RHBA-2013:1291 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libvirt-cim packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libvirt-cim packages provide a Common Manageability Programming Interface
(CMPI) CIM provider that implements the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
System Virtualization, Partitioning and Clustering (SVPC) virtualization model.
These packages support most of the features of libvirt and enable management of
multiple platforms with a single provider.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Virtual Machines managed by a libvirt-cim broker were not aware of the

"dumpCore" flag in the "memory" section nor was there support for the
"shareable" property for "disk" devices. Thus those properties were dropped from
the Virtual Machine XML configuration when the configuration was updated by the
broker. As a consequence, customers expecting or setting these properties on
their Virtual Machines had to adjust the configurations in order to reset them.
With this update, a patch has been added to libvirt-cim and it is now aware of
these properties so that any changes made to the Virtual Machine XML
configuration will not be lost by the broker when it writes the configuration.
As a result, Virtual Machines managed by the libvirt-cim broker will recognize
the "dumpCore" tag in the "memory" section and/or the "shareable" tag on a
"disk" device and not remove either when updating the Virtual Machine XML
configuration. (BZ#1009117)

Users of libvirt-cim 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.4 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 Update Support from RHUI 6.4 i386
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
• 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 Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.4 x86_64
• 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

CVEs

(none)

References

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