RHBA-2012:0757 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated libvirt-cim package that fixes various bugs and adds multiple
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libvirt-cim package contains a Common Information Model (CIM) provider based
on Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI). It supports most libvirt
virtualization features and allows management of multiple libvirt-based
platforms.

The libvirt-cim package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.6.1, which
provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#739154)

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the libvirt-cim package required as its dependency the tog-pegasus

package, which contains the OpenPegasus Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
services. This is, however, incorrect as libvirt-cim should not require
specifically tog-pegasus but any CIM server. With this update, libvirt-cim has
been changed to require cim-server instead. The spec files of libvirt-cim and
sblim-sfcb have been modified appropriately and libvirt-cim now uses either of
the packages as its dependency. (BZ#799037)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• Extension for Quality-of-Service (QoS) networking has been added. (BZ#633338)
• Support for domain events has been added. (BZ#739153)
• Extensions for networking of Central Processing Unit (CPU) shares have been

added. (BZ#739156)

All libvirt-cim users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

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/knowledge/articles/11258/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 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 for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• 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 (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 - 739153 - [6.3 FEAT] libvirt-cim support for domain events
• BZ - 750418 - Coverity scan revealed defects
• BZ - 799037 - libvirt-cim should require a CIM server and not specifically tog-pegasus

CVEs

(none)

References

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