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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:0498 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2019-03-12
Updated:
2019-03-12

RHBA-2019:0498 - Bug Fix Advisory

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Synopsis

rear bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated rear packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

Relax-and-Recover is a recovery and system migration utility. The utility produces a bootable image and restores from backup using this image. It allows to restore to different hardware and can therefore be also used as a migration utility.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, under certain circumstances, rescue images created by ReaR did not include shared libraries provided by the system. This occurred, for example, in situations when additional libraries of the same name were included in the images by using the COPY_AS_IS option, which happens especially when using the NetBackup utility for backups. Consequently, the images could not be used for restoring the system. The bug has been fixed by including both the additional library and the system library. As a result, NetBackup can now be successfully used as a backup mechanism with ReaR. (BZ#1663418)
  • When using NetBackup as a backup mechanism, verification of binaries included in the rescue system previously failed, because the NetBackup-specific library path was not specified. As a consequence, generation of a rescue image failed. With this update, it is possible to specify an additional library path, and redundant libraries are no longer included. As a result, the NetBackup mechanism now works as expected with ReaR. (BZ#1663419)
  • In cases of a large number (hundreds or more) of multipath devices, creation of a rescue image previously took a long time (potentially several hours) because scanning of disk devices was repeated many times and collected unnecessary information. With this update, scanning has been improved in the following ways:
  • Scanning uses caching to avoid querying the multipath devices multiple times.
  • Scanning queries only device-mapper devices for device-mapper specific information.
  • Scanning avoids collecting information about FibreChannel devices.

As a result, the creation of the rescue image with hundreds of multipath devices now proceeds faster. (BZ#1680486)

  • Several bugs in ReaR affecting complex network configurations previously occurred:
  • If teaming, or bonding with the SIMPLIFY_BONDING option, was used together with the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), the LACP configuration was not restored in the rescue system.
  • If a network interface was renamed from the standard name, such as ethX, to a custom name, ReaR did not restore the configuration of the interface in the rescue system.
  • When bonding was used, ReaR recorded an incorrect MAC address of the network interfaces in the bond because their MAC addresses were changed to the one of the first bond member.

As a consequence, in any of the described scenarios, the network did not function properly in the rescue system, making it impossible to restore backups accessed over the network without manual intervention. The bugs have been fixed, and it is now possible to recover network backups in the aforementioned network setups. (BZ#1664304, BZ#1663463, BZ#1663436)

WARNING: In case of teaming, this update might introduce another problem. If the team has multiple member interfaces, the team device might not be configured correctly in the rescue system. To work around this problem, preserve the previous behavior by adding the following line in the /etc/rear/local.conf file:

“SIMPLIFY_TEAMING=y”

For the newly added LACP support, temporarily remove all interfaces but one from the team during the rescue image creation process as a workaround. (BZ#1685166)

Users of rear are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Fixes

  • BZ - 1663418 - ReaR doesn't restore the network configuration when custom interface naming is used [rhel-7.6.z]
  • BZ - 1663436 - Record permanent mac address when device is enslaved in a bond, or else /etc/mac-addresses will record broken information [rhel-7.6.z]
  • BZ - 1663463 - Netbackup restore not functional anymore [rhel-7.6.z]
  • BZ - 1680486 - ReaR unable to create the Rescue ISO when having a lot of multipath devices [rhel-7.6.z]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 15653fe0030adc584462585272b6194e69c93a0c70d8c18f316cdfeb44d2b7ac
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 882a9b4725da17d60abe803cd67f78b82d2131f7d95fc756becdb7f476efd5ad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 15653fe0030adc584462585272b6194e69c93a0c70d8c18f316cdfeb44d2b7ac
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 882a9b4725da17d60abe803cd67f78b82d2131f7d95fc756becdb7f476efd5ad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64le
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7f57b5c395a51fa948664c783487e51ca807eb229737d6be944ce0290ba753f7
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1968f48f93de6b965c593341d6292fd9a58d1ba1a8f96e77e009b11ea56fc99d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64le
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7f57b5c395a51fa948664c783487e51ca807eb229737d6be944ce0290ba753f7
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1968f48f93de6b965c593341d6292fd9a58d1ba1a8f96e77e009b11ea56fc99d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
aarch64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 497c36922bb6dc5ed90f4efc2aabe285992f001253ee4b9db967c8cbd163d2b4
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: afb1d5265bf36ff9e31a4b1f7f04d57bda7b83f9f47249d6f8fb9660c9c90e42

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64le
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7f57b5c395a51fa948664c783487e51ca807eb229737d6be944ce0290ba753f7
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1968f48f93de6b965c593341d6292fd9a58d1ba1a8f96e77e009b11ea56fc99d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64le
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7f57b5c395a51fa948664c783487e51ca807eb229737d6be944ce0290ba753f7
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1968f48f93de6b965c593341d6292fd9a58d1ba1a8f96e77e009b11ea56fc99d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
x86_64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4bee62f725550d8d8049b8fd73baf5a3e5ee4cf8ab923f696fc478ad73ba87bd
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 6e310f1c49e2f541437c580db93555206913e3ad75dac974647f131e86e0e76f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 15653fe0030adc584462585272b6194e69c93a0c70d8c18f316cdfeb44d2b7ac
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 882a9b4725da17d60abe803cd67f78b82d2131f7d95fc756becdb7f476efd5ad

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7

SRPM
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.src.rpm SHA-256: 05cea727a329e4f9bde17b951c2b0d13161939c1e0e72a372ee872e5cbd7fbc7
ppc64le
rear-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 7f57b5c395a51fa948664c783487e51ca807eb229737d6be944ce0290ba753f7
rear-debuginfo-2.4-4.el7_6.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 1968f48f93de6b965c593341d6292fd9a58d1ba1a8f96e77e009b11ea56fc99d

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