Issued:
2018-05-15
Updated:
2018-05-15

RHEA-2018:1558 - nbdkit bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

nbdkit bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory None

Topic

Updated nbdkit packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.

Description

NBD is a protocol for accessing block devices over a network. nbdkit is a toolkit for creating NBD servers.

Changes to the distribution component:

  • As part of the CloudForms Infrastructure Migration project and to accelerate virt-v2v, ndbkit is now available from the RHVH repository on hosts. (BZ#1537501)

Changes to the nbdkit component:

  • As part of the CloudForms Infrastructure Migration project and to accelerate virt-v2v, ndbkit is now available from the RHV management agent repository on hosts. (BZ#1537498)

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 Virtualization4x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization Host4x86_64

Updated Packages

  • nbdkit-1.2.2-1.el7ev.src.rpm
  • nbdkit-basic-plugins-1.2.2-1.el7ev.x86_64.rpm
  • nbdkit-1.2.2-1.el7ev.x86_64.rpm
  • nbdkit-devel-1.2.2-1.el7ev.x86_64.rpm
  • nbdkit-plugin-python-common-1.2.2-1.el7ev.x86_64.rpm
  • nbdkit-debuginfo-1.2.2-1.el7ev.x86_64.rpm
  • nbdkit-plugin-python2-1.2.2-1.el7ev.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information