Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHEA-2015:1365 - sg3_utils enhancement update

Synopsis

sg3_utils enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated sg3_utils packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The sg3_utils packages provide command-line utilities for devices that use the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) command sets.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • With this update, the sg3_utils packages introduce more efficient utilities for copying data between storage devices which benefit from the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) protocol. To enable this functionality, this update backports the sg_xcopy and sg_copy_results programs to the sg3_utils packages. (BZ#1051363)

Users of sg3_utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • sg3_utils-1.28-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • sg3_utils-debuginfo-1.28-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • sg3_utils-debuginfo-1.28-8.el6.ppc.rpm
  • sg3_utils-debuginfo-1.28-8.el6.s390.rpm
  • sg3_utils-1.28-8.el6.src.rpm
  • sg3_utils-libs-1.28-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • sg3_utils-debuginfo-1.28-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • sg3_utils-devel-1.28-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • sg3_utils-libs-1.28-8.el6.ppc.rpm
  • sg3_utils-devel-1.28-8.el6.ppc.rpm
  • sg3_utils-1.28-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • sg3_utils-devel-1.28-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • sg3_utils-1.28-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • sg3_utils-devel-1.28-8.el6.s390.rpm
  • sg3_utils-libs-1.28-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • sg3_utils-libs-1.28-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • sg3_utils-libs-1.28-8.el6.s390.rpm
  • sg3_utils-debuginfo-1.28-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • sg3_utils-1.28-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • sg3_utils-libs-1.28-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • sg3_utils-debuginfo-1.28-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • sg3_utils-devel-1.28-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • sg3_utils-devel-1.28-8.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information