Recommended update for md_monitor

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:1469-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update provides md_monitor 6.3, which brings fixes and enhancements:

  • Work around dirty bitmap issue. (bsc#951211)
  • Work around changed output in mdadm. (bsc#954769)
  • Ignore EBUSY returns from mdadm --fail. (bsc#955975)
  • Handle empty device-mapper UUIDs.
  • Compare the device name length fo the testing devices. (bsc#959718)
  • Add 'mdadm --wait-clean' to monitor_testcase_functions. (bsc#951211)
  • Fix return value from reset_md(). (bsc#1013061)
  • Fix uninitialized return value. (bsc#1033734)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-904=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-904=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 (s390x)
    • md_monitor-debugsource-6.3-3.1
    • md_monitor-debuginfo-6.3-3.1
    • md_monitor-6.3-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (s390x)
    • md_monitor-debugsource-6.3-3.1
    • md_monitor-debuginfo-6.3-3.1
    • md_monitor-6.3-3.1

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