Issued:
2018-07-31
Updated:
2018-07-31

RHBA-2018:2318 - Red Hat Virtualization Manager ovirt-engine - 4.2.5

Synopsis

Red Hat Virtualization Manager (ovirt-engine) 4.2.5

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory None

Topic

An update is now available for Red Hat Virtualization Manager.

Description

The Red Hat Virtualization Manager is a centralized management platform that allows system administrators to view and manage virtual machines. The Manager provides a comprehensive range of features including search capabilities, resource management, live migrations, and virtual infrastructure provisioning.

The Manager is a JBoss Application Server application that provides several interfaces for accessing and interacting with the virtual environment, including an Administration Portal, a User Portal, and a Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API).

Changes to the ovirt-engine component:

  • There were inconsistencies in the following internal configuration options:

  • HotPlugCpuSupported

  • HotUnplugCpuSupported

  • HotPlugMemorySupported

  • HotUnplugMemorySupported

  • IsMigrationSupported

  • IsMemorySnapshotSupported

  • IsSuspendSupported

  • ClusterRequiredRngSourcesDefault

If you are having issues with these features, upgrade to Red Hat Virtualization 4.2.5+ to resolve the problem. (BZ#1605076)

  • Previously, ovirt-provider-ovn configuration generated by engine-setup used the Manager's certificate authority in /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem to verify the Manager's certificate. If the administrator replaced the TLS/SSL certificate, they also had to update the path to the new certificate authority file manually, in /etc/ovirt-provider-ovn/conf.d/10-setup-ovirt-provider-ovn.conf.

Now, ovirt-provider-ovn config generated by engine-setup uses the webserver certificate authority in /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/apache-ca.pem to verify the Manager's certificate.

For new installations, restarting the ovirt-provider-ovn service updates the replaced certificate. For updated installations, you must manually check that ovirt-ca-file in /etc/ovirt-provider-ovn/conf.d/10-setup-ovirt-provider-ovn.conf points to /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/apache-ca.pem. (BZ#1607149)

  • This update adds a feature to control pop up notifications. Once 3 or more notifications are showing, "Dismiss" and "Do not disturb" buttons will appear that allow the user to silence notifications. (BZ#1608362)

  • This update adjusts virtual machine video RAM settings to provide enough RAM for any modern Linux guest operating system, not just RHEL 7. (BZ#1605198)

  • Previously, when a virtual machine's cluster level was updated (for example, from 4.1 to 4.2), ejected CD-ROM devices could be lost, and the virtual machine was sometimes unable to use CDs anymore. This has now been fixed so that CD-ROM devices remain intact during upgrades regardless of whether they are in use or ejected. (BZ#1596234)

Changes to the rhvm-setup-plugins component:

  • This update adds support for IBM POWER9 hypervisors with RHEL-ALT and POWER9 guests. It also adds support for POWER8 guests on a POWER9 hypervisor and live migration of POWER8 guests between POWER8 and POWER9 hypervisors. (BZ#1592320)

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/2974891

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Virtualization Manager4.2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • ovirt-engine-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.src.rpm
  • rhvm-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-vmconsole-proxy-helper-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-extensions-api-impl-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-websocket-proxy-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-backend-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-setup-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-setup-base-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-lib-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-tools-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-restapi-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-common-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-health-check-bundler-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-webadmin-portal-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-extensions-api-impl-javadoc-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-vmconsole-proxy-helper-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-tools-backup-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-dbscripts-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm
  • ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-websocket-proxy-4.2.5.2-0.1.el7ev.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information