Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2021:0866 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2021-03-16
Updated:
2021-03-16

RHEA-2021:0866 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

open-vm-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An update for open-vm-tools is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7.

Description

The Open Virtual Machine Tools are the open source implementation of the
VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization
components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual
machines.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • [ESXi][RHEL7.9][ warning] [guestinfo] GuestInfoGetDiskDevice: Missing

disk device name; VMDK mapping unavailable for "/", fsName: "/dev/sda2"
(BZ#1911853)

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 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 Scientific Computing 7 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1911853 - [ESXi][RHEL7.9][ warning] [guestinfo] GuestInfoGetDiskDevice: Missing disk device name; VMDK mapping unavailable for "/", fsName: "/dev/sda2"

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 40293e2d7607dd28ef8635b120e20245cfdb4dc670a554d6b6dff78f83bbb548
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b1d8d5b7d1fe16271325c521fa6f7ea5578a6e3070ca910f2cf594b8fb68682
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64e056a7bd77a9145f2343edf7e1ab3d41a253d1a4d8501d8b2964b76fecdb3c
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 056a24f17d4f997e1feff82e91ab6d4cc6e7cbde0b47f9685e82efe9572b472d
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36ab5fe8b7bafa7cf80b79632d1014b7613db329d0dda74e2690e9444e796213

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 40293e2d7607dd28ef8635b120e20245cfdb4dc670a554d6b6dff78f83bbb548
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b1d8d5b7d1fe16271325c521fa6f7ea5578a6e3070ca910f2cf594b8fb68682
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64e056a7bd77a9145f2343edf7e1ab3d41a253d1a4d8501d8b2964b76fecdb3c
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 056a24f17d4f997e1feff82e91ab6d4cc6e7cbde0b47f9685e82efe9572b472d
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36ab5fe8b7bafa7cf80b79632d1014b7613db329d0dda74e2690e9444e796213

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 40293e2d7607dd28ef8635b120e20245cfdb4dc670a554d6b6dff78f83bbb548
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b1d8d5b7d1fe16271325c521fa6f7ea5578a6e3070ca910f2cf594b8fb68682
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64e056a7bd77a9145f2343edf7e1ab3d41a253d1a4d8501d8b2964b76fecdb3c
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 056a24f17d4f997e1feff82e91ab6d4cc6e7cbde0b47f9685e82efe9572b472d
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36ab5fe8b7bafa7cf80b79632d1014b7613db329d0dda74e2690e9444e796213

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 40293e2d7607dd28ef8635b120e20245cfdb4dc670a554d6b6dff78f83bbb548
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b1d8d5b7d1fe16271325c521fa6f7ea5578a6e3070ca910f2cf594b8fb68682
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64e056a7bd77a9145f2343edf7e1ab3d41a253d1a4d8501d8b2964b76fecdb3c
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 056a24f17d4f997e1feff82e91ab6d4cc6e7cbde0b47f9685e82efe9572b472d
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36ab5fe8b7bafa7cf80b79632d1014b7613db329d0dda74e2690e9444e796213

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.src.rpm SHA-256: 40293e2d7607dd28ef8635b120e20245cfdb4dc670a554d6b6dff78f83bbb548
x86_64
open-vm-tools-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b1d8d5b7d1fe16271325c521fa6f7ea5578a6e3070ca910f2cf594b8fb68682
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-debuginfo-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9fd26b3c3b90b5b49a07a95cba1fa415c7a125348d96eff2077c604b5a2bfdf2
open-vm-tools-desktop-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 64e056a7bd77a9145f2343edf7e1ab3d41a253d1a4d8501d8b2964b76fecdb3c
open-vm-tools-devel-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 056a24f17d4f997e1feff82e91ab6d4cc6e7cbde0b47f9685e82efe9572b472d
open-vm-tools-test-11.0.5-3.el7_9.2.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 36ab5fe8b7bafa7cf80b79632d1014b7613db329d0dda74e2690e9444e796213

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