Issued:

2015-03-05

Updated:

2015-03-05

RHBA-2015:0393 - fence-agents bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

fence-agents bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated fence-agents packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

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

The fence-agents packages have been upgraded to upstream version 4.0.11, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version, including:

• Fence agents no longer report the unknown "nodename" option as a warning. This option is now ignored without notification.

• Fence agents that connected using the SSH protocol failed to log in if an identity file was used as the method of authentication. The bug has been fixed, and these fence agents now successfully authenticate through an identity file.

• The "--delay" option has been added to the fence agent for WTI firmware.

• Previously, when password was not provided for the fence_ipmilan agent and IPMI required password, the agent waited for an infinite amount of time. With this update, the fence agent exits correctly in the described case.

• The fence_wti utility now displays "named groups" names when executed with the "list" option.

• Previously, the fence_rsb agent was unable to work with certain versions of firmware. As a consequence, fence_rsb failed after an outlet powered off. However, fence_rsb kept on issuing the command to power the outlet back on. With this update, new firmware versions are supported, and fence_rsb succeeds in turning the outlet on and off.

• Previously, the fence_vmware_soap and fence_cisco_ucs agents did not log out after an error. Consequently, other fence agents could not log in because the maximum number of sessions was reached. With this update, sessions are closed properly.

• With this update, the fence_brocade agent has been enhanced with ability to list available plugs.

• Fence agent for HP iLO 3 and HP iLO 4 firmware that communicates over SSH has been added.

• Fence agent for APC over SNMP has been updated to support the latest versions of firmware.

• The fence_zvmip agent has been modified to return correct exit codes in case of incorrect plug name and for "-o" status.

(BZ#1120682, BZ#1068692, BZ#1073947, BZ#1079282, BZ#1083600, BZ#1085887, BZ#1094520, BZ#1111597, BZ#1111599, BZ#1114526, BZ#1121122, BZ#1126488, BZ#1173178)

Users of fence-agents 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• fence-agents-apc-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-cisco-mds-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-ibmblade-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-bladecenter-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-vmware-soap-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo-ssh-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-ipdu-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-apc-snmp-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo-mp-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-intelmodular-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-intelmodular-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ipmilan-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-ibmblade-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-debuginfo-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-eps-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-ifmib-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ipmilan-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-virsh-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-scsi-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-ipdu-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo2-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-rsb-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo-mp-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-drac5-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-eps-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ifmib-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-cisco-ucs-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ipdu-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-eps-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-cisco-mds-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-all-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-eaton-snmp-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-apc-snmp-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-virsh-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-scsi-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo2-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo2-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-cisco-ucs-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo-ssh-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-rsb-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo-ssh-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-bladecenter-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-rhevm-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-wti-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-rhevm-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-eaton-snmp-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-bladecenter-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-brocade-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-ibmblade-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-debuginfo-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-common-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-wti-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-apc-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-hpblade-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-kdump-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-all-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-common-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-vmware-soap-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-brocade-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-ipmilan-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-cisco-ucs-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-vmware-soap-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-ifmib-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-cisco-mds-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-kdump-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-virsh-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-4.0.11-10.el7.src.rpm
• fence-agents-apc-snmp-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-all-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-ilo-mp-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-debuginfo-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-hpblade-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-drac5-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-wti-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-kdump-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-hpblade-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-rhevm-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-brocade-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-drac5-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-apc-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-intelmodular-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-scsi-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm
• fence-agents-rsb-4.0.11-10.el7.s390x.rpm
• fence-agents-eaton-snmp-4.0.11-10.el7.x86_64.rpm
• fence-agents-common-4.0.11-10.el7.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1068692
• This content is not included.BZ - 1073947
• This content is not included.BZ - 1079282
• This content is not included.BZ - 1083600
• This content is not included.BZ - 1085887
• This content is not included.BZ - 1114526
• This content is not included.BZ - 1120682
• This content is not included.BZ - 1121122
• This content is not included.BZ - 1162092

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information

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