RHBA-2011:1185 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated lvm2 packages that fix one bug are now available as part of the ongoing
support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Description

The lvm2 packages provide support for Logical Volume Management.

This update fixes the following bug:

Previously, written metadata could contain wrong names for the missing physical
volumes if more physical volumes were missing in the volume group. Due to this
behavior, the metadata for the whole volume group was wrongly detected as
incorrect. This update enforces the use of the universally unique identifier
(UUID) of the physical volume to reference physical volumes. In clustered
environments, this bug fix must be applied together with the current
lvm2-cluster advisory.(BZ#702308)

Users of lvm2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this
bug.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 702308 - Missing PVs lead to corrupted metadata, and "vgreduce --removemissing --force" is unable to correct the metadata

CVEs

(none)

References

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