Recommended update for multipath-tools

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:1201-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3

An update that has 14 fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for multipath-tools provides the following fixes:

  • Multiple fixes for NVMe:
  • libmultipath: hwtable: Change default dm-multipath path_grouping_policy for FC-NVMe from 'failover' to 'multibus'. (bsc#1073319)
  • libmultipath: Increase path product_id/rev field size for NVMe. (bsc#1073319)
  • libmultipath: hwtable: no_path_retry="queue" for NetApp NVMe. (bsc#1073319)
  • hwtable: Set 'none' as default checker for NVMe. (bsc#1057820)
  • libmultipath/discovery: Modify NVMe path states. (bsc#1057820)
  • discovery: Sanitize NVMe discovery. (bsc#1057820)
  • libmultipath: Avoid error messages when detecting NVMe devices. (bsc#1057820)
  • multipath.rules: Handle NVMe devices correctly. (bsc#1076828)
  • Add 'none' checker. (bsc#1057820)
  • libmultipath: Make sure the partition_delimiter configuration option is respected. (bsc#1056526)
  • kpartx: Fix the creation of a wrong symlink after setting multipath alias for root device. (bsc#1073622)
  • libmultipath: Prefer RDAC checker with detect_checker. (bsc#1055949)
  • libmultipath/propsel: Select ALUA prioritizer for RDAC arrays only. (bsc#1075539)
  • kpartx.rules: Fix by-id/scsi-* for user_friendly_names. (bsc#1066893)
  • kpartx-compat.rules: Re-add the "scsi-mpatha" links for compatibility. (bsc#1086237)
  • libmultipath: Fix unit to seconds in log message for checker timeout. (bsc#1069037)
  • libmultipath: Fix return code of sysfs_getss_timeout. (bsc#1069037)
  • multipathd.service: Set TasksMax=infinity. (bsc#1060616)
  • multipath-tools.spec: Add *.so symlinks to the devel package. (bsc#1066376)
  • test-kpartx: Add test for mapping without UUID. (bsc#1074013)
  • multipath-tools: Update the licenses in the package and create a LICENSES directory with the text of all used licenses. (bsc#1088801)

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 Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-838=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-838=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-838=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-838=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-838=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • multipath-tools-devel-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • kpartx-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debugsource-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • kpartx-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1
    • multipath-tools-debuginfo-0.7.1+101+suse.1d10b44f-2.11.1

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