OS: Linux OS Version: SUSE 10 (x86_64) Fixes Applied for Products: VRTSvcs - Veritas Cluster Server by Symantec Additional Instructions: Please read the instructions below before installing the patch. PATCH VRTSvcs 4.1MP4RP3HF1 for VCS 4.1MP4 RP3 =============================================================== Patch Date: November, 2009 This README provides information on: * BEFORE GETTING STARTED * CRC AND BYTE COUNT * FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH * INSTALLING THE PATCH * UNINSTALLING THE PATCH BEFORE GETTING STARTED: ---------------------- This patch only applies to: VRTSvcs 4.1MP4RP3 (4.1.40.30) or higher running on Linux SUSE 10 (x86_64) 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. The following command can be used to ascertain this: # cksum VRTSvcs-4.1.40.31-MP4RP3_HF1_SLES10.i586.rpm 1635256384 23891178 VRTSvcs-4.1.40.31-MP4RP3_HF1_SLES10.i586.rpm FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH: -------------------------------------------- Etrack Incidents: 1886751 SDR's of Fixed Symantec Incidents: -------------------------------- Symantec Incident : 1886751 Symptom: The command "hasys -value sysname xxxx" causes SIGSEGV. Defect Description: When an invalid attribute is specified for a system in remote cluster, hasys causes core dump. Resolution: Making sure that if attribute does not exist for remote system, then send error message, instead of success message. PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH: ------------------------------- This patch updates the following VCS package(s) VRTSvcs from 4.1MP4RP3 (4.1.40.30) to 4.1MP4RP3HF1 (4.1.40.31) INSTALLING THE PATCH: -------------------- The following steps should be run on all nodes in the VCS cluster: Stopping VCS on the cluster node: -------------------------------- To stop the cluster on all nodes follow the given steps: 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 4.1MP4 or later for Linux. 3. Freeze all the service groups persistently: # haconf -makerw # hagrp -freeze [group] -persistent # haconf -dump -makero 3. From any one node, execute the following command to stop the cluster: # hastop -all -force 4. Verify that the cluster is stopped on all nodes by running the hasys command: # hasys -state 5. On all nodes, make sure that both had and hashadow processes are stopped. 6. Stop the VCS CmdServer on all nodes: # CmdServer -stop Installing the Patch: -------------------- 1. Un-compress the downloaded patch from Symantec. Change directory to the unzipped patch location. Install the VRTSvcs 4.1.40.31 patch using the following command: # rpm -Uvh VRTSvcs-4.1.40.31-MP4RP3_HF1_SLES10.i586.rpm 2. Verify that the new patch has been installed: # rpm -q VRTSvcs You will find the following output on display with the patch installed properly: VRTSvcs-4.1.40.31-MP4RP3_HF1_SLES10 Re-starting VCS on the cluster node: ----------------------------------- At this time, you can start cluster services on the cluster nodes. 1. On one node, please verify that VCS configuration is valid. # hacf -verify /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config/ 2. If the configuration is valid, start VCS: # hastart On all other nodes, start VCS by issuing hastart(1m) once the first node goes to LOCAL_BUILD or RUNNING state. 3. Unfreeze all the groups: # haconf -makerw # hagrp -unfreeze [group] -persistent # haconf -dump -makero UNINSTALLING THE PATCH: ----------------------- 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 from a cluster node: --------------------------------------------- 1. Follow the steps provided under "Stopping VCS on the cluster node" section above, to stop VCS on the node. 2. Remove the patch by the following command: # rpm -e VRTSvcs 3. Verify that the patch has been removed from the system: # rpm -qa | grep VRTSvcs The package VRTSvcs should not be displayed, which confirms that the package is removed. 4. Install VRTSvcs package from VCS 4.1MP4 Installer CD and upgrade to VCS 4.1MP4RP3 or higher as available. 5. Restart the node following the steps under "Re-starting VCS on the cluster node" section above.