Issued:
2011-11-28
Updated:
2011-11-28

RHBA-2011:1487 - openais bug fix update

Synopsis

openais bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated openais package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Application Interface Specification (AIS) is an API and a set of policies for developing applications that maintain services during faults. The OpenAIS Standards Based Cluster Framework is an OSI-certified implementation of the Service Availability Forum AIS. The openais package contains the openais executable, OpenAIS service handlers, default configuration files and an init script.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • When stopping the cman service on a cluster node shutdown, the groupd daemon often exited with the "groupd: cpg_leave error retrying" error message, causing OpenAIS to become unresponsive. As a consequence, the cluster node was not shut down correctly. With this update, the underlying code has been modified to stop cman correctly. Cluster nodes can now be shut down as expected. (BZ#752443)

  • Under certain circumstances, if the system clock was changed on a cluster node, cman could terminate unexpectedly on all cluster nodes, resulting in nodes not being fenced. As a consequence, the cluster was not shut down gracefully and had to be rebooted manually. With this update, the underlying code has been modified to handle significant time changes. The cman service no longer terminates and the cluster no longer fails. (BZ#754717)

All users of openais are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
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

  • openais-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
  • openais-devel-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.ppc64.rpm
  • openais-devel-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
  • openais-devel-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm
  • openais-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
  • openais-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm
  • openais-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.i386.rpm
  • openais-devel-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm
  • openais-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.src.rpm
  • openais-devel-0.80.6-30.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information