Enhancement Advisory sos enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2007:0823-4
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-11-15
Last updated on: 2007-11-15
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

A new SOS package that replaces sysreport is now available.

The SOS package is a set of tools that gathers information about system
hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic
and debugging purposes. SOS is used to help support technicians and
developers.

Enhancements added in this new package include:

* a progress bar that displays estimated time left.

* SOS has been multi-threaded to increase performance.

* SOS can now automatically enable and disable plug-ins it requires on
the fly.

* diagnostic troubleshooting on common misconfiguration and other
problems, in particular clustering related.

* localization support.

* generates an XML report which includes a summary of the commands
executed, exit codes, local files gathered, times and permissions. This
XML report is used for diagnostic and debugging purposes.

All users should upgrade to the new SOS package which replaces the
sysreport package.


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

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sos-1.7-6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    33aa51cfc4c2f210b48e210e70c62fbd
 
IA-32:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
x86_64:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sos-1.7-6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    33aa51cfc4c2f210b48e210e70c62fbd
 
IA-32:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
IA-64:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
PPC:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
s390:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
s390x:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
x86_64:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sos-1.7-6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    33aa51cfc4c2f210b48e210e70c62fbd
 
IA-32:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
IA-64:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
x86_64:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
sos-1.7-6.1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    33aa51cfc4c2f210b48e210e70c62fbd
 
IA-32:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
IA-64:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
x86_64:
sos-1.7-6.1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHBA-2008:0663
    20987fcff3f4a476787cfce51f6f77fb
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)


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