Issued:

2014-09-16

Updated:

2014-09-16

RHBA-2014:1218 - lvm2 bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

lvm2 bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated lvm2 packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The lvm2 packages provide support for Logical Volume Management (LVM).

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the user had to specify major number together with minor number when using persistent (-My/--persistent y) device numbers for logical volumes (LVs). However, in kernel versions higher than 2.4, the "--major" option is ignored because the kernel now assigns major numbers by itself. This behavior cannot be overridden. Now, when specifying the persistent minor number with the "lvcreate/lvchange -My/--persistent y --minor !" command, the user no longer needs to specify the major number with the "--major" argument. If the "--major" argument is used, the user is now informed by the following message:

  "Ignoring supplied major number - kernel assigns major numbers dynamically. Using major number instead." (BZ#204997)

• Previously, if the pvmove command was executed on clustered volume groups, temporarily activated pvmove devices were activated on all nodes. This was incorrect and in some situations, such as using tags or HA-LVM configuration, it caused pvmove failures. With this update, pvmove activates all needed pvmove devices exclusively when moving logical volumes are already exclusively activated. (BZ#1053849)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• Previously, the lvm-dumpconfig utility displayed the whole configuration but without the logical volume (LVM) configuration tags set for the host. This update introduces the "lvm tags" command which displays the configuration tags set for the current host including the tag configuration which is used on the host. (BZ#569511)

Users of lvm2 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.88-13.el5.x86_64.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.88-13.el5.i386.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.88-13.el5.i386.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.88-13.el5.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.88-13.el5.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.88-13.el5.ppc.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.88-13.el5.src.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.88-13.el5.ppc.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.88-13.el5.ia64.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.88-13.el5.x86_64.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.88-13.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 204997
• This content is not included.BZ - 569511

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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