- Issued:
- 2015-07-29
- Updated:
- 2015-07-29
RHBA-2015:1523 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
Satellite 5.6 bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated satellite-schema and spacewalk-backend packages that fix several bugs
are now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.6.
Description
Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, remote management and monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- Satellite has been updated to fix a Red Hat Proxy 5.6 bug related to operating multiple Proxies behind a load-balancer. (BZ#1225623)
- Previously, errors occurring when registering a system to Satellite were reflected with error codes without explanation and obsolete instructions for reporting problems. With this update, registration error messages include a link to error code descriptions, as well as updated details on how to open a support case with Red Hat. (BZ#1225595)
* Previously, when attempting to register systems to Satellite with a recently refreshed satellite certificate, error tracebacks with the following message were returned:
ERROR: LIMIT must not be negative
This was caused by an error in one of Satellite's postgresql packages that did not correctly respond to deprecation or removal of the 'virtualization_host' and 'virtualization_host_platform' entitlements. Satellite now correctly handles this situation. (BZ#1214484)
- Previously, a timing window in Satellite could cause database deadlocks. Lock acquisition ordering is now enforced to reduce the possibility of the timing window. (BZ#1211729)
- Previously, updating the errata cache for a channel updated every server subscribed to that channel in one large transaction. This could lead to long database locks for channels with large number of subscribed servers. With this update, calculating individual server's cache updates is now performed by the 'update_server_errata_cache' taskomatic task, which releases locks after each server.
This change will have a small impact on the amount of time needed for recalculating the cache for each server, but without holding up the general operations of the Satellite instance. (BZ#1230280)
Users of Red Hat Satellite are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.
Solution
Application of this errata involves updating the database schema.
For general instructions on the database schema upgrade, consult the following
document first: https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/273633
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied. To apply this erratum, take the following
steps:
- Shut down Red Hat Satellite by running the following command as root:
rhn-satellite stop
- Backup the database. For embedded or managed database variants, please consult
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 documentation. For an external database, consult your
database administrator.
- Upgrade the errata packages. Details on how to apply this update are available
at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258
- Update the database schema using the spacewalk-schema-upgrade command. To do
so, run as root:
spacewalk-schema-upgrade
This process will update your database schema to the latest version. The
spacewalk-schema-upgrade command will inform you about the results of the
upgrade and exact locations of schema upgrade log files.
- Restart Red Hat Satellite by running the following as root:
rhn-satellite start
Affected Products
- Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6 s390x
- Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 5 x86_64
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
satellite-schema-5.6.0.26-1.el6sat.src.rpm | SHA-256: 98ae48788fa716f5d58e26fc84205916bb918ad144fca3f35b3c92c58e213e03 |
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-36.el6sat.src.rpm | SHA-256: b188bd23dea170110a6ab83315f0dfbdc0551e34d1ea4c6890e11c41d507a37d |
spacewalk-schema-2.0.2-21.el6sat.src.rpm | SHA-256: 54cbd4d268392d884732375939d2f42bd7654c16699edb0aee43f6aee0c8f5a3 |
x86_64 | |
satellite-schema-5.6.0.26-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 058f40191b74fb391448f594fb0274318ddf33443478228c6b6fa1f589216bde |
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: c6ee3d3681d4fc499f2291d7474f816566c106258e24fd09ccf879ec2ea4fc1f |
spacewalk-backend-app-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a85a863769f8626319f96f07bbf7ef3b37f186549ba441aa2057171700c62a27 |
spacewalk-backend-applet-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b3d22c56f58354e3302053eea1a1f5cfa0d24ad67d2b43b319c0db123e7a21cf |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 50187ef9f17a9073443c272eadf573ec081b062da7519cc46a33dce4cbca751f |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: bcdaba5008b5fb63f67e5b5619b9f685df58e3b9f0075361cf0ccf4b3ebd5df9 |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1606dad33408843931d1707b9dd08ab81b432d539733b62c24784b8ea62fcd31 |
spacewalk-backend-iss-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 54d25df8b778adc97c9c4170022f10c8278d4d8da2924162e3fe6e81d2ee4e9c |
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: bb4f5b3c813770ca3e9d177ab244671afacfdbf9396fa054d7074b566d6fb096 |
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 87ebd4639b6d0f14bd6b7bb40ef9b56e6cf1a6acb211c081ec549d7764e5e4c7 |
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 3f735bcda5399cb4d88f73cd91539d27200db50d5b9af3a5a83114ff4b4bfac2 |
spacewalk-backend-server-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a8ffdb5e2166db394282ccd4dc38f6571c26599ba068ff806f0f524d22f27683 |
spacewalk-backend-sql-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 29a26a42985cfed6ae466d360e3ae611d75e34b3fc186813dbd3ff50d761d39a |
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 06581f551127eb741fb58f85ca588cce41add652cbe4ea7277604f937eca32c1 |
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: eabb9cb7217e22a8afffa55fa3bfe22115284f2078691f8e68095b6de336a387 |
spacewalk-backend-tools-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2f3de2c0a8a5d6207fe1f1d77ef64d689f757011613bc17ed3d324e80b78a95e |
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 3444332061b359b904efe399dbb824e70cac3ea892a6cce2e8fc744425062042 |
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b3c663f9ce1c94add7b1598788f4f425f49cb6fb5bfe526fa57b845744539b5a |
spacewalk-schema-2.0.2-21.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: bf795106b64dbe41bd1ca644fa32b56a791234bcd93ce241a04d39e31956a5b1 |
s390x | |
satellite-schema-5.6.0.26-1.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 058f40191b74fb391448f594fb0274318ddf33443478228c6b6fa1f589216bde |
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: c6ee3d3681d4fc499f2291d7474f816566c106258e24fd09ccf879ec2ea4fc1f |
spacewalk-backend-app-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a85a863769f8626319f96f07bbf7ef3b37f186549ba441aa2057171700c62a27 |
spacewalk-backend-applet-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b3d22c56f58354e3302053eea1a1f5cfa0d24ad67d2b43b319c0db123e7a21cf |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 50187ef9f17a9073443c272eadf573ec081b062da7519cc46a33dce4cbca751f |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: bcdaba5008b5fb63f67e5b5619b9f685df58e3b9f0075361cf0ccf4b3ebd5df9 |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 1606dad33408843931d1707b9dd08ab81b432d539733b62c24784b8ea62fcd31 |
spacewalk-backend-iss-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 54d25df8b778adc97c9c4170022f10c8278d4d8da2924162e3fe6e81d2ee4e9c |
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: bb4f5b3c813770ca3e9d177ab244671afacfdbf9396fa054d7074b566d6fb096 |
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 87ebd4639b6d0f14bd6b7bb40ef9b56e6cf1a6acb211c081ec549d7764e5e4c7 |
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 3f735bcda5399cb4d88f73cd91539d27200db50d5b9af3a5a83114ff4b4bfac2 |
spacewalk-backend-server-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a8ffdb5e2166db394282ccd4dc38f6571c26599ba068ff806f0f524d22f27683 |
spacewalk-backend-sql-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 29a26a42985cfed6ae466d360e3ae611d75e34b3fc186813dbd3ff50d761d39a |
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 06581f551127eb741fb58f85ca588cce41add652cbe4ea7277604f937eca32c1 |
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: eabb9cb7217e22a8afffa55fa3bfe22115284f2078691f8e68095b6de336a387 |
spacewalk-backend-tools-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2f3de2c0a8a5d6207fe1f1d77ef64d689f757011613bc17ed3d324e80b78a95e |
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 3444332061b359b904efe399dbb824e70cac3ea892a6cce2e8fc744425062042 |
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-2.0.3-36.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b3c663f9ce1c94add7b1598788f4f425f49cb6fb5bfe526fa57b845744539b5a |
spacewalk-schema-2.0.2-21.el6sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: bf795106b64dbe41bd1ca644fa32b56a791234bcd93ce241a04d39e31956a5b1 |
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 for RHEL 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
satellite-schema-5.6.0.26-1.el5sat.src.rpm | SHA-256: d49cdac7859de37281e1a17284d2581e059827f021890009cc5b7eb9ca216201 |
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-36.el5sat.src.rpm | SHA-256: 01fe02ead28e872ab60eafa6b3686741c390ef55c3c2dc98c7cf140649171f2d |
spacewalk-schema-2.0.2-21.el5sat.src.rpm | SHA-256: 17cf10a910a000af69c4686b4737286ccde09a7a74c1964b1a7bf2963ad16df1 |
x86_64 | |
satellite-schema-5.6.0.26-1.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 3c8839469c6e112e0b38d310572ebd7f405a0344c881a486b533190292094dcd |
spacewalk-backend-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: a99095f63d92c82816c7229c05f5853798c6a688cf563d60986a974a4c79fd11 |
spacewalk-backend-app-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 2803bb723b34bc8aa9ad8a2f6d04413366bbfc8e8e0a85c2ca8c604fdaee48a8 |
spacewalk-backend-applet-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 226d95beda74d93f44c680ba232db7d8c21c4ec87f66ae8d1be3247ae85a7a5c |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 287ae433679d63cb23924ee0d5661f523ebc6858bad653bdd7e913be218ce3d8 |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 3eccfd27c5b4933124f1b3dea54ea0b7fa2691424cc0ba1ec909be3e310f1a11 |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f4caac57dbebf94aa0cdc635cb8b0a2a7466ea60aace87da70eb56ccf18995bf |
spacewalk-backend-iss-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 69c61ad64ca33f010e1151375016eb688fcda4804686bb7cf2d06aa78ce256bf |
spacewalk-backend-iss-export-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 48553c1980b34a079ea6e59f26b058f9ed17e4aac7978fa951703892dfcaea15 |
spacewalk-backend-libs-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 652ba05dd2591e712ae8b67bbb8218a54597fb66f36dbdf575126c2bdd70cc5d |
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 80bfab594c6365608584dffad25f916c6c5e2fb19099a5e0314661c35c343dbd |
spacewalk-backend-server-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6536a99cc1d5487827fd3b16af208e37b2d2b3cc97aa4c3f2a871b2461e0f40c |
spacewalk-backend-sql-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 80c4b75d44bdfc122031bea94e7e2889cad3c00b88ff4540ec78b14b99372591 |
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 951a6433ff076f0f07aeb361b5821222c5fc5cc42deff38b311e383b7dae4088 |
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: fbb493d359685529a5609fcf439b6dbaeb6990904efac5cb1f44743009ab417f |
spacewalk-backend-tools-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc08408472f0dcbe74950b1c2c55893201fec96f1902a36f2265a4b477cffaa |
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 9493ef32d3999b764fa037ca7f381f774ab95f9063941b2d7f1da59a29e1fb53 |
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc-2.0.3-36.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5959ed3f22e101accbdb9346e1104fac8ff5a1ce108326e916a5db666fcd782d |
spacewalk-schema-2.0.2-21.el5sat.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 292e6082674fc54c8b4bf369bfa081a961f864b309cecdfd2aa2ff5cbd5a8640 |
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