Issued:

2012-06-20

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0943 - fence-agents bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

fence-agents bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated fence-agents packages that fix various bugs and add an enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The fence-agents package contains a collection of scripts to handle remote power management for cluster devices. They allow failed or unreachable cluster nodes to be forcibly restarted and removed from the cluster.

These updated fence-agents packages include numerous bug fixes and an enhancement. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/fence-agents.html#RHBA-2012-0943

Users of fence-agents are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.src.rpm
• fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm
• fence-agents-debuginfo-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-3.1.5-17.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

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• This content is not included.BZ - 741339
• This content is not included.BZ - 771936
• This content is not included.BZ - 785091
• This content is not included.BZ - 787706
• This content is not included.BZ - 804805
• This content is not included.BZ - 806883
• This content is not included.BZ - 806897
• This content is not included.BZ - 806912

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/fence-agents.html#RHBA-2012-0943

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.