Issued:
2009-10-20
Updated:
2009-10-20

RHBA-2009:1516 - cman bug-fix update


Synopsis

cman bug-fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cman packages that fix a bug are now available.

Description

The Cluster Manager (cman) utility provides user-level services for managing a Linux cluster.

This update applies the following bug fix:

Add support for power cycle command to fence_ipmi, which doesn't shut down the BMC controller.

Old behavior is still the default, so nothing changes without a configuration change. Now there is a new method option that can have the value "cycle", which uses the ipmi power cycle command.

Example of usage:...

...

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated cman packages, which resolve this issue.

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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386

Updated Packages

  • cman-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.ppc.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.s390x.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.s390x.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.ppc.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.src.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.s390.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.ia64.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.ia64.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.i386.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.ppc64.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.i386.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.x86_64.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-1.el5_4.3.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information