* * * READ ME * * * * * * Veritas I/O Fencing 6.2.1 * * * * * * Patch 200 * * * Patch Date: 2017-04-11 This document provides the following information: * PATCH NAME * OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH * BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH * SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH * DETAILS OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH * INSTALLATION PRE-REQUISITES * INSTALLING THE PATCH * REMOVING THE PATCH PATCH NAME ---------- Veritas I/O Fencing 6.2.1 Patch 200 OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH ---------------------------------------- RHEL6 x86-64 RHEL7 x86-64 SLES11 x86-64 SLES12 x86-64 PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH ------------------------------ VRTSvxfen BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH ----------------------------------- * Symantec Cluster Server 6.2 * Symantec Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA 6.2 * Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 6.2 * Symantec Storage Foundation HA 6.2 SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH --------------------------------------- Patch ID: 6.2.1.200 * 3912033 (2852872) Fencing sometimes shows "replaying" RFSM state for some nodes in the cluster. Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.100 * 3794201 (3794154) Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7 (RHEL6.7). Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.000 * 3691204 (3691202) Sometimes fencing in the customized mode fails to start when the number of files present in the current working directory is large. * 3714463 (3722178) The rpm --verify command on VXFEN changes the runlevel settings for the VXFEN service. DETAILS OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH --------------------------------------- This patch fixes the following incidents: Patch ID: 6.2.1.200 * 3912033 (Tracking ID: 2852872) SYMPTOM: Veritas Fencing command "vxfenadm -d" sometimes shows "replaying" RFSM state for some nodes in the cluster. DESCRIPTION: During cluster startup, sometimes fencing RFSM keeps showing "replaying" state for a node, but in fact the node has entered "running" state. RESOLUTION: The code is modified so that now fencing does not show incorrect RFSM state for a node. Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.100 * 3794201 (Tracking ID: 3794154) SYMPTOM: Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7 (RHEL6.7). DESCRIPTION: VCS did not support RHEL versions released after RHEL6 Update 6. RESOLUTION: VCS support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7 (RHEL6.7) is now introduced. Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.000 * 3691204 (Tracking ID: 3691202) SYMPTOM: Sometimes fencing fails to start and reports an error that it was unable to register with majority of coordination points. DESCRIPTION: The failure was observed due to an issue in the fencing startup script where a wildcard expansion in an echo expression produced some undesired value. The undesired value caused the fencing startup failure. RESOLUTION: The fencing code is modified so that the wildcard in the echo expression is does not get expanded. * 3714463 (Tracking ID: 3722178) SYMPTOM: The runlevel setting for VXFEN service changes upon running the rpm --verify command on VXFEN. DESCRIPTION: The unexpected behavior is observed due to an issue in the VXFEN spec file which was turning on the VXFEN service. RESOLUTION: The VXFEN spec file code is modified so that the runlevel settings of VXFEN service are not modified during the verification phase. INSTALLING THE PATCH -------------------- Run the Installer script to automatically install the patch: ----------------------------------------------------------- Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime. To install the patch perform the following steps on at least one node in the cluster: 1. Copy the patch vxfen-rhel7_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar.gz to /tmp 2. Untar vxfen-rhel7_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar.gz to /tmp/hf # mkdir /tmp/hf # cd /tmp/hf # gunzip /tmp/vxfen-rhel7_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar.gz # tar xf /tmp/vxfen-rhel7_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar 3. Install the hotfix(Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime.) # pwd /tmp/hf # ./installVRTSvxfen621P2 [ ...] You can also install this patch together with 6.2.1 maintenance release using Install Bundles 1. Download this patch and extract it to a directory 2. Change to the Veritas InfoScale 6.2.1 directory and invoke the installmr script with -patch_path option where -patch_path should point to the patch directory # ./installmr -patch_path [] [ ...] Install the patch manually: -------------------------- Perform the following steps on each cluster node, one node at a time: 1. Stop VCS: # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastop -local 2. Stop vxfen: # /etc/init.d/vxfen stop 3. Apply the patch: # rpm -Uvh 4. Start vxfen: # /etc/init.d/vxfen start 5. Start VCS: # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastart REMOVING THE PATCH ------------------ Perform the following steps on each cluster node, one node at a time: 1. Stop VCS: # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastop -local 2. Stop vxfen: # /etc/init.d/vxfen stop 3. Uninstall VRTSvxfen package: # rpm -ev VRTSvxfen 4. Install previous version of VRTSvxfen package. 5. Start vxfen: # /etc/init.d/vxfen start 6. Start VCS: # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastart SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS -------------------- NONE OTHERS ------ NONE