Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1579 - mcelog enhancement update

Synopsis

mcelog enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An enhanced mcelog package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

mcelog is a daemon that collects and decodes Machine Check Exception data on AMD64 and Intel 64 machines.

This updated mcelog package adds the following enhancements:

  • This update enables full Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) support in mcelog. Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) is a technology for monitoring the probability of hard disk drive failure.

In addition, mcelog is now able to collect and log data by default upon package installation. (BZ#699592)

Users of mcelog are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds 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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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 - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • mcelog-1.0pre3_20110718-0.7.el6.src.rpm
  • mcelog-1.0pre3_20110718-0.7.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • mcelog-debuginfo-1.0pre3_20110718-0.7.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information