Re: SLES 15 SP2 kernel issue with random number generator (crng)

2020-12-15 Thread Neale Ferguson
What happens in you install rng-tools and start the service (assuming this is a package available on SLES15)? Neale -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with

Re: Oracle client for SLES 15?

2020-12-15 Thread Marcy Cortes
Really? It's like 2.5 years since 15 was released. You'd think that would be enough time to certify :( I understand a database would be a big deal, but I just need the client. I guess they are stuck together. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Aaron Graves

Re: SLES 15 SP2 kernel issue with random number generator (crng)

2020-12-15 Thread Marcy Cortes
We have haveged on our sles 15 SP2 servers. We didn't consciously put it there :) All of ours were upgrades from SP1, though. So maybe that had it? We've not had any issues. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port On Behalf Of Aria Bamdad Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Re: SLES 15 SP2 kernel issue with random number generator (crng)

2020-12-15 Thread Aria Bamdad
Yes, thank you Marcy. You are correct that SLES 12 had haveged and I see the same with upgraded SLES12 servers to SLES15. However a fresh install of SLES15 does not install haveged. This is fine until you upgrade to SP2. I see that it seems that the new kernel crng expects to see a hardware

SLES 15 SP2 kernel issue with random number generator (crng)

2020-12-15 Thread Aria Bamdad
Hi, At a point during SLES15 SP2 release, an update to the kernel switched to the new crng random number generator. This is causing the random number generator to take 2 minutes on my system to generate enough entropy, causing the message: "kernel: random: crng init done" to appear about 2

Re: Oracle client for SLES 15?

2020-12-15 Thread Aaron Graves
Hi Marcy, The certification for Oracle on SLES15 has not completed yet. Your work around is what is recommended if you want to test on SLES15 in the interim. Regards, Aaron Graves IBM Z Dallas ISV Center aaron.gra...@ibm.com 845-433-3672 From: Marcy Cortes To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU