A Documentation Updates

The e-mail address for documentation feedback has changed to doc-team@suse.com.

The documentation for Docker has been enhanced and renamed to Docker Guide.

Added Chapter 4, Multi-tier Caching for Block Device Operations.

Added a warning about the support status of root file system conversions to Section 1.2.3, “Migration from Ext and ReiserFS File Systems to Btrfs” (Fate #320870).

Fixed values for nullifying a quota in Section 1.2.5, “Btrfs Quota Support for Subvolumes” (Doc Comment #30027).

Added Section 1.2.6, “Btrfs send/receive” (Fate #313516).

Added Section 5.8.3, “Using LVM Cache Volumes” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=948193).

Replaced 'client' with 'initiator' to match the updated GUI in Section 14.3, “Configuring iSCSI Initiator” (Fate #319293).

Revised statement on software RAID for cluster file systems, which can now be set up using Cluster MD ((https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990820).

Removed references to multipath.conf templates which are no longer shipped with the multipath-tools package (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989206).

Replaced wrong title 'iSCSI LIO Target' with 'iSCSI Initiator' in Section 14.3.1.1, “Configuring the iSCSI Initiator” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968898).

Added a sentence about the need for different passwords for incoming and outgoing authentication in Section 14.2.2, “Configuring Authentication for Discovery of iSCSI LIO Targets and Initiators” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=977173).

Added Section 5.8.3, “Using LVM Cache Volumes” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=948193).

Fixed statements about Ext file systems online/offline resizing capabilities (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983991).

Added note about where to place /boot for an LVM root file system (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1000631).

Added missing entry for NFSv4 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998772).

SMT Guide is now part of the documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

Add-ons provided by SUSE have been renamed as modules and extensions. The manuals have been updated to reflect this change.

Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.

The registration service has been changed from Novell Customer Center to SUSE Customer Center.

In YaST, you will now reach Network Settings via the System group. Network Devices is gone (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867809).

Mentioned that subvolumes with the option no copy on write for /var/lib/mariadb, /var/lib/pgsql, and /var/lib/libvirt/images are created by default to avoid extensive fragmenting with Btrfs.

Mentioned compression with Btrfs and its implications, see Section 1.2.2.1, “Mounting Compressed Btrfs File Systems” (Fate #316463).

Added Section 1.11.2, “Freeing Unused File System Blocks” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951783).

Added a tip on the option --resizefs for the commands lvextend, lvresize, and lvreduce to Section 5.8.1, “Resizing a Logical Volume with Commands”.

Added Section 7.3.1, “Recovery after Failing Disk is Back Again” (Fate #316381).

Updated commands to restart iSCSI service and target in Section 13.3.2, “Adding iSCSI Nodes to a Discovery Domain” (Fate #317929).

Fixed a wrong command in Section 16.14.2, “Scanning for New Partitioned Devices without Rebooting” (Doc Comment #27121).

Added Section 1.11.2, “Freeing Unused File System Blocks” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951783).

/var/lib/open-iscsi moved to to /etc/iscsi. (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952469).

KIWI build fails because of noudevsync (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=943298).

VM volume_list description error (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=951321).

Removed hint on restriction of 256 logical volumes (only applies to lvm1) (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947941).

Replaced “memory space” with “storage space” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=948174).

Added a tip on the option --resizefs for LVM resizing commands (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947952).

lvmetad is Enabled by Default on SLE 12 SP1 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=948178).

Corrected LVM introduction (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947949).

Removed a duplicated paragraph on thinly provisioned LVM (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947484).

/boot may reside on RAID 1 in Chapter 8, Configuring Software RAID for the Root Partition (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=939197).

Replaced Login with Connect in Section 14.3.1.3, “Discovering iSCSI Targets Manually” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=939529).

use_lvmetad, Change Does not Describe Required Target Value (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=939519).

Completely restructured the manual by introducing parts.

Completely revised the complete guide.

Shortened the majority of procedures.

The cciss driver has been replaced with the hpsa driver. Changed all affected paragraphs accordingly (Fate #316683).

Added Section 1.2.2, “The Root File System Setup on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server”.

Added Section 1.2.5, “Btrfs Quota Support for Subvolumes” (Fate #315690).

Added Section 1.2.7, “Data Deduplication Support” (Fate #316317).

Added ReiserFs to the list of file systems that can be converted to Btrfs (Fate #313096).

Added a note on the new XFS on-disk format to Section 1.3.3, “Preallocation to Avoid File System Fragmentation” (Fate #317042).

Added Section 1.6, “Ext4”.

Added a note about the support status of ReiserFs to Section 1.7, “ReiserFS” (Fate #313799).

Added Section 2.1, “Use Cases”.

Added Section 2.3, “Changing the Size of a Btrfs File System” (Fate #310777).

Added Section 2.4, “Changing the Size of an XFS File System”.

Updated all parts dealing with the YaST Partitioner, because of a new design and workflow.

Added instructions on how to list physical volumes used by logical volumes to Section 5.5, “Resizing an Existing Volume Group” (Fate #316074).

Added Section 5.8.2, “Dynamic Aggregation of LVM Metadata via lvmetad” (Fate #314556).

Updated all parts dealing with the YaST Partitioner, because of a new design and workflow.

Added Section 7.2.1, “RAID Names” (Fate #315590).

Removed RAID 6 from this chapter, since setting up RAID 6 arrays is now supported by the YaST Partitioner.

Added Section 9.2, “Creating a Complex RAID 10”.

Removed all discovery domain set content, since this is no longer supported by open-isns.

Replaced iSCSI Target with iSCSI LIO Target.

Restructured the whole chapter.

Removed prio_callout from Section 16.10.2, “Configuring Failover Priorities”, since it is no longer supported.

Added Section 16.14, “Best Practice”.

Replace ReiserFS by Ext3 for Shrinking LV (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=884287).

System Drops Into Emergency Shell After Enabling Multipath (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=889317/).

There is no iSCSI Target in the Package List (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=905239).

Removed all KDE documentation and references because KDE is no longer shipped.

Removed all references to SuSEconfig, which is no longer supported (Fate #100011).

Move from System V init to systemd (Fate #310421). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

YaST Runlevel Editor has changed to Services Manager (Fate #312568). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

Removed all references to ISDN support, as ISDN support has been removed (Fate #314594).

Removed all references to the YaST DSL module as it is no longer shipped (Fate #316264).

Removed all references to the YaST Modem module as it is no longer shipped (Fate #316264).

Btrfs has become the default file system for the root partition (Fate #315901). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The dmesg now provides human-readable time stamps in ctime()-like format (Fate #316056). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

syslog and syslog-ng have been replaced by rsyslog (Fate #316175). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

MariaDB is now shipped as the relational database instead of MySQL (Fate #313595). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

SUSE-related products are no longer available from http://download.novell.com but from http://download.suse.com. Adjusted links accordingly.

Novell Customer Center has been replaced with SUSE Customer Center. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

/var/run is mounted as tmpfs (Fate #303793). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The following architectures are no longer supported: IA64 and x86. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

The traditional method for setting up the network with ifconfig has been replaced by wicked. Updated affected parts of the documentation.

A lot of networking commands are deprecated and have been replaced by newer commands (usually ip). Updated affected parts of the documentation.

Numerous small fixes and additions to the documentation, based on technical feedback.