Bug 1008795

Summary:	Netconsole service do not work when server is setted up as ipv6 address
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	wanghui <huiwa>
Component:	ovirt-node	Assignee:	Ryan Barry <rbarry>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.5	CC:	acathrow, bsarathy, cboyle, cshao, fdeutsch, gouyang, hadong, jboggs, leiwang, mburns, ovirt-maint, rbarry, tlavigne, yaniwang, ycui
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version:	ovirt-node-3.0.1-4.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	An IPv6 address could be entered for a netconsole server in the hypervisor, but netconsole does not support IPv6. IPv6 addresses entered are no longer valid.	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Clones:	1037955 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2014-01-21 19:50:20 UTC	Type:	Bug
Regression:	---	Mount Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	1037955

Description wanghui 2013-09-17 05:42:15 UTC

Description of problem:
When setted up the netconsole server as ipv6 address, it doesn't work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhev-hypervisor6-6.5-20130725.0.auto1831.el6.iso

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Clean install rhev-h 6.5.
2. Set Netconsole server address with ipv6 address.
3. Run # echo 7 >/proc/sys/kernel/printk
4. Test syslog service.

Actual results:
1. After step4, the netconsole service doesn't work.

Expected results:
1. After step4, the netconsole service should work.

Additional info:
1. No such issue in RSyslog.
2. No such issue when set netconsole address as ipv4 address or FQDN.

Comment 4 wanghui 2013-10-21 11:46:27 UTC

Test version:
rhev-hypervisor6-6.5-20131017.0.iso
ovirt-node-3.0.1-4.el6.noarch

Test steps:
1. Clean install rhev-h 6.5.
2. Set Netconsole server address with ipv6 address.


Test results:
1. After step2, it will give a prompt and not accept the ipv6 address.

According comment#2, the bug is fixed in rhev-hypervisor6-6.5-20131017.0.iso. So change the bug's status from ON_QA to VERIFIED.

Comment 7 Cheryn Tan 2013-11-08 00:36:21 UTC

This bug is currently attached to errata RHBA-2013:15277. If this change is not to be documented in the text for this errata please either remove it from the errata, set the requires_doc_text flag to minus (-), or leave a "Doc Text" value of "--no tech note required" if you do not have permission to alter the flag.

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* Cause: What actions or circumstances cause this bug to present.
* Consequence: What happens when the bug presents.
* Fix: What was done to fix the bug.
* Result: What now happens when the actions or circumstances above occur. (NB: this is not the same as 'the bug doesn't present anymore')

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Thanks in advance.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-01-21 19:50:20 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-0033.html