Issued:

2010-12-16

Updated:

2010-12-16

RHEA-2010:0994 - lvm2 enhancement update

Synopsis

lvm2 enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated lvm2 packages that add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

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

This update adds the following enhancements:

• Previously, the maximum length of a tag was limited to 128 characters. However, in certain cases, this may have been too restrictive. To remove this restriction, the lvm2 packages have been updated to support tags that are up to 1024 characters long. (BZ#661741)

• Due to technical limitations, a valid tag can consist of a limited range of characters only. With this update, the list of allowed characters has been extended, and tags can newly contain "/", "=", "!", ":", "#", and "&". (BZ#661742)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated lvm2 packages, which add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• device-mapper-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• lvm2-libs-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• lvm2-devel-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• device-mapper-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• device-mapper-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• device-mapper-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-devel-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• device-mapper-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• device-mapper-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• lvm2-libs-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• lvm2-libs-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• device-mapper-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• lvm2-libs-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• lvm2-cluster-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• lvm2-libs-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• device-mapper-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• device-mapper-event-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-libs-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-devel-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-devel-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• device-mapper-event-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• lvm2-devel-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• device-mapper-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• device-mapper-event-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• cmirror-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
• device-mapper-event-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• cmirror-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• device-mapper-event-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• lvm2-cluster-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• lvm2-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.src.rpm
• device-mapper-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• device-mapper-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
• device-mapper-event-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
• device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• device-mapper-devel-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
• lvm2-devel-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• device-mapper-1.02.53-8.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
• lvm2-debuginfo-2.02.72-8.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 661741
• This content is not included.BZ - 661742

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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