RHEA-2015:0568 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated hyperv-daemons packages that add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The hyperv-daemons packages provide a suite of daemons that are needed when a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guest is running on Microsoft Hyper-V. The following daemons are included:

• hypervkvpd, the guest Hyper-V Key-Value Pair (KVP) daemon.
• hypervvssd, the implementation of Hyper-V VSS functionality.
• hypervfcopyd, the implementation of Hyper-V file copy service functionality.

This update adds the following enhancements:

• hypervfcopyd daemon was added to hyperv-daemons package. This update provides the file copy service functionality for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guests running on Microsoft Hyper-V. The daemon enables a Microsoft Hyper-V

host to copy a file using VMBUS into Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guests. Using this update, it is possible to transfer files from a Microsoft Hyper-V
host to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guests. (BZ#1119188)

• The hypervvssd daemon has now been added to the default Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 installation process, enabling HyperV VSS functionality

for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guests. The daemon is used for Microsoft Hyper-V host initiated snapshots of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guests. This update now allows users running Microsoft Hyper-V hosts to obtain snapshots of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 guests using traditional Microsoft Windows backup tools. (BZ#1047393)

Users of hyperv-daemons 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.

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 Server from RHUI 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 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 EUS Compute Node 7.3 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

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal