Issued:
2012-03-19
Updated:
2012-03-19

RHBA-2012:0395 - cman bug fix update


Synopsis

cman bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated cman package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

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

This update fixes the following bug:

  • The fence_rhevm fencing agent uses the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization API to check the power status ("on" or "off") of a virtual machine. In addition to the states of "up" and "down", the API includes other states like "unassigned", "powering_up", "paused", "migrating", "unknown", "not_responding", "wait_for_launch", "reboot_in_progress", "saving_state", "restoring_state", "suspended", "image_illegal", "image_locked" or "powering_down". Previously, only if the machine was in the "up" state, the "on" power status was returned. The "off" status was returned for all other states although the machine was actually running. This allowed for successful fencing even before the machine was really powered off. With this update, the fence_rhevm agent detects power status of a cluster node more conservatively, and the "off" status is returned only if the machine is really powered off, it means in the "off" state. (BZ#765665)

All users of cman are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

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

  • cman-devel-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cman-debuginfo-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cman-debuginfo-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cman-debuginfo-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.src.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cman-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cman-devel-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cman-debuginfo-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cman-debuginfo-2.0.115-96.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information