Issued:
2012-05-10
Updated:
2012-05-10

RHBA-2012:0556 - sos bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

sos bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated sos packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sos packages contain a set of tools that gather information from system hardware, logs and configuration files. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • An error in the parsing of the "brctl" command's output caused the sosreport utility to log errors on systems with bridged network configurations. The "sosreport" command printed a Python backtrace and certain bridge configuration information was not collected from the system. This update corrects the parsing of the "brctl" command's output so that no backtrace is printed and full bridge configuration data is collected from the system. (BZ#800460)

  • Previously, sos used a single fixed path to collect all libvirt logs in one directory. On certain releases of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, the libvirtd.log file could be located in the parent directory and, therefore, the libvirtd.log file was not collected on such systems. The sosreport utility now uses a wildcard character that matches both possible locations for the file. The livirtd.log file is now collected reliably on all supported versions of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. (BZ#817921)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • This update adds a new plug-in that is necessary to collect the requisite logs for the Gluster product. Information is collected from the files located in the /etc/glusterd/ and /var/log/glusterfs/ directories. (BZ#801328)

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

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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Storage2.0x86_64
Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI)2.0x86_64
Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise2.0x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support6.2i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.2ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.2s390x
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 Update Support from RHUI6.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI6.2i386
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 Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS6.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • sos-2.2-17.el6_2.3.noarch.rpm
  • sos-2.2-17.el6_2.3.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information