Recommended update for oracleasm

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for oracleasm
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1557-1
Rating: moderate
References: #786189 #807812
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for oracleasm provides the following fixes:

    * When devices report their physical block size,
    oracleasm reports the wrong block size to ASM which leads
    to an unsuccessful mount attempt. (bnc #807812)
    * Ensure all pages were mapped in IO request. (bnc
    #786189)

    Special Instructions and Notes:

    Please reboot the system after installing this update.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-oracleasm-8099
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-oracleasm-8099

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • oracleasm-2.0.5-7.28.28.1
    • oracleasm-kmp-default-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1
    • oracleasm-kmp-trace-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586):
    • oracleasm-kmp-pae-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • oracleasm-2.0.5-7.28.28.1
    • oracleasm-kmp-default-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1
    • oracleasm-kmp-trace-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • oracleasm-kmp-xen-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64):
    • oracleasm-kmp-ppc64-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586):
    • oracleasm-kmp-pae-2.0.5_3.0.80_0.7-7.28.28.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/786189
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/807812
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b2cd1072abbe93b24f7c916b8a6aed50