RHBA-2012:0854 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fcoe-target-utils packages that fix three bugs and add one enhancement
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fcoe-target-utils packages provide a command line interface for configuring
FCoE LUNs (Fibre Channel over Ethernet Logical Unit Numbers) and backstores.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, starting targetadmin without the fcoe-target utility

could cause the following output "OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/sys/kernel/config/target". This update modifies the underlying code so that
now a warning message is displayed if targetcli is invoked without running the
fcoe-target service. (BZ#752699)

• Prior to this update, fcoe-target-utils used the executable name "targetadmin"

which did not reflect the current name in the upstream version. This update
changes the name to "targetcli", to match the upstream version. (BZ#813664)

• Prior to this update, the configuration state was saved to "tcm_start.sh",

and the fcoe-target init script restored the state from this file when the
fcoe-target service was started. For increased reliability, this update
uses a new method to save and restore fcoe-target configuration; it is
now saved to "/etc/target/saveconfig.json". (BZ#815981)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• Prior to this update, the fcoe-target-utils packages for the Fibre Channel

over Ethernet (FCoE) target mode were available only as technical preview. With
this update, the fcoe-target-utils packages are fully supported in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6. (BZ#750277)

All users of fcoe-target-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add 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 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 (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 - 752699 - Warn use to start daemon "fcoe-target" when execute targetadmin
• BZ - 813659 - "/etc/init.d/fcoe-target status" are using the oldname "targetadmin", it has been changed to "targetcli"
• BZ - 813664 - "targetcli" don't check daemon status but complain about no WWPN found.
• BZ - 815981 - initscript needs updating for new config save/restore method

CVEs

(none)

References

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