Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2013:0041 - smartmontools bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

smartmontools bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated smartmontools packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The smartmontools packages contain the smartctl and the smartd utilities to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.

The smartmontools packages have been upgraded to version 5.42, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. This update also features improved support of SATA disks on 3ware 9750 RAID controllers, improved support of SSD devices, and a much larger database of supported devices. (BZ#714123)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the smartd utility failed to handle multiple /dev/sgX devices, which were provided by the mptsas controller. As a consequence, the devices were not SMART self-check capable. This update modifies the underlying code so that smartd can now handle multiple /dev/sgX devices. Now, all devices pass the SMART self-check. (BZ#706782)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • This update adds improved MegaRAID support to the smartmontools packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (BZ#519261)

All users of smartmontools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.42-2.el5.i386.rpm
  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.42-2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.42-2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.42-2.el5.src.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.42-2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.42-2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • smartmontools-debuginfo-5.42-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.42-2.el5.i386.rpm
  • smartmontools-5.42-2.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information