* * * READ ME * * * * * * VERITAS APPLICATION DIRECTOR 1.1 PE-RP2 * * * * * * CUMULATIVE PATCH 1 * * * Patch Date: July 09, 2008 Etrack Incidents: 1208380 This document provides the following information: * PATCH NAME * PATCH SUMMARY OF CONTENT * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY PATCH * PATCH'S BASE VERSION * PATCH'S SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS * LIST OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY PATCH * EXTRACTING THE PATCH * SHUTTING DOWN SERVICE GROUPS * INSTALLING THE PATCH ON CLIENT SYSTEMS * INSTALLING THE PATCH ON POLICY MASTER SYSTEMS PATCH NAME ---------- Name: Veritas Application Director 1.1 Platform Expansion Rolling Patch 2 Hot Fix 2 PACKAGES AFFECTED BY PATCH -------------------------- VRTSvadag PATCH'S BASE VERSION -------------------- The required installed base product version for this patch must be : * Veritas Application Director 1.1 Platform Expansion Rolling Patch 2 OR * Veritas Application Director 1.1 Platform Expansion Rolling Patch 2 Cumulative Patch 1 PATCH'S SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ----------------------------------- Solaris LIST OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY PATCH -------------------------------- This patch fixes the following escalations and associated incidents: * 311-957-024: Issues with the mount rescource in a solaris zone e1208380: VCS 5.0MP1 unable to monitor NFS mounts in local zones EXTRACTING THE PATCH -------------------- 1. Download the patch from the Symantec Support website and copy the .tar.gz file for your platform(s) to the desired directory location: # cp . 2. Unzip the compressed patch files: # gunzip *.gz 3. Extract the compressed patch files from the tar files: tar -xvf For example, for patch vad11pe_RP2HF2.solaris.tar, enter: # tar -xvf vad11pe_RP2HF2.solaris.tar INSTALLING THE PATCH ON CLIENT SYSTEMS -------------------------------------- 1. Log on as the superuser to the Veritas Application Director (VAD) client system where the patch will be installed. 2. Freeze all the service groups running on that system persistently: a. List all the service groups configured on that system and store the list for later use: $ /opt/VRTSvad/bin/hagrp -list SystemList=~ b. For each service group listed in the output, enter: $ /opt/VRTSvad/bin/hagrp -freeze 3. Bring down the VAD client on the system: $ /opt/VRTSvad/bin/hastop -client -local -force 4. Use the ps command to ensure that the VAD client daemon and all agents have exited. 5. Remove the following packages using the appropriate package remove command for the operating system: VRTSvadag 6. Add the same packages from this patch using the appropriate package add command for the operating system: VRTSvadag 7. Bring up the VAD client on the system: $ /opt/VRTSvad/bin/hastart -client 8. After the VAD client has started, unfreeze the groups that you froze in step 2: $ /opt/VRTSvad/bin/hagrp -unfreeze $ /opt/VRTSvad/bin/hagrp -value Frozen 0 <== should be 0 and not 1 9. Ensure that the output from hastatus does not show any frozen groups on this system: $ /opt/VRTSvad/bin/hastatus -summary