OS: HP-UX
OS Version: 11i v3
Fixes Applied for Products:
	VRTSvcsor - Veritas High Availability Agent for Oracle by Symantec

Additional Instructions:
Please read the instructions below before installing the patch.

 PATCH VRSTvcsor 5.0RP2HF2 for VCS Oracle Agent 5.0RP2
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 Patch Date:  November, 2009

This README provides information on:
 * BEFORE GETTING STARTED
 * FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH
 * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
 * INSTALLING THE PATCH
 * UNINSTALLING THE PATCH


BEFORE GETTING STARTED:
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This patch only applies to:
	VRTSvcsor 5.0RP2 running on HP-UX 11iv3

Ensure that you are running the supported configurations before
installing this patch.


FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH: 
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Etrack Incidents: 1876991, 1881827

SDR's of Fixed Symantec Incidents:
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Symantec Incident : 1876991
Symptom:
	Oracle Agent was not able to send SNMP/SMTP notifications 
	in case of any error defined in oraerror.dat file.
Defect Description:
	There was a problem in forming the hanotify(1m) command 
	in Oracle Agent, while sending notifications.
Resolution:
	The problem is now fixed to correctly form the hanotify(1m) 
	command in Oracle Agent, while sending notifications.


Symantec Incident : 1881827
Symptom:
	With different kind of errors, the agent used to take actions
	corresponding to the last received error, ignoring the rest.
Defect Description:
	With this parsing method, Oracle agent may ignore some 
	important actions, specified in oraerror.dat file,
	which could result in inconsistency of the state of the resource.
Resolution:
	The parsing method is updated to prioritize certain actions, 
	when multiple errors occur at a time.


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH:
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This patch updates the following VCS package(s) 
	VRTSvcsor from 5.0RP2 or higher on 11iv3 to 5.0RP2HF2 on 11iv3


INSTALLING THE PATCH:
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The following steps should be run on all nodes in the VCS cluster:

Stopping VCS Oracle Agent on the cluster node:
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Stop Oracle agent using:
	# haagent -stop Oracle -sys [system_name] -force

Installing the Patch:
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1. Un-compress the downloaded patch from Symantec.
   Change directory to the unzipped patch location. 
   Install the VRTsvcsor(PVCO_03901) patch using the following command:
	# swinstall -s `pwd`/patches -x autoreboot=true PVCO_03901

2. Verify that the new patch has been installed:
	# swlist PVCO_03901
   You will find the following output on display with the patch installed properly:
	  PVCO_03901    1.0            VRTS 5.0 RP2 HF2 VRTSvcsor Command Patch

Re-start VCS Oracle Agent on the cluster node:
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After successful installation of the patch, run the following command 
for restarting the agents :
	# haagent -start Oracle -sys [sysname]


UNINSTALLING THE PATCH:
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Steps to remove the Patch from a cluster node:
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1. Follow the steps provided under 
   "Stopping VCS Oracle Agent on the cluster node" 
   section above, to stop Oracle Agent on the node.

2. Remove the patch by the following command:
	# swremove -x autoreboot=true PVCO_03901

3. Verify that the patch has been removed from the system:
	# swlist | grep  PVCO_03901
   There will be no output on the display following this command,
   for a successful removal.

4. Restart the agent following the steps under 
   "Re-start VCS Oracle Agent on the cluster node" section above.