Etrack Incidents: 1401029, 1375303, 1366824, 1366849, 1321752, 1363318 ======================================================================= VERITAS Volume Manager 5.0 MP3HF3 for Linux This is a hotfix patch 3 for Veritas Volume Manager 5.0MP3 on Linux. This patch can only be installed on top of the following: VERITAS Volume Manager 5.0MP3 ======================================================================= Errors/Problems Fixed: With devices in non-ready state, system panics at an early stage of boot or after running command vxdctl enable or vxconfigd -k (e1401029) Slow I/O performance with VxFS filesystems on mirror-concat VxVM volumes with DCO and DRL (e1375303) SmartMove fixes to support VxVM move operations, layered volumes and instant snapshots. (e1366824, e1366849, e1321752, e1363318) =========================================================================== Patch Installation Instructions: -------------------------------- o Before-the-upgrade :- (a) Stop I/Os to all the VxVM volumes. (b) Umount any filesystems with VxVM volumes. (c) Stop applications using any VxVM volumes. o Select the appropriate RPMs for your system, and upgrade to the new patch. (for rhel4_x86_64) # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-platform # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-common # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-common-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_RHEL4.i686.rpm # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-platform-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_RHEL4.x86_64.rpm (for rhel5_x86_64) # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-platform # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-common # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-common-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_RHEL5.i686.rpm # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-platform-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_RHEL5.x86_64.rpm (for sles9_x86_64) # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-platform # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-common # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-common-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_SLES9.i586.rpm # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-platform-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_SLES9.x86_64.rpm (for sles10_x86_64) # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-platform # rpm -ev --nodeps VRTSvxvm-common # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-common-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_SLES10.i586.rpm # rpm -ihv VRTSvxvm-platform-5.0.30.03-MP3HF3_SLES10.x86_64.rpm After installing the appropriate RPMs run "vxinstall" to re-enable vxconfigd.