑2020‑5982 )
- NVIDIA V100 / T4 driver: 426.94 (fixes CVE‑2020‑5980, CVE‑2020‑5979, CVE‑2020‑5981, CVE‑2020‑5982 )

Linux

SUSE SAP Images

The SAP images for SLES 15 SP0 (Enterprise_SLES15_SP0_SAP_latest, Enterprise_SLES15_SP0_SAP_BMS_latest) and SP1 ( Enterprise_SLES15_SP1_SAP_latest, Enterprise_SLES15_SP1_SAP_BMS_latest) have been recently released. The SLES 12 SP5 SAP image will be released in due course.