RHBA-2009:1421 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated libvirt-cim package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

The libvirt-cim package is a Common Manageablity Programming Interface
(CMPI) CIM provider that implements the Distributed Management Task Force's
(DMTF's) System Virtualization, Partitioning and Clustering (SVPC)
virtualization model. This package supports most of the features of libvirt
and enables management of multiple platforms with a single provider.

This updated libvirt-cim package fixes the following bug:

• during installation, when the libvirt-cim package was selected in the KVM

group, the xen package was installed as a dependency. This update removes
the dependency on the xen package so that installing libvirt-cim does not
cause the xen package to be installed. This is useful for customers who
wish to use KVM virtualization with libvirt and libvirt-cim. (BZ#517817)

All users of libvirt-cim are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 517817 - Xen loads instead of KVM to due to unforeseen libvirt-cim dependencies

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)