SUSE-RU-2012:0986-1: moderate: Recommended update for device-mapper

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for device-mapper
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0986-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #750496 #766187 #770200 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has three recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This collective update to LVM2 and device-mapper resolves
   the following  issues:

   * Don't open a device for writing when not necessary.
   This minimizes the chance of failure when attempting to
   remove logical volumes (bnc#766187)
   * When an attempt to remove a logical volume fails
   because the device was busy, wait a bit more to see if it
   will be released by the current owner (bnc#766187)
   * Wait for all events in the udev queue to be handled
   before activating logical volumes (bnc#750496)
   * Rebuild the system's initial ramdisk (initrd) after
   installation (bnc#770200).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-lvm2-201207-6575

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-lvm2-201207-6575

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-lvm2-201207-6575

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-lvm2-201207-6575

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      device-mapper-devel-1.02.63-18.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      device-mapper-1.02.63-18.27.1
      lvm2-2.02.84-3.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):

      device-mapper-32bit-1.02.63-18.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      device-mapper-1.02.63-18.27.1
      lvm2-2.02.84-3.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      device-mapper-32bit-1.02.63-18.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      device-mapper-x86-1.02.63-18.27.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      device-mapper-1.02.63-18.27.1
      lvm2-2.02.84-3.33.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      device-mapper-32bit-1.02.63-18.27.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/750496
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/766187
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/770200
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=73969382302d584c74b26cd9976a676c