RHBA-2012:1468 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated virt-v2v packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virt-v2v packages provide a tool for converting virtual machines to use the
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor or Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization. The tool modifies both the virtual machine image and its
associated libvirt metadata. Also, virt-v2v can configure a guest to use VirtIO
drivers if possible.

This update fixes this following bug:

• Previously, when the virt-v2v utility was used to convert a virtual machine

(VM) from a foreign hypervisor (such as Xen or VMware) to Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization, it set the vm_snapshot_id identifier of all disks of that VM
incorrectly. Consequently, various problems occurred while doing a large number
of tasks on this VM from the side of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. With
this update, a unique identifier is generated for each disk in the described
scenario, thus preventing this bug. (BZ#872496)

Users of virt-v2v 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

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References

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