Issued:

2013-01-07

Updated:

2013-01-07

RHEA-2013:0111 - new packages: hypervkvpd

Synopsis

new packages: hypervkvpd

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

New hypervkvpd packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The hypervkvpd packages contain hypervkvpd, the guest Hyper-V Key-Value Pair (KVP) daemon. The daemon passes basic information to the host through VMbus, such as the guest IP address, fully qualified domain name, operating system name, and operating system release number.

This enhancement update adds the hypervkvpd packages to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (BZ#849855)

All users who require hypervkvpd are advised to install these new packages.

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

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• hypervkvpd-debuginfo-0-0.7.el5.i686.rpm
• hypervkvpd-0-0.7.el5.i686.rpm
• hypervkvpd-0-0.7.el5.x86_64.rpm
• hypervkvpd-0-0.7.el5.src.rpm
• hypervkvpd-debuginfo-0-0.7.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 853892
• This content is not included.BZ - 854143

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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