RHBA-2017:0391 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated open-vm-tools packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The open-vm-tools project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of open source virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines. This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries of open-vm-tools.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, the vmtoolsd service in some cases entered a deadlock state when taking a snapshot of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 system on the VMWare ESXi hypervisor. Now, vmtoolsd takes into account the dependencies between mount points when taking a snapshot, and the described problem no longer occurs. (BZ#1419059)
• Prior to this update, taking a snapshot of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guest on the VMWare ESXi hypervisor failed if docker images were running on the guest. With this update, the vmtoolsd service properly quiesces the guest file system in the described scenario, which makes it possible for the snapshots to be taken. (BZ#1419062)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• A new udev rule for the SCSI timeout increases this timeout from 30 seconds to 180 seconds when using open-vm-tools. This prevents virtualized SCSI devices from becoming offline due to temporary transport problems. (BZ#1418949)

Users of open-vm-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1419062 - [ESX][open-vm-tools][RHEL7.4]When running docker containers, the open-vm-tools SyncDriver fails to quiesce filesystems and returns an error

CVEs

(none)

References

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