Issued:
2018-06-26
Updated:
2018-06-26

RHBA-2018:1987 - sos bug fix and enhancement update


Synopsis

sos bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

Updated sos packages that fix two bugs and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The sos package contains a set of utilities that gather information from system hardware, logs, and configuration files. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the "sosreport" tool did not collect configuration related to the docker daemon and containers. This update adds the ability to collect such information and simplify troubleshooting of relevant support cases. (BZ#1580526)

  • Previously, the "sosreport" tool terminated unexpectedly with a memory exception on systems with large journal logs. With this update, "sosreport" does not collect verbose logs by default, and memory requirements of this tool are now significantly lower. (BZ#1584548)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, two new plugins for "Open Virtual Network (OVN) Northd" and "OVN Controller" have been added to the "sosreport" tool to collect data from Open vSwitch-related components. Additionally, the "openvswitch" plugin now collects logs from the "/var/log/openvswitch/" and "/usr/local/var/log/openvswitch/" directories. (BZ#1580525)

Users of sos 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.

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

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support7.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support7.5ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support7.5ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 97ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support7.5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 647aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions7.6ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian7ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian7ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)7s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.7x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node7.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop7x86_64

Updated Packages

  • sos-3.5-9.el7_5.src.rpm
  • sos-3.5-9.el7_5.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information