[Oraclevm-errata] Oracle VM 2.1.2 Update

Errata Announcements for Oracle VM oraclevm-errata at oss.oracle.com
Fri Nov 14 12:27:54 PST 2008


Oracle is pleased to announce the general availability of an update to 
Oracle VM 2.1. This update is available only from the Unbreakable Linux 
Network (http://linux.oracle.com) and contains following updated packages:

  ---------------------------------------
 | Package     |   Version               |
  ---------------------------------------
 | kernel      | 2.6.18-8.1.15.1.25.el5  |
 | xen         | 3.1.4-0.1.21            |
 | ovs-agent   | 2.2-59                  |
 | pypxeboot   | 0.0.2-7                 |
 | ovs-util    | 1.0-27                  |
 | ovs-manager | 2.1.2-20                |
  ---------------------------------------

This update includes the following changes:

* Qlogic qla2xxx to 8.02.00-k5-ovs2.1.2-00
    -  Firmware updated to 4.04.05
    -  Fix for data underrun error

* Emulex lpfc driver updated to 8.2.0.29-1
    -  Supports LP21000 FCoE

* Dell EqualLogic support
    - iscsi updated from Enterprise Linux Update 2
    - Added md-dm patches from Enterprise Linux Update 2

* Faster detection of failed server in a HA-enabled environment

* Improved support for non-US English keyboards

* Performance improvement when creating a virtual machine from a template

* Fix for bug that de-selects the HA option in the UI after editing the 
Master Pool Server

* Fix for the Oracle VM Manager admin user being unable to change the 
user password when SMTP relay not available


Upgrade Process
---------------

To upgrade an Oracle VM Server:

1. Register your system to ULN using your CSI number.

2. Subscribe to the following channel(s):

  * Either:

     - Oracle VM2 latest (default)

  * Or:

     - Oracle VM 2.1.2 Server installation media copy
     - Oracle VM 2.1.2 Server Patches

3. Run up2date -u

To upgrade an Oracle VM Manager:

Note:  This upgrade process will only work if an earlier version of 
Oracle VM Manager is already installed.

1. Register your system to ULN using your CSI number.

2. Subscribe to one of the following channels based on your Oracle VM 
Manager host operating system/architecture:

  Host OS and architecture               ULN Channel
  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

  Enterprise Linux 4 i386 (32 bit)   - Oracle Software for Enterprise 
Linux 4 (i386)  
  Enterprise Linux 4 x86_64 (64 bit) - Oracle Software for Enterprise 
Linux 4 (x86_64)
  Enterprise Linux 5 i386 (32 bit)   - Oracle Software for Enterprise 
Linux 5 (i386)
  Enterprise Linux 5 x86_64 (64 bit) - Oracle Software for Enterprise 
Linux 5 (x86_64)

3. Run the update command:

  # up2date -u


Software Accessibility
----------------------

All packages are available via ULN (http://linux.oracle.com).

For more information please visit http://linux.oracle.com.


Thank you

Sincerely,

Oracle VM Team



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