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

RHBA-2011:1692 - virt-top bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

virt-top bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated virt-top package that fixes three bugs and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The virt-top utility displays statistics of virtualized domains and uses many of the same keys and command line options as the top utility.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • The CSV output of virt-top contains only the headers for the first virtual machine. This update adds a processcsv.py script to virt-top so that the CSV output can now be split up into multiple files, each file containing full headers. (RHBZ#665817)

  • When a libvirt error happens early during virt-top start-up, an obscure error message can be printed. With this update, the manual page contains added instructions for debugging libvirt errors that can occur during program initialization. (RHBZ#680031).

  • Prior to this update, the terminal was not properly restored if the --csv flag was given. This update modifies the code so that the terminal is now restored in the correct mode. (BZ#730208)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, the domain memory information is now displayed in the CSV output mode. (RHBZ#680027)

All virt-top users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds this enhancement.

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 for Power, big endian6ppc64
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 - 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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.11.el6.src.rpm
  • virt-top-1.0.4-3.11.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information