- Issued:
- 2006-03-07
- Updated:
- 2006-03-07
RHEA-2006:0089 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
s390utils enhancement and bug fix update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated s390utils packages that include the osasnmpd and vmcp utilites
from IBM and fix a bug with lsdasd are now available.
Description
This updated package adds the vmcp and osasnmpd utilities from IBM to the
s390utils package and fixes a bug for lsdasd after reboots.
The most important programs contained in this package are:
- The cmstools suite to list, check, copy and cat files from a CMS
volume.
- chccwdev, a script to generically change attributes of a ccw device.
- dasdfmt, which is used to low-level format eckd-dasds with
either the classic linux disk layout or the new z/OS
compatible disk layout.
- dasdview, which displays DASD and VTOC information and dumps the
content
of a DASD to the console.
- fdasd, which is used to create or modify partitions on
eckd-dasds formatted with the z/OS compatible disk layout.
- osasnmpd, a subagent for net-snmp to access the OSA hardware via snmp.
- qetharp to query and purge address data in the OSA and HiperSockets
hardware
- qethconf to configure IBM QETH function IPA, VIPA and Proxy ARP.
- src_vipa.sh to start applications using VIPA capabilities
- tunedasd, a tool to adjust tunable parameters on DASD devices
- vmcp, a tool to send CP commands from a Linux guest to the VM.
- zipl, which is used to make either dasds or tapes bootable
for system IPL or system dump.
- zdump, which is used to retrieve system dumps from either
tapes or dasds.
All users of s390utils that require these new features or bug fixes are
encouraged to update to these packages.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Fvh [filenames]
where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.
Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
s390utils-1.3.2-2.40.7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 56d5df70d24c9e618f121fbc1692851a606118aca76476023b1271934c7d7ce4 |
s390x | |
s390utils-1.3.2-2.40.7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: ae69c88ec5fb51bd494669a315588f1375761d3cf569d7a7f9b7c5b89dea08f2 |
s390 | |
s390utils-1.3.2-2.40.7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: f659cfe8114d1fab94fe13cf1df156fa213997baef39231990f8923a231fbddc |
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