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Enhancement Advisory xen enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0635-14
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-07
Last updated on: 2007-11-07
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Details

Updated xen packages that support new hypervisor and HVM save/restore are
now available.

The xen package contains the Xen hypervisor and Xen tools that are needed to
run virtual machines on x86 systems, together with the kernel-xen* packages.

The Xen hypervisor has been updated to Xen 3.1, which is not ABI compatible
with the earlier Xen 3.0.3 hypervisor. The new Xen userspace has support for
dealing with the Xen 3.1 hypervisor ABI format. The packages also enable
save and restore with fully virtualized guest domains.

All xen users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain these
enhancements.


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/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 2d617747bf2aef893887527c02198cd0
 
IA-32:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: d2a378e5a813b5af4a93ab957572b0b2
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 0ef86753739ed5853a789a98af89fdd8
 
x86_64:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 689881d09e00d22d6e1791af5ae3dba9
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 0ef86753739ed5853a789a98af89fdd8
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: c45b27146a38cec472ea98c0b034d689
 
RHEL Virtualization (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 2d617747bf2aef893887527c02198cd0
 
IA-32:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: d2a378e5a813b5af4a93ab957572b0b2
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 0ef86753739ed5853a789a98af89fdd8
 
IA-64:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 7e9252d12d9a9c3b165b30c65d48094a
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 464bfeeabccf5e6ea7082156e10f891c
 
x86_64:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 689881d09e00d22d6e1791af5ae3dba9
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 0ef86753739ed5853a789a98af89fdd8
xen-devel-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: c45b27146a38cec472ea98c0b034d689
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 2d617747bf2aef893887527c02198cd0
 
IA-32:
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 75523e3b7269a7d82010e2df3bdc87d5
 
IA-64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.ia64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 0fe7ff705d07e12b70c633dc9d71f06b
 
x86_64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 75523e3b7269a7d82010e2df3bdc87d5
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 3fd3cc8fa965d6cd6f749aa2886381a8
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
xen-3.0.3-41.el5.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 2d617747bf2aef893887527c02198cd0
 
IA-32:
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 75523e3b7269a7d82010e2df3bdc87d5
 
x86_64:
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.i386.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 75523e3b7269a7d82010e2df3bdc87d5
xen-libs-3.0.3-41.el5.x86_64.rpm
File outdated by:  RHSA-2011:1401
    MD5: 3fd3cc8fa965d6cd6f749aa2886381a8
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

202636 - xenconsoled should persistently log PV console output
202959 - HVM serial console hangs in grub
210141 - XenD HTTP service serializes all requests
211208 - Python error when specifying vnc port
212272 - libxc does not propagate errors during domain creation back to XenD
212662 - Kernel does not re-activate paravirt console mapping during resume/migration
215342 - blktap should error out if disk image is not found prior to starting domain
216169 - vncfb does not run on IA64
216204 - Windows XP install requires F5 for HAL selection
218820 - HVM guests limited to 2G memory
218822 - PAE 4GB bug in hypervisor when using HVM guests with > 4 GB ram
220494 - xend forgets pvfb configuration on restart
220504 - [RHEL5] Xen restore tries to balloon to "maxmem" if specified in the config file
223173 - FEAT: RHEL5.1 VT-i supported as Product
225166 - Fully virtualized virt-install fails from a read-write NFS share
225413 - Useless xen-vncfb process is created for fully virtualized domains
230331 - IA64 Fully virtualized support fails with "Invalid Argument"
230634 - PVFB backend fails to terminate when frontend vanishes early
230790 - HVM: QEMU leaks virtual disk file descriptors to network script causing SELinux AVCs
233433 - Hotplug scripts report errors badly
234166 - QEMU file descriptor leak causes SELinux errors when starting HVM domain
234227 - permission of /var/log/xen/xend-debug.log wrong
236595 - Guest Reboot Fails, 30 Second Shutdown Timeout
237667 - network-bridge fails on some machines
243462 - Update userspace to work against 3.1.0 hypervisor ABI
243884 - Race in vfb/vkbd device setup
245188 - xen-vncfb segfault
248947 - Running i386 FC6 with PVFB causes Dom0 kernel panic
249564 - stopping xend with running domUs destroys xen system
249719 - Package description seems wrong
251407 - Network device doesn't work in 32-bit Vista HVM guests
252359 - Prompted for VNC password after live migration
252361 - xm create complains about keymap option in vfb[]
253583 - Live migration of HVM/Fully-Virt guests crashes target host/dom0



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