Bug Fix Advisory device-mapper-multipath bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1524-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-10-26
Last updated on: 2009-10-26
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated device-mapper-multipath package that fixes a bug is now
available.

device-mapper-multipath provides three tools to manage multipath devices:
multipath, which scans systems for multipath devices and assembles them;
multipathd, which detects path failures and re-initializes multipath to
update and correct these paths; and kpartx, which enables partitioning of
multipath devices. These tools give the device-mapper-multipath kernel
module instructions on what to do, and manage the creation and removal of
partitions for device-mapper devices.

This updated package addresses the following bug:

* the kpartx utility creates device maps from partition tables.
Device-mapper devices with minor numbers greater than 255 caused kpartx to
use the UUID from the wrong device when trying to create partitions. If the
device had pre-existing partitions, kpartx would fail to create the new
partitions. With this update, kpartx is now able to handle device-mapper
devices with minor numbers greater than 255. (BZ#529707)

Multipath users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this
issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.src.rpm     f49a12b03f14c51a8bd401a4ad4a8efe
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     5d49155196e89b6b15b2dc5e8d9dc5aa
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     4fc759b9aa87be0988c46165aea5d0a5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.src.rpm     f49a12b03f14c51a8bd401a4ad4a8efe
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     5d49155196e89b6b15b2dc5e8d9dc5aa
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     91eac34f1ce013b120eec3775837ebff
 
PPC:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm     fe991e1bc50418e17711ba8fe5b9d4f9
 
s390:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.s390.rpm     d375a88d1a70d73a30f5afc75add3ba0
 
s390x:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm     faf143024957adc517c9b56696486ef5
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     4fc759b9aa87be0988c46165aea5d0a5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.src.rpm     f49a12b03f14c51a8bd401a4ad4a8efe
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     5d49155196e89b6b15b2dc5e8d9dc5aa
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     91eac34f1ce013b120eec3775837ebff
 
PPC:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.ppc.rpm     fe991e1bc50418e17711ba8fe5b9d4f9
 
s390:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.s390.rpm     d375a88d1a70d73a30f5afc75add3ba0
 
s390x:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.s390x.rpm     faf143024957adc517c9b56696486ef5
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     4fc759b9aa87be0988c46165aea5d0a5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.src.rpm     f49a12b03f14c51a8bd401a4ad4a8efe
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     5d49155196e89b6b15b2dc5e8d9dc5aa
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     91eac34f1ce013b120eec3775837ebff
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     4fc759b9aa87be0988c46165aea5d0a5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4.8.z)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.src.rpm     f49a12b03f14c51a8bd401a4ad4a8efe
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     5d49155196e89b6b15b2dc5e8d9dc5aa
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     91eac34f1ce013b120eec3775837ebff
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     4fc759b9aa87be0988c46165aea5d0a5
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.src.rpm     f49a12b03f14c51a8bd401a4ad4a8efe
 
IA-32:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.i386.rpm     5d49155196e89b6b15b2dc5e8d9dc5aa
 
IA-64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.ia64.rpm     91eac34f1ce013b120eec3775837ebff
 
x86_64:
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-35.el4_8.2.x86_64.rpm     4fc759b9aa87be0988c46165aea5d0a5
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

529707 - kpartx does not create device maps from partition tables for some mpath devices



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