RHBA-2011:1593 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated sblim-gather packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sblim-gather package (Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for
Manageability Performance Data Gatherer Base) contains agents and control
programs for gathering and providing performance data and CIM (Common
Information Model) Providers.

The sblim-gather package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.2.3, which
provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#633991)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, CIM Metrics providers specific to IBM System z were missing from

the sblim-gather package, preventing proper functionality of the package on that
architecture. This update ensures that the CIM Metrics providers are now
properly included in the IBM System z packages, with the result that full
functionality is now provided. (BZ#712043)

• The sblim-gather-provider package is DSP1053 compliant and advertises this via

the Linux_MetricRegisteredProfile class under the root/interop namespace. Prior
to this update, the registration of this class and provider was missing from the
package, preventing communication with the class via CIM object managers. This
bug has been fixed, and now the appropriate provider for the
Linux_MetricRegisteredProfile class is properly registered under the
root/interop namespace. (BZ#713174)

• Previously, the sblim-gather init script was incorrectly placed in the

/etc/init.d directory, causing difficulties during installation of the package.
With this update, the init script is correctly placed in the /etc/rc.d/init.d
directory, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#626769)

• Previously, the sblim-gather init script exit status codes were incorrect in

two scenarios: when restarting a service as a non-privileged user and when
passing an invalid argument. This bug has been fixed, and all exit status codes
of the sblim-gather init script are now correct. (BZ#627919)

All users of sblim-gather are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs.

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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 626769 - Initscript is placed in wrong directory
• BZ - 627919 - sblim-gather init script improvement
• BZ - 633991 - [6.1 FEAT] Update sblim-gather to ver 2.2.2
• BZ - 735109 - gatherd: segfault in libmetricUnixProcess.so

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)