- Issued:
- 2013-11-20
- Updated:
- 2013-11-20
RHEA-2013:1715 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
virt-who enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated virt-who packages that add various enhancements are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The virt-who packages provide an agent that collects information about virtual
guests present in the system and reports them to the Red Hat Subscription
Manager tool.
This update adds the following enhancements:
- With this update, support for the VMware ESXi hosts has been added to the
virt-who package (BZ#923757)
- This update adds support for sending information from the virt-who agent to
Red Hat Satellite 5. (BZ#1001416)
- With this update, the virt-who package has been modified to support listing of
VMware ESX virtual guest with more than 100 results. (BZ#1002058)
Users of virt-who are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which 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 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 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 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
- 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 Power, big endian 6 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 Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
Fixes
- BZ - 1001416 - virt-who should register ESX hypervisor to Satellite instead of vCenter
- BZ - 1002058 - ESX support in virt-who can't handle more than 100 guests
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 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| x86_64 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
| i386 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| x86_64 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
| i386 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| x86_64 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
| i386 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| x86_64 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
| i386 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| s390x | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| ppc64 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| x86_64 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| x86_64 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
| i386 | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 8076aae19276610f7182991c6d6c5ced50ea969f6cb86a131e3d9b4a7568800c |
| s390x | |
| virt-who-0.8-9.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1887d966509288da6a3b3dc8c89320341dfe78d94703f62053a946f69ca15303 |
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