* * * READ ME * * * * * * Symantec Cluster Server 6.2.1 * * * * * * Patch 1100 * * * Patch Date: 2019-08-26 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 ---------- Symantec Cluster Server 6.2.1 Patch 1100 OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH ---------------------------------------- SLES11 x86-64 PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH ------------------------------ VRTSvcs BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH ----------------------------------- * Symantec Application HA 6.2 * 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: 6.2.1.1100 * 3982203 (3981992) A potentially critical security vulnerability in VCS needs to be addressed. DETAILS OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH --------------------------------------- This patch fixes the following incidents: Patch ID: 6.2.1.1100 * 3982203 (Tracking ID: 3981992) SYMPTOM: A potentially critical security vulnerability in VCS needs to be addressed. DESCRIPTION: A potentially critical security vulnerability in VCS needs to be addressed. RESOLUTION: This hotfix addresses the security vulnerability. For details, refer to the security advisory at: https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS19-003.html 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 vcs-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.1100.tar.gz to /tmp 2. Untar vcs-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.1100.tar.gz to /tmp/hf # mkdir /tmp/hf # cd /tmp/hf # gunzip /tmp/vcs-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.1100.tar.gz # tar xf /tmp/vcs-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.1100.tar 3. Install the hotfix(Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime.) # pwd /tmp/hf # ./installVRTSvcs621P11 [ ...] 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: -------------------------- To install the patch perform the following steps on all nodes in theVCS cluster: 1. Stop VCS on the cluster node. 2. Install the patch. 3. Restart VCS on the node. Stopping VCS on the cluster node -------------------------------- To stop VCS on the cluster node: 1. Ensure that the "/opt/VRTSvcs/bin" directory is included in your PATH environment variable so that you can execute all the VCS commands. For more information, refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide. 2. Verify that the base version of VRTSvcs is 7.3.1. 3. Persistently freeze all the service groups: # haconf -makerw # hagrp -freeze [group] -persistent # haconf -dump -makero 4. Stop the cluster on all nodes. If the cluster is writable, you may close the configuration before stopping the cluster. On any node, run the following command to stop the cluster: # hastop -all -force 5. Verify that the cluster is stopped on all nodes: # hasys -state 6. On all nodes, make sure that both the had and hashadow processes are stopped. 7. Stop the VCS CmdServer on all nodes: # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/CmdServer -stop 8. Copy the /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/types.cf file to /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/types.cf.orig. 9. Copy the /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf file to /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf.orig. Installing the patch -------------------- To install the patch: 1. Log in as superuser on the system where you are installing the patch. 2. Uncompress the patch that you downloaded from Veritas. 3. Change the directory to the uncompressed patch location. 4. Install the patch: # rpm -Uvh VRTSvcs-6.2.1.1100-SLES11.i686.rpm 5. After the installation completes, verify that the patch is installed. # rpm -q VRTSvcs You will find the following output on display with the patch installed properly: VRTSvcs-6.2.1.1100-SLES11.i686 Restarting VCS on the cluster node ---------------------------------- To restart VCS on the cluster node: 1. Verify the configuration: # hacf -verify config 2. Start the cluster services on all cluster nodes. First start VCS on a node # hastart On all the other nodes, start VCS by issuing the hastart command after the first node's state changes to LOCAL_BUILD or RUNNING. 3. Unfreeze all the service groups: # haconf -makerw # hagrp -unfreeze [group] -persistent # haconf -dump -makero 4. Start the VCS CmdServer on all nodes # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/CmdServer REMOVING THE PATCH ------------------ To uninstall the patch perform the following steps: 1. Stop VCS on the node by following the steps in the section "Stopping VCS on the cluster node". 2. Remove the patch: # rpm -e VRTSvcs 3. After the removal completes, verify that the patch has been removed from all the system in the cluster. On each system type: # rpm -qa | grep VRTSvcs The package VRTSvcs should not be displayed, which confirms that the package is removed. 4. Install previous VCS version rpm. 5. Copy the /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/types.cf.orig file to /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/types.cf. 6. Copy the /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf.orig file to /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/main.cf. 7. Start the cluster services on all cluster nodes. First start VCS on one node: # hastart On all the other nodes, start VCS by issuing the hastart command after the first node's state changes to LOCAL_BUILD or RUNNING. 8. Unfreeze all the service groups: # haconf -makerw # hagrp -unfreeze [group] -persistent # haconf -dump -makero 9. Start the VCS CmdServer on all nodes # /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/CmdServer SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS -------------------- NONE OTHERS ------ NONE