Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2007:0531 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2007-11-07
Updated:
2007-11-07

RHEA-2007:0531 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

device-mapper-multipath enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An enhanced device-mapper-multipath package is now available.

Description

The device-mapper-multipath packages provide tools to manage multipath
devices by instructing the device-mapper multipath kernel module what to
do.

Enhancements included in this update are:

  • Support for multipath on cciss devices.
  • Implicit support for EMC CLARiiON arrays with ALUA functionality.
  • Support for multipath on RDAC storage (e.g. IBM DS4000, DELL MD3000).

Bugs fixed in this update include:

  • multipath -ll was hanging when run on a quiesced pav enabled dasd.
  • multipath could silently fail while scanning the paths.
  • multipath could not use user-friendly-names if the bindings file was on a

read-only filesystem.

  • the multipathd init script occasionally returned a nonstandard error

code.

  • multipath did not provide static binaries for use in the initramfs.
  • multipath did not correctly create multipath devices onIBM SAN Volume

Controllers. (vendor=IBM, product=2145)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
these issues 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 Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 241189 - [NetApp-S 5.1 bug] multipath unable to read the user_friendly_names bindings file during boot
  • BZ - 242723 - Wrong init script
  • BZ - 243483 - multipath tools needs static path prio callouts for initramfs

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d8d8d66794d569740577e29f12676a90eb31f6327ae0649b955a30ddf2caf9fa
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 749155bc9a93470a7032b746b6a716e8428844c5289acc82d46f3b651ddb3cb4
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: af2cf64d036340b44173c744e3af2b3c7b5d4b4c1400a3a3903385ec13def5ba
ia64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 56f6ad20d807de0d46d1de419d715234c1a300ea44b481b709267c9f6e6fe7f9
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: fa6f4929ee40771eebb19292c79e02aabad390dcc4e5b5536a5f5ee2cdfd6a7e
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8cbaaf698b5467994a17ee80fdf564dd02ccb77a39adc59211386422165e9064
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5e0b599367201171f38010b7c15a25e055c688b7d4750402740d6c6d0badcec1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d8d8d66794d569740577e29f12676a90eb31f6327ae0649b955a30ddf2caf9fa
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 749155bc9a93470a7032b746b6a716e8428844c5289acc82d46f3b651ddb3cb4
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: af2cf64d036340b44173c744e3af2b3c7b5d4b4c1400a3a3903385ec13def5ba
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8cbaaf698b5467994a17ee80fdf564dd02ccb77a39adc59211386422165e9064
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5e0b599367201171f38010b7c15a25e055c688b7d4750402740d6c6d0badcec1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d8d8d66794d569740577e29f12676a90eb31f6327ae0649b955a30ddf2caf9fa
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 749155bc9a93470a7032b746b6a716e8428844c5289acc82d46f3b651ddb3cb4
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: af2cf64d036340b44173c744e3af2b3c7b5d4b4c1400a3a3903385ec13def5ba
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8cbaaf698b5467994a17ee80fdf564dd02ccb77a39adc59211386422165e9064
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5e0b599367201171f38010b7c15a25e055c688b7d4750402740d6c6d0badcec1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d8d8d66794d569740577e29f12676a90eb31f6327ae0649b955a30ddf2caf9fa
s390x
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: db6929c6e603e1ee7d4885c7a0605fb63fb15d99ea935b89fe9b12868d25495c
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 323385a09d9243f47032d02e3e69cfd1ff632f74d804b8ee8f3b20a0509f902a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d8d8d66794d569740577e29f12676a90eb31f6327ae0649b955a30ddf2caf9fa
ppc
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: ff211486af142cbc082720c0f9f016fea4fd5ca602c9f6c35990eb0a53b09d54
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3db919043e3d9db4bb17a95743356d4bc59321370d2a58b6ae396b361ef34f71

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: d8d8d66794d569740577e29f12676a90eb31f6327ae0649b955a30ddf2caf9fa
x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 749155bc9a93470a7032b746b6a716e8428844c5289acc82d46f3b651ddb3cb4
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: af2cf64d036340b44173c744e3af2b3c7b5d4b4c1400a3a3903385ec13def5ba
i386
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 8cbaaf698b5467994a17ee80fdf564dd02ccb77a39adc59211386422165e9064
kpartx-0.4.7-12.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 5e0b599367201171f38010b7c15a25e055c688b7d4750402740d6c6d0badcec1

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