Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1653-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7

An update that has eight fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

  • kpartx: Add helper functions for name and uuid generation. (bsc#1073622)
  • kpartx: Search partitions by UUID, and rename symlinks. (bsc#1073622)
  • kpartx-compat.rules: Keep the "scsi-mpatha" links for compatibility. (bsc#1086237)
  • kpartx/test-kpartx: Fix a problem that could cause kpartx to delete foreign mapping if UUID is empty. (bsc#1074013)
  • kpartx.rules: Fix by-id/scsi-* for user_friendly_names. (bsc#1066893)
  • multipath-tools: Update the licenses in the package and create a LICENSES directory with the text of all used licenses. (bsc#1088801)
  • libmultipath: Make sure the partition_delimiter configuration option is respected. (bsc#1056526)
  • libmultipath: Fix unit to seconds in log message for checker timeout. (bsc#1069037)
  • multipathd.service: Set TasksMax=infinity. (bsc#1060616)

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 OpenStack Cloud 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1118=1
  • Magnum Orchestration 7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-1118=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-CLIENT-2018-1118=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1118=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-1118=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-1118=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 (x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
  • Magnum Orchestration 7 (x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Server 12 12-SP2 (x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS 12-SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 (x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5
    • multipath-tools-0.6.2+suse20180416.3b893f9-71.16.5

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