Bug 488698 - scsi backend: make sure data is actually written to disk
Summary: scsi backend: make sure data is actually written to disk
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xen
Version: 5.4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jiri Denemark
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Depends On: 481782
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-03-05 09:39 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2009-12-14 21:00 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2009-03-30 14:33:58 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2009:0401 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE xen bug fix update 2009-03-30 14:33:45 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2009-03-05 09:39:38 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #481782 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.3 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 3 Jiri Denemark 2009-03-05 12:55:04 UTC 
Fix built into xen-3.0.3-80.el5_3.2
Comment 6 Rik van Riel 2009-03-17 13:57:24 UTC 
How did you reboot the host in step 5?

Did you reboot it cleanly, or did you push the power button?

If you pushed the power button, how long did you wait?

It is important that the host is NOT shut down cleanly, in order for data from the host page cache to NOT be written to disk.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2009-03-30 14:33:58 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-0401.html
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