Recommended update for mdadm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1017-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

  • Fix for issue to avoid unexpected switching from raid0 to raid4 by using option '--grow'. (bsc#1139709)

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 High Performance Computing 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1017=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1017=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1017=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • mdadm-4.0-8.6.4
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-8.6.4
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-8.6.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mdadm-4.0-8.6.4
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-8.6.4
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-8.6.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • mdadm-4.0-8.6.4
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-8.6.4
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-8.6.4

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