Recommended update for multipath-tools

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(Last modified: 27MAY2005)

solutions Recommended update for multipath-tools SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (f9d8546006b309fdb96bf6932e0fdb1c)

Applies to

Package: multipath-tools
Product(s): SUSE CORE 9 for x86
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Patch: patch-10194
Release: 20050527
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everyone should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Add hwtable entry for IBM DS6000. (#63903)
Do a rescan for devices if multipath command line option is set.
Fix devmap_name to use mapname and return proper status (#84748).
Don't complain about default prio callout command (#81695).
Reflect recent changes in boot.multipath as well as multipathd init scripts.
Actually fail paths when they are detected to be failed by multipathd (#81679).
killproc/startproc/checkproc can't be used with multipathd because of the way the daemon switches to its own namespace (#80443).
Use proper path checker for SGI TPC arrays.
Update hwtable entries for SGI TP9400 and SGI TP9500.
Write correct PID file (#80443).
Update to 0.4.4: pp_alua now licensed as GPL (#78628).
multipath-tools-oom-adj.patch: oom_adj to a valid value.
Update to 0.4.4-pre18 which fixes the multipathd to initialize correctly in the absence of a configuration file (79239).
Put multipath cache back into /dev because /var might not be mounted.
Correct hwtable entry SGI TP9400, TP9500 and IBM 3542.
Update to 0.4.4-pre16
Build against device-mapper.1.01.xx correctly.
Build w/o device-mapper update again.
Update to 0.4.4-pre14
Build versus device-mapper-1.01.01 to prevent deadlocks in kernel-space.
Fix devmap_name to work with udev.
Fix startup of multipathd w/o configuration file present.
Add path priority checker for EMC CLARiiON and make necessary adjustments so that it gets called by default (#62491).
Set the default udev dir to '/dev'
Fix to allocate default strings (#78056)
Fix default entry for TPC9500.
Added pp_alua path priority checker.
Update to multipath-tools-0.4.4-pre12.
Update to multipath-tools-0.4.4-pre10.
Update multipath to handle only true multipath devices (#62491).
Update kpartx to use the device mapper target name if available.
Add boot.multipath script for early set up of multipath targets.
Update devmap_name to select targets by table type (#62493).
Update to 0.4.2 and fix some bugs + add support for the extended DM multipath kernel module. (#47491)

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fvh multipath-tools.rpm

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