OS: Linux OS Version: RHEL50 (x86_64/i686) Fixes Applied for Products: VRTSvcsag - Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents by Symantec Additional Instructions: Please read the instructions below before installing the patch. PATCH VRTSvcsag 5.0MP3RP2HF4 for VCS Bundled Agent 5.0MP3RP2 =============================================================== Patch Date: July, 2009 This README provides information on: * BEFORE GETTING STARTED * CRC AND BYTE COUNT * FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS PATCH * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THIS PATCH * INSTALLING THE PATCH(S) * UNINSTALLING THE PATCH(S) BEFORE GETTING STARTED: ---------------------- This patches only applies to: VRTSvcsag 5.0MP3RP2 running on RHEL50 for x86_64/i686 Ensure that you are running the supported configurations before installing this patch. CRC AND BYTE COUNT: ------------------ Ensure that the patch file you have downloaded matches the following checksum and byte count, depending on the OS version you are using. The following command can be used to ascertain this: For RHEL50 (i686/x86_64): # cksum VRTSvcsag-5.0.30.24-MP3RP2HF4_RHEL5.i686.rpm 2870772634 491246 VRTSvcsag-5.0.30.24-MP3RP2HF4_RHEL5.i686.rpm FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS PATCH: --------------------------------------------- Etrack Incidents: 1730192, 1723347 SDR's of Fixed Symantec Incidents: --------------------------------- Symantec Incident: 1730192 Symptom: DNS clean never used to succeed. Defect Description: The DNS clean entry point was not parsing the argument list correctly. Hence, it always reported the clean operation as failed. VCS kept on re-attempting clean operation and this sequence never used to end. Resolution: Fixed the clean entry point code to parse the argument list correctly. Now the DNS resource's clean operation should succeed, if there is no fault. Symantec Incident: 1723347 Symptom: Mount agent returns offline even when the resource is mounted. Defect Description: Mount agent did not support large file systems. Thus statvfs(3P) call within large file systems used to fail. Due to this, the monitor entry point used to return offline status. Resolution: Fixed the Mount agent to support large file systems and return correct status. PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THIS PATCH: ------------------------------- This patch updates the following VCS packages VRTSvcsag from 5.0MP3RP2 to 5.0MP3RP2HF4 INSTALLING THE PATCH(S): ----------------------- The following steps should be run on all nodes in the VCS cluster: Stopping the VCS on a node: -------------------------- 1. Ensure that "/opt/VRTS/bin" directory is included in your PATH environment variable so you can execute all the VCS commands. Refer to Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide for more information. 2. Verify that the version of VRTSvcs is 5.0 MP3 RP2 for Linux. 3. Freeze all the service groups persistently. # haconf -makerw # hagrp -freeze -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. # haconf -dump -makero From any node, execute the following command. # hastop -all or # hastop -all -force Verify that the cluster is stopped on all nodes by running the ha command. # hasys -state On all nodes, make sure that both had and hashadow processes are stopped. Also, stop the VCS CmdServer on all nodes. # CmdServer -stop Installing Patch(s): ------------------- Repeat the below steps on all the nodes. 1. Gunzip & untar the downloaded patch from Symantec. Change directory to the unzipped patch location. Install the VRTSvcsag patch using the following command: # rpm -Uvh VRTSvcsag-5.0.30.24-MP3RP2HF4_..rpm where, DIST is RHEL50 and ARCH is i586/i686. 2. Verify that the new patch has been installed: # rpm -q VRTSvcsag The following information is displayed after successful patch installation: VRTSvcsag-5.0.30.24-MP3RP2HF4_ where, DIST is RHEL50 . Re-starting the VCS on a node : ----------------------------- 1. At this time, you can start the cluster services on all cluster nodes. First start VCS on one node: # hastart On all the other nodes, start VCS by issuing hastart after the first node goes to LOCAL_BUILD or RUNNING state. 2. Unfreeze all the groups. # haconf -makerw # hagrp -unfreeze -persistent # haconf -dump -makero UNINSTALLING THE PATCH(S): ------------------------- Removal of the patch will result in removing whole package from the system/node. To go back to a previous installed version of the package, you may need to re-install the package again. Following steps need to be run on all the VCS cluster node: Steps to remove the Patch(s) : ----------------------------- 1. Follow the steps provided under "Stopping the VCS on a node" section above, to stop the node. 2. Remove the patch(s) by the following command: # rpm -e VRTSvcsag 3. Verify that the package has been removed: # rpm -qa | grep VRTSvcsag The package VRTSvcsag should not be displayed, which confirms that the package is removed. 4. Restart the node following the steps under "Re-Starting the VCS on a node" section above.