Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:1669 - pacemaker bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

pacemaker bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated pacemaker packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The Pacemaker Cluster Resource Manager provides the ability to create and manage high-availability server applications in the event of system downtime.

The pacemaker packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.1.6, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. In particular, this update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, when the pacemaker daemon did not have permission to write to the /var/log/cluster/corosync.log file, it wrote the following error to the system log:

    attrd: Cannot append to /var/log/cluster/corosync.log: Permission denied

This update applies a patch to ensure that when such an error occurs, Pacemaker logs this problem on startup and no longer tries to access this file. (BZ#708722)

  • When using the CRM command line interface, running the "configure", "template", and "list" commands in this particular order caused the crm process to terminate unexpectedly with the following error:

    NameError: global name 'listconfigs' is not defined

With this update, the underlying source code has been modified to address this issue so that CRM no longer crashes. (BZ#720136)

  • Under certain circumstances, an attempt to fence a node may have caused Pacemaker to stop responding when accessing the /var/run/cluster/fenced_override file. With this update, this error no longer occurs, and Pacemaker now works as expected in this scenario. (BZ#743175)

  • Prior to this update, an error in the interaction between Pacemaker and CMAN's fencing subsystem prevented reliable fencing operation. This update applies a patch that corrects this error so that such fencing operations are now reliable. (BZ#745526)

  • In the previous version of the crm(8) manual page, the EXAMPLES section incorrectly listed several example commands on a single line. This made it particularly difficult for a reader to distinguish these commands. This update introduces a new, completely rewritten manual page, which lists each example command on a separate line. (BZ#708797)

All users who want to use the pacemaker Technology Preview should upgrade to these updated packages, which provide numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

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 Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_646x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage for x86_646i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_646x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability for x86_646i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • pacemaker-libs-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-cts-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pacemaker-doc-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-1.1.6-3.el6.src.rpm
  • pacemaker-debuginfo-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pacemaker-libs-devel-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-cluster-libs-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pacemaker-cts-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pacemaker-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-cli-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-libs-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pacemaker-cluster-libs-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-doc-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pacemaker-debuginfo-1.1.6-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • pacemaker-cli-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • pacemaker-libs-devel-1.1.6-3.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information