- Issued:
- 2004-12-20
- Updated:
- 2004-12-20
RHBA-2004:470 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
Updated piranha package
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated piranha package that fixes various bugs is now available for
Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
Description
Piranha provides high availability and load balancing services for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. It includes various tools to administer and configure
the Linux Virtual Server as well as heartbeating and failover components.
The LVS is a dynamically adjusted kernel routing mechanism that provides
load balancing primarily for web and ftp servers though other services are
supported.
The following bugs have been fixed:
- Nanny process crashes when no load_monitor is specified in lvs.cf
- Pulse process fails to start when no backup is specified
- Virtual IP address does not activate when multiple services are defined
to use the same address - for example, when the first is disabled
- Failure to detect local LVS master on a machine with greater than 8 NICs
- Intermittent failure to send gratuitous ARP packets from master server
after a split brain resolution
- Crash on startup on AMD64 (Athlon 64, Opteron) if configuration file is
empty
The following feature has been added:
- Handling of activeCommand/inactiveCommand.
Users of Piranha are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:
up2date
For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_64 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_64 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_64 3 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 73074 - nanny crashing when no load_monitor specified
- BZ - 112016 - pulse fails to start if backup name not specified
- BZ - 123342 - the VIP doesnt come up, where the first service deactivated
- BZ - 131309 - [RHEL3][PATCH]Piranha/LVS master interface detection failure
- BZ - 134007 - Piranha/LVS of RH Cluster Suite doesn't re-arp vip after a split-brain scenario
- BZ - 138850 - Preinstall script broken: useradd
- BZ - 138879 - pulse: segmentation fault with empty lvs.conf file.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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