RHBA-2010:0206 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated libvirt-cim package which fixes a dependency error, adds support
for domain console and network and storage pools in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.5 and re-bases the package from version 0.5.5 to version 0.5.8 is
now available.

Description

Libvert-cim is a Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) based
Common Information Model (CIM) provider. It supports most libvirt
virtualization features and allows for the management of multiple
libvirt-based platforms.

This update addresses the following bug:

• the libvirt-cim.spec file included a "Requires: xen" line. Consequently,

selecting the libvirt-cim package in the KVM group during installation
installed the xen package as a dependency. For this update, that line was
removed and Xen is no longer installed automatically when libvirt-cim is
installed. (BZ#517579)

Note: libvirt-cim is an optional package in the KVM group and will not be
installed if only the KVM group is selected. The package has to be selected
manually from the optional packages list to be installed.

Note: a workaround for this issue existed. It required not selecting
libvirt-cim during installation and, after installation and registration of
the system to the Red Hat Network (RHN), installing an updated libvirt-cim
package from RHN. This workaround is no longer necessary.

This update also re-bases the package from version 0.5.5 to version 0.5.8.
This re-base addresses several minor bugs as noted in the ChangeLog
included in libvirt-cim.spec (available as part of the source rpm). The
re-base also adds the following enhancement:

• guest domain console support as well as support for storage pools and

network pools was added. (BZ#512233)

All users of virtualization tools that interact with libvirt, especially
those using CMPI and CIM, should install this updated package which
addresses this problem and adds this enhancement.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 - 512233 - [LTC 5.5 FEAT] libvirt-cim to include new features in RHEL 5.5 [201943]

CVEs

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References

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