Recommended update for mdadm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:0796-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3

An update that has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

  • Fixes a typo in new udev rule (bsc#1116337)
  • Device names were truncated when calling 'mdadm --detail --export' (bsc#1123814)
  • Fixes an issue when assemble an md array with huge numbers of DASD devices (bsc#1100864, bsc#1095141)

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 Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-796=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-796=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-796=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-796=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.24.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.24.1

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