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crashkernel=auto
setting on UEK R3
/boot
is on a
btrfs
subvolume
RemoveIPC=yes
is configured for
systemd
net_prio
control group not supported on UEK R3
NetworkManager
fails to set the default gateway and
route for interfaces configured with DHCP on UEK R3
NetworkManager
fails to respond to IPv6 addresses on
low priority networks with DHCP on UEK R4
NetworkManager
unable to add IPv6 addresses to
interfaces on UEK R3
libpcap
can result in the removal of a
large number of libvirt packages
rdma-core
installed
The Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA Release Notes provides a summary of the new features and known issues in Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA. This document may be updated after it is released.
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You can install Oracle Linux 7 on x86-64 systems with up to 2048 logical CPUs and 64 TB of memory. The theoretical upper limit is 5120 logical CPUs and 64 TB of memory, but Oracle has not tested this configuration. A minimum of 2 logical CPUs and 1 GB of memory per logical CPU is recommended. Although the minimum disk space required for installation is 1GB, a minimum of 5 GB is recommended.
The following table describes the maximum file size and maximum
file system size for the
btrfs
,
ext4
, and
XFS
file
systems. File system limitations are affected by kernel versions
and features, and by the architecture of the system where Oracle Linux
is installed. The values depicted here are estimates based on
the known variables that might affect the maximum theoretical
value that can be achieved. The theoretical values might be
higher than those depicted here, and the actual achievable
values might be below the values that are shown, depending on
hardware and the kernel version used.
|
File System Type |
Maximum File Size |
Maximum File System Size |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8 EiB |
8 EiB |
|
|
16 TiB |
1 EiB |
|
|
8 EiB |
8 EiB |
The limits for the
ext4
file system that are
described here are higher than recommended and might prove
unstable. If you plan to work with systems where you are intend
to work towards using higher file system sizes or file sizes, it
is recommended that you use either the
btrfs
or
XFS
file system.
The maximum supported size for a bootable logical unit number (LUN) is 50 TB. GPT and UEFI support are required for LUNs that are larger than 2 TB.
The maximum size of the address space that is available to each process is 128 TB.
Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA ships with the following kernel packages:
kernel-3.10.0-933.el7
Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK).
kernel-uek-4.14.35-1818.2.1.el7uek
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 (UEK R5), which is the default kernel.
The Oracle Linux release is tested as a bundle as shipped on the installation media image. When installed from the installation media image, the minimum kernel version supported is the one included in the image. Downgrading kernel packages is not supported, unless recommended by Oracle Support.
Note that previous releases of UEK, such as UEK R4 are not included on the installation media image but can be installed from the Oracle Linux yum server or from the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN).
The kernel source code for the shipped kernel is available after the initial release through a public git source code repository at https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=linux-uek.git .
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This section describes new features and changes in Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA. For details of the new features and changes in the initial release of Oracle Linux 7, see the Oracle Linux 7 Release Notes .
The following clustering features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update. See the Oracle Linux Administrator's Guide for Release 7 at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E54669/html/ol7-pacemaker.html for more information on clusterning technology and support limitations.
Pacemaker now supports path, mount, and timer systemd unit files.
Although previous releases of Pacemaker supported
service
and
socket
systemd unit file, alternative units would fail. Pacemaker
can now manage
path
,
mount
and
timer
systemd units, as well.
Pacemaker LVM resource agent updates.
New functionality and updates have been applied to the LVM
resource agents for better management of shared storage
across hosts. The new daemon,
lvmlockd
,
has been included to coordinate access to shared storage
by interfacing with an external lock manager to perform
locking on LVM. This daemon is intended to replace
clvmd
. New resource agents have been
implemented to manage the different implementations. An
lvmlockd
resource agend it available to
manage the
lvmlockd
daemon. The
LVM-activate
resource agent, is added
to help handle LVM activation and deactivation work. This
can be configured to either work with
clvmd
or with
lvmlockd
depending on your
implementation. More information on
lvmlockd
is available in the manual for
lvmlockd(8)
.
The
lvm
resource agent is also patched to
accept the
volume_group_check_only
parameter. This parameter can be set to limit monitoring to
only volume groups, avoiding timeouts on tagged volumes.
This parameter must not be used with the
LVM-activate
resource agent.
The following file systems features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update.
btrfs
: File system deprecated in RHCK.
Starting with Oracle Linux 7 Update 4,
btrfs
is
deprecated in RHCK. Note that
btrfs
is
fully supported with UEK R4 and on UEK R5.
pNFS
SCSI layout support in RHCK.
Parallel NFS (pNFS) SCSI layouts are supported when using
RHCK.
The following installation and upgrade features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update:
In-place upgrade from Oracle Linux 6 to Oracle Linux 7. The in-place upgrade tools are updated to support upgrading from Oracle Linux 6 to Oracle Linux 7 by replacing the existing operating system. The provided tools can help to check for potential issues during upgrade and can ease upgrade processes. See Section 6.1, “Upgrading from Oracle Linux 6” for more information.
Booting from an iSCSI device that is not configured using iBFT is now
supported.
The installer now includes a new boot option,
inst.nonibftiscsiboot
that can be used
to install the boot loader onto an iSCSI device that has
not been configured in the iSCSI Boot Firmware Table
(iBFT).
Installing and booting from NVDIMM devices is now supported. The installer is now capable of recognizing Nonvolatile Dual Inline Memory Module (NVDIMM) devices when installing or booting NVDIMM devices in sector mode and can be used to reconfigure NVDIMM devices into sector mode during installation.
This update includes an extension to the Kickstart scripts
for the installer, to facilitate new commands for handling
NVDIMM devices. Other updates were applied to system
components such as
grub2
,
efibootmgr
and
efivar
to handle booting from these devices.
The following changes are specific to RHCK. For more information, refer to latest versions of the release notes for Oracle Linux Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 in the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Documentation library.
Updated
kexec-tools
documents for the Kdump FCoE
target.
The documentation for kexec-tools has been updated to
cover information on using a Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) target with Kdump.
NVMe driver updated to version 4.17-rc1. The NVMe driver shipped with RHCK has been updated to 4.17-rc1. This driver includes several bug fixes and enhancements, included a number of improvements for use of NVMe over Remote Direct Memory Access.
MySQL Community packages are not included on the provided ISO in this release. This change ensures that the ISO size is appropriate for use on typical DVD-ROM media. The MySQL Community 8.0, MySQL Community 5.7, MySQL Community 5.6, and MySQL Community 5.5 packages continue to be available on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux yum server.
You can install MySQL Community packages directly from ULN or
the Oracle Linux yum server by enabling the appropriate channel or
repository. For example, you would enable the
ol7_MySQL57
repository on the Oracle yum
server to install the MySQL Community 5.7 packages as follows:
# yum-config-manager --enable ol7_MySQL57
The following networking features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update:
ECMP
fib_multipath_hash_policy
support added to the
kernel for IPv4 packets.
The RHCK is updated to add support for the Equal-cost
multi-path routing (ECMP) hash policy by using the
sysctl
fib_multipath_hash_policy
option. When
the value for this option is set to 1, the kernel performs
an L4 hash (multipath hash on IPv4 packets). When the
default value of 0 is set, only an L3 hash is used.
Note that if you enable
fib_multipath_hash_policy
, ICMP error
packets are not hashed according to the inner packet
headers. This is a problem for anycast services as the ICMP
packet can be delivered to the incorrect host.
Support for hardware time stamping on VLAN interfaces.
Hardware time stamping can be used on VLAN interfaces
where the hardware and driver module supports this
functionality. This allows applications, such as
linuxptp
, to enable hardware time stamping.
IFDOWN_ON_SHUTDOWN
option available in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
.
A new option is available for use when configuring network
interfaces in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
. The
IFDOWN_ON_SHUTDOWN
option can be set to
no
or to
false
to
prevent a network interface from being taken down when the
network
service is stopped or
restarted.
This option can be useful in helping to prevent mount points that use networked-based file systems, such as NFS, from becoming stale if the network is stopped before the file system is cleanly unmounted.
More detail in network-scripts error messages for the bonding driver.
Error messages related to the failure of bonding driver
installation have been made more verbose when using
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
to
manage an interface.
The following security features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update:
Clevis support for TPM 2.0.
The Clevis automated encryption framework that can
automatically encrypt or decrypt data or unlock LUKS
volumes, is updated to support the encryption of keys in a
Trusted Platform Module 2.0 (TPM2) chip. Note that this
feature is only available for
x86_64
platform systems.
gnutls
version updated to 3.3.29.
The GNU Transport Layer Security package,
gnutls
has been upgraded to 3.3.29 to
include numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Notably, DSA
support has been added to
p11tool
;
there is a stricter requirement around DER encoding to
reduce BER rule complexity ; the legacy
HMAC-SHA384
cipher is disabled by
default; and there are security improvements to counter
TLS Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) record padding attacks.
audit
version updated to 2.8.4.
The Linux Audit system is updated to version 2.8.4 to
provide bug fixes and enhancements. Notable changes
include the addition of a facility to track software
updates and installations using
rpm
or
yum
; improvements to remote logging;
and an option to dump internal state to
/var/run/auditd.state
using the
SIGCONT
signal. Run
service
auditd state
to trigger a dump of the internal
state and to view the output.
Package installation and upgrade using rpm can be tracked using
audit
events.
The RPM package manager is updated to provide
audit
events so that software package
installation and updates can be tracked using the Linux
Audit system. This update also means that software
installation and upgrades using yum are also tracked.
SELinux
extended_socket_class
policy introduced.
The new
extended_socket_class
policy
enables SELinux object classes to support all known
network socket address families. It also supports separate
security classes for ICMP and SCTP sockets that were
previously covered in the
rawip_socket
class.
SELinux file permission check for
mmap()
usage.
SELinux can check permissions on an
mmap()
system call to prohibit the
memory mapping for files that need access validation on
each subsequent access. This is a requirement in
environments where files are often relabeled at run-time
to reflect state changes.
The following virtualization features, bug fixes, and enhancements are included in this update:
Paravirtualized clock support.
The paravirtualized
sched_clock()
function is now integrated into RHCK and enabled by
default. The paravirtualized clock is also available in
UEK. This can improve the performance of Oracle Linux virtual
machines running on some hypervisors, such as KVM, which
supports this functionality in the
kvm_clock
driver.
QEMU Guest Agent diagnostics enhanced.
New QEMU guest agent commands have been added to improve
diagnostic capabilities in line with Virtual Desktop and
Server Management daemon requirements. These include the
addition of the commands:
qemu-get-host-name
,
qemu-get-users
,
qemu-get-osinfo
,
and
qemu-get-timezone
.
VNC console supported for GPU-based mediated devices. GPU-based devices, including NVIDIA vGPU, can now be used for the real-time rendering of a virtual machine's graphical output via a VNC console.
Features that are currently under technology preview when using UEK R4U6 are described in Oracle Linux Release Notes for Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 Update 6 .
For RHCK, the following features are currently under technology preview:
Systemd: Importd features for container image imports and exports.
File Systems:
Block and object storage layouts for parallel NFS (pNFS).
DAX (Direct Access) for direct persistent memory mapping from an application. This is under technical preview for the ext4 and XFS file systems.
ima-evm-utils
package, which provides
utilities for labeling file systems and verifying the
integrity of the system at run time.
OverlayFS remains in technical preview.
Kernel:
Heterogeneous memory management (HMM).
No-IOMMU mode virtual I/O feature.
Networking:
Cisco VIC InfiniBand kernel driver that provides similar functionality to RDMA on proprietary Cisco architectures.
nftables
and
libnftnl
network filtering and
classification functionality.
Single-Root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) in the
qlcnic
driver.
Support for a Cisco proprietary User Space Network
Interface Controller in UCM servers provided in the
libusnic_verbs
driver.
Trusted Network Connect support.
Storage:
Multi-queue I/O scheduling for SCSI
(
scsi-mq
). This functionality is
disabled by default.
Plug-in for the
libStorageMgmt
API
used for storage array management. The
libStorageMgmt
API is now fully
supported, but the plug-in is under technology preview.
You can find additional information about technology preview items that are in this release at http://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.5_release_notes/technology-previews .
Oracle Linux maintains user-space compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is independent of the kernel version that underlies the operating system. Existing applications in user space will continue to run unmodified on the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 (UEK R5) and no re-certifications are needed for RHEL certified applications.
To minimize impact on interoperability during releases, the Oracle Linux team works closely with third-party vendors whose hardware and software have dependencies on kernel modules. The kernel ABI for UEK R5 will remain unchanged in all subsequent updates to the initial release. UEK R5 contains changes to the kernel ABI relative to UEK R4 that require recompilation of third-party kernel modules on the system. Before installing UEK R5, verify its support status with your application vendor.
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This chapter describes issues that are fixed in Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA.
Note that additional issues specific to the kernel that you are using might also be resolved. If you are using the default UEK R5, please see the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Release Notes . If you are using an alternate UEK release or update, please refer to the appropriate release notes for this kernel version, available as part of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Documentation Library .
Security fixes were applied to the OpenSSL packages shipped with Oracle Linux 7 and are included in this update release. These include a fix for CVE-2018-0739. (Bug ID 28584683)
An issue that caused
sosreport
to generate
errors within the
grub2-plugin-errors.txt
file when it was run on UEFI systems is resolved. (Bug ID
26586473)
An fix was applied to
grub2
to correct the
permissions of files within the
/boot/efi
directory. This fix resolves a conflict with another package,
but also resolves a longstanding issue where rpm verification
would flag files in this directory as having invalid file modes
affecting compliance with the United States Government Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical
Implementation Guides (STIGs), as highlighted by teh Security
Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). (Bug ID 27166026)
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crashkernel=auto
setting on UEK R3
/boot
is on a
btrfs
subvolume
RemoveIPC=yes
is configured for
systemd
net_prio
control group not supported on UEK R3
NetworkManager
fails to set the default gateway and
route for interfaces configured with DHCP on UEK R3
NetworkManager
fails to respond to IPv6 addresses on
low priority networks with DHCP on UEK R4
NetworkManager
unable to add IPv6 addresses to
interfaces on UEK R3
libpcap
can result in the removal of a
large number of libvirt packages
rdma-core
installed
This chapter describes the known issues for Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA.
Note that additional issues specific to the kernel that you are using might also be present. If you are using the default UEK R5 please see the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Release Notes . If you are using an alternate UEK release or update, please refer to the appropriate release notes for this kernel version, available as part of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Documentation Library .
The following issues that might be encountered during installation.
When performing a graphical install where some installation options are already set using a kickstart configuration file, it is still possible to modify these settings by clicking into the fields during the installation to edit the predefined content. This requires the user to intentionally attempt to modify the setting, effectively allowing for an interactive installation where options set in the kickstart configuration are not secured by any policy.
This is not possible when performing a text installation and the user is only able to modify fields that have not already been defined in the kickstart configuration file. (Bug ID 28642357)
When installing on an iSCSI disk, add either
ip=ibft
or
rd.iscsi.ibft=1
to the boot command line
and specify at least one MBR or GPT-formatted disk as an
installation target. Otherwise, the installation fails with
the error message
No valid boot loader target device
found
. (Bug ID 22076589)
If you have not applied a Thin Persistence license to an HP 3PAR storage array, installation fails to create a file system on a thin provisioned virtual volume (TPVV). This license is required to support the low-level SCSI UNMAP command for storage reclamation. If you do not have a suitable license, the workaround is to use a fully provisioned virtual volume (FPVV) instead of a TPVV. (Bug ID 22140852)
Installation fails if the target device is an Aura7 NVMe add in card with 2 block devices. Although the card has two independent NVMe controllers and devices, they are assigned identical WWIDs. The multipath device mapper maps the two block devices to the same WWID, resulting in a bogus multipath configuration that prevents installation.
To work around the issue, disable multipath at boot for the
installation by using the installer boot argument
nompath
. After installation, blacklist the
NVMe block devices for multipath configuration on the system
by editing
/etc/multipath.conf
, or disable
device mapper multipath altogether. See the
Oracle
Linux Administrator's Guide for Release 7
at
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E52668_01/E54669/html/index.html
for more information on configuring multipath. (Bug ID
27638939)
The following are known package conflicts for packages distributed by Oracle for Oracle Linux 7 through ULN or the Oracle Linux yum server.
In this release, a conflict between the
rdma-core
and
infiniband-diags
packages exists.
The conflict occurs when installing the
oracle-ofed-release
package, as RPM detects
the conflict and attempts to install
rdma-core-*
packages instead of RDMA, which
results in additional errors related to dependencies.
To avoid the conflict, use the
‐‐exclude=rdma-core*
yum option
when performing an install or upgrade of the OFED packages and
install the
yum-plugin-priorities
package
from the
ol7_optional_latest
yum repository
on the Oracle Linux yum server. See
Section 6.2, “Oracle-Supported RDMA Packages”
for
more information. (Bug ID 26309256)
The
dovecot-devel.i686
and
dovecot-devel.x86_64
packages in the
ol7_x86_64_optional_latest
ULN channel
conflict. Attempting to install both packages results in a
transaction check error:
Transaction check error: file /usr/include/dovecot/config.h conflicts between attempted installs of dovecot-devel-1:2.2.10-7.el7.i686 and dovecot-devel-1:2.2.10-7.el7.x86_64
There are bitsize differences between the identified file. You may only install one of these packages on the same system at once. (Bug ID 25057633)
The
PackageKit.i686
package from the
ol7_x86_64_optional_latest
ULN channel
conflicts with the
PackageKit.x86_64
package in the
ol7_x86_64_u6_base
channel.
Attempting to install both packages results in a transaction
check error:
Transaction check error: file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/__init__.pyc from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/__init__.pyo from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/backend.pyc from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/backend.pyo from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/enums.pyc from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/enums.pyo from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/filter.pyc from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/filter.pyo from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/misc.pyc from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/misc.pyo from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/package.pyc from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/package.pyo from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/progress.pyc from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64 file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/packagekit/progress.pyo from install of PackageKit-version.el7.i686 conflicts with file from package PackageKit-version.el7.x86_64
You may only install one of these packages on the same system
at once. To avoid the conflict, exclude the
PackageKit.i686
package in your yum
configuration. For more information about how to exclude
packages, see the
Oracle
Linux Unbreakable Linux Network User's
Guide
.
(Bug ID 24963661)
The following file systems related issues pertain to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA.
All
xfs
file systems that are created by
using the Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 and later Oracle Linux 7 installers have
d_type
support enabled automatically. These
files systems are formatted with the
ftype=1
option. The UEK R3 kernel is
incompatible with this option and therefore does not boot on
systems that have been installed with the Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 or a later
version installer. This problem occurs when the default file
system formatting is selected because the UEK R3 kernel
cannot mount any
xfs
file system that is
created by specifying
ftype=1
.
Note that upgrades are unaffected because previous updates of
Oracle Linux 7 formatted disks use the
ftype=0
option. However, when using UEK R3 on Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 and later, be
aware that you must
explicitly
set the
ftype=0
option when formatting the disk
with XFS.
When performing a kickstart installation, if you intend to use
UEK R3 on the system, you can manually specify alternate file
system options for formatting. If you want to continue to use
XFS with UEK R3, you must explicitly set the formatting
option to
ftype=0
in your kickstart
configuration. (Bug ID 26176688)
The daemons and features provided by the Red Hat Automatic Bug
Reporting Tool (ABRT) are not supported in Oracle Linux. ABRT packages
and associated files, such as
libreport
, are
included in the distribution to satisfy package dependencies,
but the features within these packages are not supported. For
technical assistance, contact Oracle Support by accessing the My
Oracle Support portal or by telephone.
After upgrading from Oracle Linux 7 Update 4, the
libvirtd
process displays a warning message during startup. The message
is similar to:
libvirtd ... warning : virQEMUCapsInit:1211 : Failed to get host CPU cache info libvirtd ... warning : virLXCDriverCapsInit:85 : Failed to get host CPU cache info
This warning does not occur with a fresh install. You can safely ignore this warning. (Bug ID 27700583)
You cannot do snapshots of KVM guests if they use UEFI. In older versions of QEMU and libvirt, the tools may allow you to create the snapshot without an error or warning, but the snapshot could be corrupted. More recent versions of these tools prevent snapshot creation with an error. For example:
virsh # snapshot-create-as OL7-seboot error: Operation not supported: internal snapshots of a VM with pflash based firmware are not supported
(Bug ID 26826800)
An Oracle Linux 7 KVM guest using the LSI MegaRAID SAS ISCSI controller is limited to 7 virtual disks. Although KVM guests can have up to 8 ISCSI virtual disks, the LSI MegaRAID SAS controller uses the first slot for the ISCSI Initiator, leaving the 7 remaining slots for virtual disks.
The workaround for this issue is to use the
megasas
controller instead of the
lsi
controller when creating ISCSI virtual
disks. For example, change
-device lsi
to
-device megasas
, as shown in highlighted text
in the following example:
# /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -m 8192 -smp 8 \
-drive file=/path/OracleLinux-7.6-x86_64.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=disk \
-device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=disk,bootindex=0 -device lsi,id=lsi0 \
-drive file=/path/disk1.img,format=raw,if=none,id=drive_image1 \
-device scsi-hd,id=image1,drive=drive_image1,bus=lsi0.0 \
...
# /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -m 8192 -smp 8 \
-drive file=/path/OracleLinux-7.6-x86_64.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=disk \
-device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=disk,bootindex=0 -device megasas,id=lsi0 \
-drive file=/path/disk1.img,format=raw,if=none,id=drive_image1 \
-device scsi-hd,id=image1,drive=drive_image1,bus=lsi0.0 \
...
(Bug 27681238)
If you enable the
crashkernel=auto
kernel
parameter for UEK R3 to simplify Kdump configuration, both
dmesg
output and
/proc/cmdline
show
crashkernel=
.
This behavior is expected for the implementation, where
NNN
M@0M
@0M
implies the
auto
setting. The
crashkernel=auto
parameter is
not supported for Xen. (Bug ID 17616874)
If
/boot
is hosted on a
btrfs
subvolume, GRUB 2 is unable to
correctly process the
initramfs
and
vmlinuz
pathnames. This problem occurs when
you update or install a new kernel and
grubby
attempts to update the GRUB 2 configuration. In the case where
you are running a fresh installation of Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA, and you upgrade
the RHCK or UEK kernel, the following error is displayed:
grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
When the system is rebooted after the kernel update, the system boots to the old kernel.
Similarly, when upgrading from Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA, if
/boot
is hosted on a
btrfs
subvolume, the system boots to the old Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 kernel after the
upgrade is complete.
The workaround for this problem is to use
grub2-mkconfig
to regenerate the
/etc/grub2/grub.cfg
file immediately after
the kernel has been installed or upgraded, for example:
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Obtain a listing of the kernel menu entries in the generated configuration as follows:
# grep -P "submenu|^menuentry" /boot/grub2/grub.cfg | cut -d "'" -f2
From the listing, select the kernel entry that you want to run
as the default kernel and set this entry as the default using
the following command, substituting
menu entry
title
with the title of the kernel entry that you
identified in the listing:
# grub2-set-default "menu entry title"
You can use the
grub2-editenv list
command to
check that the
saved_entry
has been updated
with the selected kernel menu title.
Reboot and use uname -a to check that the correct kernel is now running.
(Bug ID 22750169)
Installing the
tex-fonts-hebrew
package fails
unless you first install all
texlive*
packages. (Bug ID 19059949)
The following are issues that you might encounter when using InfiniBand devices.
Kdump might fail on Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA if the Oracle Dual Port QDR InfiniBand Adapter M3 Firmware version 2.31.5350 is installed.
To prevent this issue from occurring, update the Oracle Dual Port QDR InfiniBand Adapter M3 Firmware version to at least 2.31.5350. (Bug ID 26351183)
You might see the following warning messages if you use the ibportstate disable command to disable an InfiniBand CA or router port:
ibwarn: [2696] _do_madrpc: recv failed: Connection timed out ibwarn: [2696] mad_rpc: _do_madrpc failed; dport (Lid 38) ibportstate: iberror: failed: smp set portinfo failed
You can safely ignore these warnings. (Bug ID 16248314)
If
RemoveIPC=yes
is configured for
systemd
, interprocess communication (IPC) is
terminated for a non-system user's processes when that user logs
out. This setting, which is intended for laptops, can cause
software problems on server systems. For example, if the user is
a database software owner such as
oracle
for
Oracle Database, this configuration can cause database
installation to fail or database services to crash.
By default, Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA configures
RemoveIPC=no
in
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
to prevent
systemd
from terminating IPC. However, if you
have touched this file before updating your system to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA,
the update installs the new version of the file as
/etc/systemd/logind.conf.rpmnew
and does not
set
RemoveIPC=no
in
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
. To avoid database
crashes, set
RemoveIPC=no
in
/etc/systemd/logind.conf
and run
systemctl reboot
to reboot the system. (Bug
ID 22224874)
The creation of Oracle Linux 7 containers fails when the
root
file system
(
/container
) is hosted on an NFS share. The
problem occurs because the
iputils
package in
Oracle Linux 7 releases, (Updates 4 and 5) is built to use the Linux file
extended attributes
[xattr(7)] security
capabilities(7)
. The NFS protocol does not support
these file capabilities, so the
iputils
package might not be installed into an NFS files system. For
example, when attempting to create an Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 container, the
installation fails while installing the
iputils
package, producing the following
error:
Error unpacking rpm package iputils-20121221-7.el7.x86_64 error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/bin/ping: cpio: cap_set_file error: iputils-20121221-7.el7.x86_64: install failed
Similar issues are seen when attempting to install the
initscripts
and
systemd
packages while creating an Oracle Linux 7 Update 3 container.
This issue occurs on both NFSv3 and NFSv4.
Oracle Linux 6 containers are not affected. (Bug ID 25024258)
Oracle Linux 7 guests are supported for both hardware virtualization (HVM) and hardware virtualization with paravirtual drivers (PVHVM) on Oracle VM Release 3. Oracle Linux 7 guests in a paravirtualized domain (PVM) on Oracle VM or other Xen-based hypervisors are not supported.
Oracle Linux 7 guests of any type are not supported on Oracle VM Release 2. (Bug IDs 18712168, 18667813, 18266964)
The
hypervkvpd
and
hypervvssd
services fail to start if the
Hyper-V packages are at version
0-0.29.20160216git.el7
. This issue occurs on
Oracle Linux 7 guests that have the UEK R4 kernel running on a Windows
Hyper-V Server.
To resolve the issue, downgrade the package version for the
following packages to
0-0.26.20150402git.el7
:
hyperv-daemons
hyperv-daemons-license
hypervfcopyd
hypervkvpd
hypervvssd
These userspace packages are available in both the
ol7_latest
yum repository and in the
ol7_x86_64_UEKR4
ULN channel.
Follow these steps to resolve the issue:
Stop any running Hyper-V services:
#systemctl stop hypervfcopyd.service#systemctl stop hypervkvpd.service#systemctl stop hypervvssd.service
Downgrade the packages:
# yum downgrade hyperv*
Restart the Hyper-V services:
#systemctl restart hypervfcopyd.service#systemctl restart hypervkvpd.service#systemctl restart hypervvssd.service
Modify your
yum
configuration file to
exclude the Hyper-V packages from future updates, as shown
in the following example:
# echo "exclude = hyperv*" >> /etc/yum.conf
Remember that you might want to remove this exclude at a later date when this issue is resolved.
(Bug ID 24745861)
The ip and iproute commands included with Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA include support for Geneve-capable devices. The module for this driver is included with the RHCK but is not included in UEK R4. The commands to set, add or view Geneve devices are only functional when used with the RHCK or with UEK R5. (Bug ID 24652835) .
The Network Priority cgroup subsystem
(
net_prio
) is not currently supported for use
with UEK R3. Attempting to use the module with UEK R3 results
in error messages such as the following:
modprobe: FATAL: Module netprio_cgroup not found mount: special device cgroup does not exist.
(Bug ID 18966564)
When running UEK R3 on Oracle Linux 7 Update 4 and later,
NetworkManager
fails to set the default
gateway and route for network interfaces that are configured
with DHCP. This can result in network interfaces not behaving
correctly.
The workaround for this issue is to disable
NetworkManager
control over interfaces that
are configured for DHCP.
To disable
NetworkManager
for an interface,
edit the network script for the interface in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-
and add the parameter
dev
NM_CONTROLLED=no
, as
shown in the following example:
# echo "NM_CONTROLLED=no" >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eno4
(Bug ID 26268996)
When running UEK R4 on Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA, NetworkManager fails to send a
response to low priority networks with DHCP on UEK R4. Networks
with higher priority (link-local, IPv6
fe80:/64
routes) take priority over the low
priority networks. This behavior might result in the DHCPv6
server failing to send a response to a DHCP client on a lower
priority network, even if the network has another output device.
(Bug ID 27714775)
After upgrading to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA, or when running UEK R3 on Oracle Linux 7 Update 4
and later releases, network interfaces that are configured for
IPv6 might not be brought up by
NetworkManager
.
Messages similar to the following appear in the system log:
<warn> platform-linux: do-add-ip6-address[2: fe80::210:e0ff:fe5f:920c]:
failure 22 (Invalid argument)
<warn> platform-linux: do-add-ip6-address[5: fd00:1:1:24::456]:
failure 22 (Invalid argument)
It is possible to manually add the IPv6 address to the interface by using the ip addr add command.
This issue is apparent, irrespective of whether IPv6 is configured statically, assigned dynamically through DHCP, or configured by using Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC).
The workaround for this issue is to disable
NetworkManager
for interfaces where IPv6 must
be configured for an interface. To disable
NetworkManager
for an interface, edit the
network script for the interface in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-
and add the parameter
dev
NM_CONTROLLED=no
, as
shown in the following example:
# echo "NM_CONTROLLED=no" >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eno4
(Bug ID 24848072)
The network connection icon might report an active network
interface as being disconnected. This behavior is seen for the
root
user but not for other users.
Command-line utilities such as
ip link
and
ifconfig
report the correct state. (Bug ID
19060089)
By default, Oracle Linux 7 in graphical (GUI) console mode treats the hardware power button as equivalent to the ACPI "Sleep" button, which puts the system into low-power sleep mode. This behavior is specific to GNOME desktop environment.
In previous Oracle Linux versions, the hardware power button initiated a system shutdown. To make Oracle Linux 7 do the same, create a file named /etc/dconf/db/local.d/01-shutdown-button with the following content:
[org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/power] button-power='shutdown'
Then run the following command:
# dconf update
You must log out of the desktop environment and log back in for the new setting to take effect. (Bug ID 25597898)
The
libpcap
package is updated to enable
functionality for future technologies. If you install this
package and then attempt to uninstall it, a large number of
libvirt packages may also be uninstalled due to dependency
relationships. The
libvirt
package has a
dependency on the
libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfiler
package and
this package has a dependency on
libpcap
.
Removing
libpcap
removes the entire libvirt
family of packages. (Bug ID 28582266)
When upgrading from a system prior to Oracle Linux 7 Update 4, where the
rdma-core.noarch
package is installed, 32-bit
versions of the packages and many dependencies are also
installed, unnecessarily. This is because the original version
of the package is obsoleted and during upgrade the package is
replaced with both the
rdma-core.i686
and
rdma-core.x86_64
versions of the package,
along with those packages' dependencies.
To work around the issue, run the
yum update
command with the
--exclude=\*.i686
option:
# yum update --exclude=\*.i686
(Bug ID 28217831)
A kernel panic may occur when udev attempts to configure Oracle ASM disks. This issue is caused when udevadm trigger is run. The issue is caused by a new udev rule that causes system CPUs to go offline after the trigger.
You can reenable CPUs by running the
chcpu -e
CPU
command, to reset the specified CPU. If all CPUs
are offlined, the kernel panics and the system freezes. The disk device nodes are created
and the permissions are set appropriately after reboot. (Bug ID 28638729)
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You can download a full Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA installation media image from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud at https://edelivery.oracle.com/linux . You can also obtain the latest Oracle Linux 7 packages from the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux yum server.
You can install additional software for Oracle Linux 7 by subscribing to the different channels on ULN or by enabling the required repositories within your yum configuration. To explore the channels that are available to you on ULN, log in to https://uln.oracle.com/ and view the Channels option. To view the Oracle Linux yum repositories that are available for Oracle Linux 7, visit https://yum.oracle.com/oracle-linux-7.html .
The Oracle Linux yum server does not provide equivalent repositories for some channels that are available on ULN. These channels provide non-open source packages.
If you are installing an update on a system on which you have previously installed the Oracle-supported OFED packages, see Upgrading a system with an existing UEK R4 installation to continue to use UEK R4 for instructions on how to update these packages during the upgrade.
UEK R5 is the default boot kernel for fresh installations of Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA. For more information, see the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Release Notes .
For systems that are running UEK R3 or UEK R4 and are subscribed
to the
ol7_x86_64_UEKR3
or
ol7_x86_64_UEKR4
channel on ULN, or the
ol7_x86_64_UEKR3
or
ol7_x86_64_UEKR4
repository on the Oracle Linux yum
server, upgrade to the latest UEK release as follows:
Upgrade all packages on the system, including kernel packages.
# yum update
By default, the boot manager automatically enables the most recent kernel version so you do not need to change your GRUB configuration.
Reboot the system.
# systemctl reboot
Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA updates many major subsystems. To ensure that your updated systems function correctly, reboot them after updating.
It is possible to upgrade an Oracle Linux 6 system to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA under the following conditions:
The system meets the minimum installation requirements for Oracle Linux 7 as described in Chapter 1, System Requirements and Limits .
The Oracle Linux 6 system has been completely updated from the
ol6_x86_64_latest
channel or
ol6_latest
repository.
UEK R3 or UEK R4 has been installed on the system to be upgraded and is the default boot kernel. Upgrading from UEK R2 is not supported. Note that the system is upgraded to use the UEK R5 release provided with Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA.
No Oracle product stack is present on the system.
Upgrading is supported only for systems that are installed with the Minimal Install base environment. If additional packages are installed from an alternative repository or channel, upgrade might fail or the resulting upgrade might not function as expected.
General instructions on how to perform an upgrade are covered in Upgrading an Oracle Linux System in the Oracle Linux 7 Installation Guide .
The following is a summary of steps that are specific to the update for this release:
Make sure that your system is completely up to date by using
the
yum update
command to update to the
latest Oracle Linux 6 release. The system must be subscribed to the
ol6_x86_64_latest
and
ol6_x86_64_addons
channels or
ol6_latest
and
ol6_addons
repositories to be updated.
Install the latest versions of the required upgrade packages:
# yum install openscap redhat-upgrade-tool preupgrade-assistant \
preupgrade-assistant-el6toel7 preupgrade-assistant-el6toel7-data-0 \
preupgrade-assistant-tools preupgrade-assistant-ui
Obtain the latest versions of these packages from ULN (in
the
ol6_x86_64_addons
channel), or from
the Oracle Linux yum server (in the
ol6_addons
repository).
If the system is registered with ULN, delete the system from ULN and disable yum plugins.
Run the preupg command to perform an upgrade assessment:
# preupg
Examine the results in
/root/preupgrade/result.html
to make sure
that there are not any items that have failed or need
attention.
Run the redhat-upgrade-tool-cli command to perform the upgrade:
#redhat-upgrade-tool-cli --network=7.5 --instrepo=\OL7_repo_url--debuglog=/tmp/upgrade.log --cleanup-post
Replace
OL7_repo_url
with the URL
of the repository where the Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA ISO is hosted.
Reboot the system to start the upgrade process.
When upgrading from Oracle Linux 6 to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA, the previous version of UEK R4 is removed from the system during the upgrade and the system is updated to use the UEK R5 release that is provided on the installation media image as the default boot kernel.
Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA introduces UEK R5 as the default kernel. The Oracle-supported RDMA packages shipped with UEK R5 replace previous OFED packages and use an updated package and channel naming scheme. Oracle recommends using UEK R5 with Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA. If you intend to install RDMA packages, please refer to the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Release Notes .
If you are upgrading your system from a release prior to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA and you are already using UEK R5 along with the Oracle-supported RDMA packages, these packages are updated automatically as part of the upgrade process.
If your system is registered with ULN, ensure that it is
subscribed to the
ol7_x86_64_optional_latest
,
ol7_x86_64_UEKR5_RDMA
,
ol7_x86_64_UEKR5
, and
ol7_x86_64_latest
channels, before upgrade.
If your system uses the Oracle Linux yum server, ensure that the
ol7_optional_latest
,
ol7_UEKR5_RDMA
,
ol7_UEKR5
, and
ol7_latest
repositories are enabled before
upgrade.
If you are upgrading your system from a release prior to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA and you are using UEK R4 with the Oracle-supported OFED packages, it is recommended that you upgrade to UEK R5 and change to use the corresponding Oracle-supported UEK R5 RDMA packages before you upgrade your system to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA.
Note that if the system is newly registered on ULN, the
ol7_x86_64_UEKR5
, and
ol7_x86_64_latest
channels are subscribed
by default. You may need to subscribe to the
ol7_x86_64_optional_latest
and
ol7_x86_64_UEKR5_RDMA
manually.
If your system uses the Oracle Linux yum server, note that the
ol7_UEKR4
, and
ol7_latest
repositories are enabled by
default. You should ensure that the
ol7_optional_latest
,
ol7_UEKR5_RDMA
,
ol7_UEKR5
, and
ol7_latest
repositories are enabled before
upgrade.
Upgrade requires that you remove existing OFED packages prior to installing the compatible packages for UEK R5. Use the instructions in Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 Release Notes for guidance on how to do this.
If you are upgrading your system from a release prior to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA and you are using UEK R4 with the Oracle-supported OFED packages and you intend to continue to use UEK R4, you must ensure that your system is subscribed to the correct channels or that the correct yum repositories are enabled before you upgrade.
If you are using ULN, check that your system is registered
before you upgrade and subscribe the system to the
ol7_x86_64_UEKR4_OFED
,
ol7_x86_64_UEKR4
, and
ol7_x86_64_latest
channels on ULN.
By default, the
ol7_x86_64_UEKR5
and
ol7_x86_64_latest
channels are enabled
when you register Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA system with ULN. If the
ol7_x86_64_UEKR5
channel is enabled, you
must disable it to continue to use UEK R4 with the
Oracle-supported OFED packages.
If you are using the Oracle Linux yum server, check that the
ol7_latest
,
ol7_UEKR4
and
ol7_UEKR4_OFED
repositories are
enabled. Make sure that the
ol7_UEKR5
and
ol7_UEKR5_RDMA
repositories are disabled.
Use the yum update command to upgrade to Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA with the UEK R4 compatible OFED packages.
If you do not have any of the OFED packages installed, you can proceed to install the packages as described in the installation instructions provided in Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 Update 7 Release Notes .
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The following sections list the changes to binary and source packages from the upstream release.
This section contains information about the removed, modified, and new binary packages in this release. For information about the source package changes, see Section A.2, “Changes to Source Packages” .
The following binary packages have been added by Oracle:
dtrace-utils
dtrace-utils-devel
dtrace-utils-testsuite
kernel-uek
kernel-uek-debug
kernel-uek-debug-devel
kernel-uek-devel
kernel-uek-doc
libdtrace-ctf
libdtrace-ctf-devel
lxc
lxc-devel
lxc-libs
ocfs2-tools
ocfs2-tools-devel
oracleasm-support
oracle-database-preinstall
oraclelinux-release
oracle-logos
reflink
yum-plugin-ulninfo
The following binary packages from the upstream release have been modified:
abrt
abrt-addon-ccpp
abrt-addon-kerneloops
abrt-addon-pstoreoops
abrt-addon-python
abrt-addon-vmcore
abrt-addon-xorg
abrt-cli
abrt-console-notification
abrt-dbus
abrt-desktop
abrt-gui
abrt-gui-libs
abrt-java-connector
abrt-libs
abrt-python
abrt-tui
akonadi
akonadi-mysql
anaconda
anaconda-core
anaconda-gui
anaconda-tui
anaconda-widgets
apr-util
apr-util-devel
autofs
awscli
basesystem
btrfs-progs
cloud-init
clufter-bin
clufter-cli
clufter-common
clufter-lib-ccs
clufter-lib-general
clufter-lib-pcs
cockpit
cockpit-bridge
cockpit-system
cockpit-ws
coreutils
cpp
dbus
dbus-devel
dbus-libs
dbus-x11
dhclient
dhcp
dhcp-common
dhcp-libs
dracut
dracut-config-generic
dracut-config-rescue
dracut-fips
dracut-fips-aesni
dracut-network
firefox
fuse
fuse-devel
fuse-libs
fwupdate
fwupdate-efi
fwupdate-libs
gcc
gcc-c++
gcc-gfortran
gcc-gnat
gcc-objc
gcc-objc++
glibc
glibc-common
glibc-devel
glibc-headers
glibc-utils
gnome-system-log
gnutls
gnutls-c++
gnutls-dane
gnutls-devel
gnutls-utils
gperftools-libs
grub2
grub2-common
grub2-efi-ia32
grub2-efi-ia32-modules
grub2-efi-x64
grub2-efi-x64-modules
grub2-pc
grub2-pc-modules
grub2-tools
grub2-tools-extra
grub2-tools-minimal
grubby
gstreamer
gstreamer-tools
httpd
httpd-devel
httpd-manual
httpd-tools
initial-setup
initial-setup-gui
initscripts
ipa-client
ipa-client-common
ipa-common
ipa-python-compat
ipa-server
ipa-server-common
ipa-server-dns
ipa-server-trust-ad
irqbalance
iscsi-initiator-utils
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio
kabi-yum-plugins
kdepimlibs
kdepimlibs-akonadi
kdepimlibs-devel
kdepimlibs-kxmlrpcclient
kde-settings
kde-settings-ksplash
kde-settings-plasma
kde-settings-pulseaudio
kexec-tools
kmod
kmod-kvdo
kmod-libs
kmod-oracleasm
ksc
ksh
libatomic
libatomic-static
libdbi-dbd-mysql
libdbi-dbd-pgsql
libdbi-drivers
libgcc
libgfortran
libgnat
libgnat-devel
libgomp
libgudev1
libgudev1-devel
libguestfs
libguestfs-inspect-icons
libguestfs-java
libguestfs-tools
libguestfs-tools-c
libguestfs-xfs
libitm
libitm-devel
libobjc
libpmem
libpmemblk
libpmemcto
libpmemlog
libpmemobj
libpmempool
libquadmath
libquadmath-devel
libreport
libreport-anaconda
libreport-cli
libreport-filesystem
libreport-gtk
libreport-plugin-bugzilla
libreport-plugin-mailx
libreport-plugin-reportuploader
libreport-plugin-ureport
libreport-python
libreport-rhel-anaconda-bugzilla
libreport-web
libreswan
librpmem
libstdc++
libstdc++-devel
libstdc++-docs
libvmem
libvmmalloc
libxml2
libxml2-devel
libxml2-python
libxslt
libxslt-devel
lorax
lxc
lxc-devel
lxc-libs
lz4
mkbootdisk
mod_session
mod_ssl
mokutil
mozjs52
net-snmp
net-snmp-agent-libs
net-snmp-devel
net-snmp-libs
net-snmp-utils
nfs-utils
nscd
nss-softokn
nss-softokn-devel
nss-softokn-freebl
nss-softokn-freebl-devel
ntp
ntpdate
opa-address-resolution
opa-basic-tools
opa-fastfabric
opa-fm
opa-libopamgt
OpenIPMI
OpenIPMI-libs
OpenIPMI-modalias
OpenIPMI-perl
openssl
openssl-devel
openssl-libs
open-vm-tools
open-vm-tools-desktop
oraclelinux-release
oracle-logos
osinfo-db
os-prober
PackageKit
PackageKit-command-not-found
PackageKit-glib
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
PackageKit-gtk3-module
PackageKit-yum
pcs
pcs-snmp
perl-DBD-MySQL
perl-Sys-Guestfs
perl-XML-Parser
plymouth
plymouth-core-libs
plymouth-graphics-libs
plymouth-plugin-label
plymouth-plugin-two-step
plymouth-scripts
plymouth-system-theme
plymouth-theme-charge
pmempool
policycoreutils
policycoreutils-devel
policycoreutils-gui
policycoreutils-newrole
policycoreutils-python
policycoreutils-sandbox
polkit
polkit-devel
polkit-docs
pykickstart
python
python2-ipaclient
python2-ipalib
python2-ipaserver
python-blivet
python-clufter
python-configshell
python-devel
python-jwt
python-libguestfs
python-libs
python-msrestazure
python-rtslib
python-s3transfer
qt3
qt3-devel
qt3-MySQL
qt3-ODBC
qt3-PostgreSQL
qt-settings
rear
redhat-bookmarks
redhat-indexhtml
redhat-lsb
redhat-lsb-core
redhat-lsb-cxx
redhat-lsb-desktop
redhat-lsb-languages
redhat-lsb-printing
redhat-lsb-submod-multimedia
redhat-lsb-submod-security
redhat-release-server
redhat-rpm-config
redhat-upgrade-dracut
redhat-upgrade-dracut-plymouth
redhat-upgrade-tool
redland
redland-virtuoso
rhn-check
rhn-client-tools
rhnlib
rhnsd
rhn-setup
rhn-setup-gnome
rpmdevtools
rpmemd
scap-security-guide
scap-security-guide-doc
scap-workbench
selinux-policy
selinux-policy-devel
selinux-policy-minimum
selinux-policy-mls
selinux-policy-targeted
setroubleshoot
setroubleshoot-plugins
setroubleshoot-server
shim-ia32
shim-unsigned-ia32
shim-unsigned-x64
shim-x64
sos
spice-streaming-agent
system-config-date
system-config-kickstart
systemd
systemd-devel
systemd-libs
systemd-python
systemd-sysv
tog-pegasus
tog-pegasus-libs
uom-lib
virt-install
virt-manager
virt-manager-common
virt-p2v-maker
virt-v2v
wireshark
wireshark-gnome
xdg-desktop-portal
xfsprogs
xsane-common
xsane-gimp
xulrunner
yum
yum-plugin-aliases
yum-plugin-changelog
yum-plugin-ovl
yum-plugin-tmprepo
yum-plugin-verify
yum-plugin-versionlock
yum-rhn-plugin
yum-utils
The following optional binary packages have been modified:
thunderbird
The following binary packages are new for Update 6, relative to Update 5 of Oracle Linux 7:
bcc
bolt
compat-exiv2-023
fribidi
google-noto-emoji-fonts
libglvnd
librdkafka
mozjs52
nbdkit
oracle-database-preinstall
pmempool
python-futures
python-paramiko
python-subprocess32
sos-collector
spice-streaming-agent
The following binary packages from the upstream release have been removed:
anaconda-user-help
insights-client
kpatch
python-rhsm
redhat-access-gui
redhat-access-plugin-ipa
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-as-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-bn-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-de-DE
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-en-US
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-es-ES
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-fr-FR
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-gu-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-hi-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-it-IT
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ja-JP
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-kn-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ko-KR
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ml-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-mr-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-or-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-pa-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-pt-BR
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ru-RU
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ta-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-te-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-zh-CN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-zh-TW
redhat-logos
redhat-support-lib-python
redhat-support-tool
subscription-manager
subscription-manager-migration-data
virt-who
This section contains information about the removed, modified, and new source packages in this release. For information about the binary package changes, see Section A.1, “Changes to Binary Packages” .
The following source packages have been added by Oracle:
compat-gcc-32
dtrace-utils
inotify-tools
kernel-uek
libdtrace-ctf
lxc
ocfs2-tools
oracleasm-support
oracle-database-preinstall
oraclelinux-release
oracle-logos
reflink
uname26
yum-plugin-ulninfo
The following source packages from the upstream release have been modified:
abrt
abrt-java-connector
akonadi
anaconda
apr-util
autofs
awscli
basesystem
btrfs-progs
cloud-init
clufter
cockpit
coreutils
dbus
dhcp
dracut
firefox
fuse
fwupdate
gcc
glibc
gnome-system-log
gnutls
gperftools
grubby
gstreamer
httpd
initial-setup
initscripts
ipa
iproute
irqbalance
iscsi-initiator-utils
kabi-yum-plugins
kdepimlibs
kexec-tools
kmod
kmod-kvdo
ksc
ksh
libdbi-drivers
libguestfs
libreport
libreswan
libxml2
libxslt
lorax
lxc
lz4
mkbootdisk
mozjs52
net-snmp
nss-softokn
ntp
nvml
opa-ff
opa-fm
OpenIPMI
openssl
open-vm-tools
oracleasm
oraclelinux-release
oracle-logos
osinfo-db
os-prober
PackageKit
pcs
perl-DBD-MySQL
perl-XML-Parser
policycoreutils
polkit
pykickstart
python
python-blivet
python-configshell
python-jwt
python-msrestazure
python-rtslib
python-s3transfer
qt3
rear
redhat-bookmarks
redhat-indexhtml
redhat-lsb
redhat-release-server
redhat-rpm-config
redhat-upgrade-dracut
redhat-upgrade-tool
redland
rhn-client-tools
rhnlib
rhnsd
rpmdevtools
scap-security-guide
scap-workbench
selinux-policy
setroubleshoot
setroubleshoot-plugins
shim
shim-signed
sos
spice-streaming-agent
system-config-date
system-config-kickstart
systemd
tog-pegasus
uom-lib
virt-manager
wireshark
xdg-desktop-portal
xfsprogs
xsane
xulrunner
yum
yum-rhn-plugin
yum-utils
The following optional source packages have been modified:
gnu-efi
jetty-artifact-remote-resources
jetty-parent
jetty-toolchain
kmod-redhat-ixgbe
libreoffice
pesign
publican
sanlock
thunderbird
The following source packages are new for Update 6, relative to Update 5 of Oracle Linux 7:
bcc
bolt
compat-exiv2-023
fribidi
google-noto-emoji-fonts
libglvnd
librdkafka
mozjs52
nbdkit
oracle-database-preinstall
python-futures
python-paramiko
python-subprocess32
sos-collector
spice-streaming-agent
The following source packages from the upstream release have been removed:
anaconda-user-help
dtc
insights-client
kpatch
libcxl
libehca
libica
libocxl
librtas
libservicelog
libvpd
libzfcphbaapi
lsvpd
opal-prd
openssl-ibmca
paflib
powerpc-utils
powerpc-utils-python
ppc64-diag
ppc64-utils
python-rhsm
qclib
qemu-kvm-ma
redhat-access-gui
redhat-access-plugin-ipa
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-as-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-bn-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-de-DE
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-en-US
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-es-ES
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-fr-FR
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-gu-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-hi-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-it-IT
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ja-JP
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-kn-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ko-KR
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ml-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-mr-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-or-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-pa-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-pt-BR
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ru-RU
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-ta-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-te-IN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-zh-CN
Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Release_Notes-7-zh-TW
redhat-logos
redhat-support-lib-python
redhat-support-tool
s390utils
servicelog
SLOF
subscription-manager
subscription-manager-migration-data
virt-who
yaboot
The default kernel for Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA is the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 5 (UEK R5). Prior releases of UEK are not included on the installation media, but can be installed from the Oracle Linux yum server or from the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN). If you choose to run UEK R4 with Oracle Linux 7 Update 6 BETA, please note the following modules have been removed from UEK R4 for Oracle Linux 7 compared with UEK R4 for Oracle Linux 6:
3w-xxxx
8390
adp5588-keys
aes-x86_64
af_alg
algif_hash
algif_skcipher
ath5k
autofs4
axnet_cs
can-gw
cbc
cciss
configfs
cpufreq_conservative
cpufreq_powersave
ctr
dmi-sysfs
ems_pci
encrypted-keys
fealnx
gpio-sch
hid-magicmouse
ipv6
kvaser_pci
max7359_keypad
mcs5000_ts
natsemi
ne2k-pci
ns83820
opencores-kbd
orinoco_pci
pcnet_cs
pkcs7_test_key
rotary_encoder
rsxx
scsi_dh_alua
scsi_dh_emc
scsi_dh_hp_sw
scsi_dh_rdac
seqiv
sja1000_platform
usbip-core
usbserial
via-rhine
via-velocity
wl12xx
wlcore
xhci-hcd
xhci-pci
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