From: John Wolfe Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 19:44:30 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Open-vm-tools 12.1.0 Release Notes X-Git-Tag: stable-12.1.0~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=296bffe04df602705d223d78633877ddd2f2cb9c;p=thirdparty%2Fopen-vm-tools.git Open-vm-tools 12.1.0 Release Notes --- diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md index 6f4ce1c57..ca8f6a839 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes.md +++ b/ReleaseNotes.md @@ -1,56 +1,88 @@ -#open-vm-tools 10.0.0 Release Notes - -Updated on 1 SEP 2015 -##What's in the Release Notes -The release notes cover the following topics: - -- What's New -- Internationalization -- Compatibility -- Installation and Upgrades for This Release -- Known Issues - -##What's New -VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine's guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine. Read about the new and enhanced features in this release below: - -- **Common versioning**: Infrastructure changes to enable reporting of the true version of open-vm-tools. This feature is dependent on host support. -- **Quiesced snapshots enhancements for Linux guests running IO workload**: Robustness related enhancements in quiesced snapshot operation. The _vmtoolsd_ service supports caching of log messages when guest IO has been quiesced. Enhancements in the _vmbackup_ plugin use a separate thread to quiesce the guest OS to avoid timeout issues due to heavy I/O in the guest. -- **Shared Folders**: For Linux distributions with kernel version 4.0.0 and higher, there is a new FUSE based Shared Folders client which is used as a replacement for the kernel mode client. -- **ESXi Serviceability**: Default _vmtoolsd_ logging is directed to a file instead of syslog. _vmware-toolbox-cmd_ is enhanced for setting _vmtoolsd_ logging levels. -- **GuestInfo Enhancements**: Plugin enhancements to report more than 64 IP addresses from the guest. These enhancements will be available only after upgrading the host because the guest IP addresses limit also exists on the host side. - -## Internationalization -open-vm-tools 10.0.0 supports the following languages: - -- English -- French -- German -- Spanish -- Italian -- Japanese -- Korean -- Simplified Chinese -- Traditional Chinese - -## Compatibility -open-vm-tools 10.0.0 is compatible with all supported versions of VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation 12.0 and VMware Fusion 8.0. -## Installation and Upgrades for This Release -The steps to install open-vm-tools vary depending on your VMware product and the guest operating system you have installed. For general steps to install open-vm-tools in most VMware products, see https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/README.md -## Known Issues -The known issues are as follows: - -- **The status of IPv6 address is displayed as "unknown"** - - The status of IPv6 address from vim-cmd is displayed as "unknown" even when the address is valid. - - Workaround: None -- **TextCopyPaste between host and guest systems fail** - - Copy and Paste of text between host and guest systems fail if the text size 50KB or higher. - - Workaround: Copy and Paste smaller amounts of text. -- **Definition of the field _ipAddress_ in guestinfo is ambiguous** - - The field _ipAddress_ is defined as "Primary IP address assigned to the guest operating system, if known". - - Workaround: The field _ipAddress_ in this context for Linux is defined as the first IP address fetched by open-vm-tools. +# Open-vm-tools 12.1.0 Release Notes + +Updated on: 23rd AUG 2022 + +Open-vm-tools | 23rd AUG 2022 | Build 20219665 + +Check back for additions and updates to these release notes. + +## What's in the Release Notes + +The release notes cover the following topics: + +* [What's New](#whatsnew) +* [Internationalization](#i18n) +* [End of Feature Support Notice](#endoffeaturesupport) +* [Guest Operating System Customization Support](#guestop) +* [Interoperability Matrix](#interop) +* [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues) +* [Known Issues](#knownissues) + +## What's New + +* This release resolves CVE-2022-31676. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products, see [https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html](https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html). + +* Please see the [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues) and [Known Issues](#knownissues) sections below. + + +## Internationalization + +Open-vm-tools 12.1.0 is available in the following languages: + +* English +* French +* German +* Spanish +* Italian +* Japanese +* Korean +* Simplified Chinese +* Traditional Chinese + +## End of Feature Support Notice + + * The tar tools (linux.iso) and OSPs shipped with VMware Tools 10.3.x release will continue to be supported. However, releases after VMware Tools 10.3.5 will only include critical and security fixes. No new feature support will be provided in these types of VMware Tools (tar tools and OSP's). It is recommended that customers use open-vm-tools for those operating systems that support open-vm-tools. For more information about open-vm-tools, see [KB 2073803](https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2073803). + +## Guest Operating System Customization Support +The [Guest OS Customization Support Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/guestOS/guest-os-customization-matrix.pdf) provides details about the guest operating systems supported for customization. + +## Interoperability Matrix + +The [VMware Product Interoperability Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php) provides details about the compatibility of current and earlier versions of VMware Products.  + +## Resolved Issues + +* A number of Coverity reported issues have been addressed. + +* **[FTBFS] Fix the build of the ContainerInfo plugin for a 32-bit Linux release** + + Reported in [open-vm-tools pull request #588](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/588), the fix did not make the code freeze date for open-vm-tools 12.0.5. + + This issue is fixed in this release. + +* **Make HgfsConvertFromNtTimeNsec aware of 64-bit time_t on i386 (32-bit)** + + Reported in [open-vm-tools pull request #387](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/387), this change incorporates the support of 64 bit time epoch conversion from Windows NT time to Unix Epoch time on i386. + +* **A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 12.1.0 release is available at:** + + [Open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.1.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog) + +## Known Issues + + +* **Shared Folders mount is unavailable on Linux VM.** + + If the **Shared Folders** feature is enabled on a Linux VM while it is powered off, the shared folders mount is not available on restart. + + Note: This issue is applicable to open-vm-tools running on VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. + + Workaround: + + If the VM is powered on, disable and enable the **Shared Folders** feature from the interface. For resolving the issue permanently, edit **/etc/fstab** and add an entry to mount the Shared Folders automatically on boot. For example, add the line: + + vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0 + + + +