Recommended update for device-mapper, lvm2

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for device-mapper, lvm2
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0809-1
Rating: low
References: #862817 #884955 #894202 #894730 #914391
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • 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
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    An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:

    This collective update provides the following fixes:

    device-mapper:

    • Fix default alignment for O_DIRECT reads on DASD devices. (bsc#862817)

    lvm2:

    • Require device-mapper >= 1.02.77. (bsc#894730)
    • Use "vgchange --partial" only as fallback. (bsc#914391)
    • Skip unpartitioned DASD devices, they are not supported. (bsc#894202)
    • Resolve symbolic links returned by vgs -o pv_name. (bnc#884955)

    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 Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-lvm-dm-201503=10445
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-lvm-dm-201503=10445
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-lvm-dm-201503=10445
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slehasp3-lvm-dm-201503=10445
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-lvm-dm-201503=10445

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • device-mapper-devel-1.02.77-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • device-mapper-1.02.77-0.13.1
      • lvm2-2.02.98-0.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • device-mapper-32bit-1.02.77-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • device-mapper-1.02.77-0.13.1
      • lvm2-2.02.98-0.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • device-mapper-32bit-1.02.77-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • device-mapper-x86-1.02.77-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • lvm2-clvm-2.02.98-0.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • device-mapper-1.02.77-0.13.1
      • lvm2-2.02.98-0.33.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • device-mapper-32bit-1.02.77-0.13.1

    References: