Recommended update for lvm2

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for lvm2
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2014:0934-1
Rating: low
References: #813017 #831401 #837538 #854092 #867617 #869927 #875650
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has 7 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update for lvm2 and lvm2-clvm provides fixes for the
    following issues:

    * OCFS2 filesystem hang after loss of half of mirrored LV on cLVM.
    (bnc#813017)
    * Buffer overflow in "pvscan -u" when pv name is longer than 128bytes.
    (bnc#831401)
    * Boot fails due to volume group hosting root device not being found
    on reboot because VG is activated before PV detection completes.
    (bnc#875650)
    * LVM volumes on iSCSI are not activated on boot. (bnc#867617)
    * Running LVM commands with nohup(1) fail with errors. (bnc#854092)
    * Combination of iSCSI, multipath, md-raid, and LVM causes file
    systems to not mount after boot. (bnc#869927)
    * Failed start of lvm resource on resource switch. (bnc#837538)

    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-lvm-clvm-201406-9453
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-lvm-clvm-201406-9453
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slehasp3-lvm-clvm-201406-9453
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-lvm-clvm-201406-9453

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • lvm2-2.02.98-0.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • lvm2-2.02.98-0.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • lvm2-clvm-2.02.98-0.29.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • lvm2-2.02.98-0.29.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/813017
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/831401
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/837538
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/854092
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/867617
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/869927
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/875650
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=757be274b9a3510038aa68c9a472d795