Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1576 - glusterfs bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

glusterfs bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated glusterfs packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Red Hat Storage is software-only, scale-out storage that provides flexible and affordable unstructured data storage for an enterprise. GlusterFS, a key building block of Red Hat Storage, is based on a stackable user-space design and can deliver exceptional performance for diverse workloads. GlusterFS aggregates various storage servers over network interconnections into one large, parallel network file system.

The glusterfs packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.6.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1095604)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

  • When trying to mount a remote gluster share using the "backupvolfile-server" option, the process failed and returned an "Invalid argument" error message. A new mount point option, backup-volfile-servers, has been added to provide backward compatibility and allows remote gluster shares to be mounted successfully. (BZ#1044797)

  • Previously, when updating the gluster utility from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 to version 6.6, glusterfs-libs POSTIN scriptlet terminated unexpectedly. The underlying source code has been patched, and POSTIN no longer fails. (BZ#1119205)

Users of glusterfs 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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • glusterfs-debuginfo-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-api-devel-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-libs-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-rdma-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-fuse-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-cli-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-devel-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-api-3.6.0.29-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • glusterfs-3.6.0.29-2.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information