- Issued:
- 2009-05-18
- Updated:
- 2009-05-18
RHEA-2009:0952 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
diskdumputils enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated diskdumputils package that contains documentation enhancements
is now available.
Description
The diskdump utilities set up the kernel to save a memory image to a
specified partition.
This updated package contains the following enhancements to its
documentation:
- on systems with the IBM(r) Remote Supervisor Adapter II (RSA-II) card
installed and the RSA-II card's "O/S watchdog" and "NMI reset delay" timers
enabled, the dump process could be interrupted when running diskdump. Such
interruptions left a vmcore-incomplete file on the system. This updated
package contains an additional note in the README file advising users it is
always safe to disable the "O/S watchdog" and "NMI reset delay" timers.
Doing so ensures diskdump succeeds and generates a complete vmcore file.
- the README file now also documents the new "halt_on_err" kernel module
tuneable parameter. This parameter controls whether the system should halt
or restart if the diskdump procedure fails.
All users with the RSA-II card installed on their systems should upgrade to
this updated 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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 479337 - [diskdumputils] Support halt_on_error option
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d37fe2d26da32a5807304be8ad0bb55205fb8c4e790219232230372466f0c1be |
x86_64 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18abf9404e5eade8cbefd2a974f9d07cb209ed361f9c667c8c8be3eff208ae41 |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18abf9404e5eade8cbefd2a974f9d07cb209ed361f9c667c8c8be3eff208ae41 |
ia64 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1b3b0a2788b6c0ddb29434da17df2212e38cf1f38cacdc67396e62d005495901 |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1b3b0a2788b6c0ddb29434da17df2212e38cf1f38cacdc67396e62d005495901 |
i386 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5222c2d02f861f7b0f78793203c1cb02e905bdcbf3ec2dd80012760957d7454a |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5222c2d02f861f7b0f78793203c1cb02e905bdcbf3ec2dd80012760957d7454a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d37fe2d26da32a5807304be8ad0bb55205fb8c4e790219232230372466f0c1be |
x86_64 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18abf9404e5eade8cbefd2a974f9d07cb209ed361f9c667c8c8be3eff208ae41 |
ia64 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 1b3b0a2788b6c0ddb29434da17df2212e38cf1f38cacdc67396e62d005495901 |
i386 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5222c2d02f861f7b0f78793203c1cb02e905bdcbf3ec2dd80012760957d7454a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d37fe2d26da32a5807304be8ad0bb55205fb8c4e790219232230372466f0c1be |
x86_64 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18abf9404e5eade8cbefd2a974f9d07cb209ed361f9c667c8c8be3eff208ae41 |
i386 | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 5222c2d02f861f7b0f78793203c1cb02e905bdcbf3ec2dd80012760957d7454a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d37fe2d26da32a5807304be8ad0bb55205fb8c4e790219232230372466f0c1be |
ppc | |
diskdumputils-1.4.1-7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 7e76b9c013105ca7015a8b5cc52c79c26212695f74587b44799bdaf5b53555cd |
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