Recommended update for mdadm

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1815-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mdadm fixes the following issues:

  • Add '--no-devices' option to mdadm to avoid component devices detail information. (bsc#1139709)
  • Add '--no-devices' option to the udev for calling 'mdadm --detail'. (bsc#1139709)
  • Fix for issue to avoid unexpected switching from raid0 to raid4 by using option '--grow'. (bsc#1129900)
  • Fix for an issue with corrupted XFS filesystem after replacing the faulty disk in MD mirror. (bsc#1163727)
  • Fix for an issue with monitor by improve checking duplicated process. (bsc#1168953)

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:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8
    zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-1815=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-1815=1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-1815=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-1815=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-1815=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-ESPOS-2020-1815=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-1815=1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-1815=1

Package List:

  • HPE Helion OpenStack 8 (x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 (x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 (x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 BCL 12-SP3 (x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 ESPOS 12-SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 LTSS 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1
  • SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • mdadm-debuginfo-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-debugsource-4.0-6.34.1
    • mdadm-4.0-6.34.1

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