Patch Date: February 2010 OS: Solaris Sparc OS Version: Solaris 5.10 Fixes Applied for Products: VRTSvcs - Veritas Cluster Server by Symantec Additional Instructions: Please read the instructions below before installing the patch. PATCH VRTSvcs 5.0MP3RP3 HF1 for Veritas Cluster Server 5.0MP3RP3 ================================================================ This README provides information on: * GETTING STARTED * FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH * INSTALLING THE PATCH * UNINSTALLING THE PATCH GETTING STARTED --------------- This patch applies only to: VRTSvcs 5.0MP3RP3 or higher running on Solaris Sparc 5.10 Patch ID for the appropriate SunOS Versions: For SunOS Sparc Release 5.10, 143716-01. Ensure that you are running the supported configurations before installing this patch. FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH -------------------------------------------- Etrack Incident: 1958244 Case ID: 410-663-158 Symptom-Defect Description-Resolution (SDR) of fixed Symantec incidents ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Symantec Incident: 1958244 Symptom: The notifier cannot get the local IP address while sending the SNMP trap when the underlying interface is IPMP. Defect description: While sending the SNMP trap, the notifier finds out the local IP address. If multiple interfaces are combined to get the IPMP interface and if one such interface fails, then the notifier does not get the IPs from the remaining interfaces of that IPMP. Resolution: The notifier now queries the remaining interfaces for the IP address. PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH ------------------------------- This patch updates the following VCS package: VRTSvcs 5.0MP3RP3 or higher to VRTSvcs5.0MP3RP3HF1 INSTALLING THE PATCH -------------------- Installing the patch includes: 1. Stop the notifier process in the cluster. 2. Installing the patch. 3. Restarting the notifier process in the cluster. Stop the notifier process in the cluster: ----------------------------------------- 1. Find the State of resource of type NotifierMngr. This can be done as follows: # hares -display -attribute State -type NotifierMngr 2. Bring down all ONLINE instances of NotifierMngr resources found above. For eg. if ntfr1 is ONLINE on sys1, run the following command. # hares -offline ntfr1 -sys sys1 Installing the Patch: -------------------- To install the patch: 1. Un-compress the downloaded patch from Symantec. Change the directory to the unzipped patch location. Install the VRTSvcs 5.0 MP3RP3 HF1 patch using the following command: # patchadd [patch-id] Where [patch-id] is the following For SunOS Release 5.10, [patch-id] is 143716-01. 2. Verify that the new patch has been installed: # showrev -p | grep [patch-id] If the patch installs correctly, the following output displays: For Solaris Sparc 5.10: Patch: 143716-01 Obsoletes: Requires: 139358-03 Incompatibles: Packages: VRTSvcs 3. Run the preceding steps on all nodes in the VCS cluster. Restarting the notifier process on the cluster node: ---------------------------------------------------- 1. Bring required instances of NotifierMngr resource ONLINE. For eg. if ntfr1 needs to be ONLINE on sys1, run the following command. # hares -online ntfr1 -sys sys1 UNINSTALLING THE PATCH: ----------------------- To uninstall the patch: 1. To stop notifier process in the cluster, follow the steps given in the section "Stop the notifier process in the cluster" above. 2. Remove the patch by the following command on all cluster nodes: # patchrm [patch-id] Where [patch-id] is the following For SunOS Release 5.10, [patch-id] is 143716-01. 3. Verify that the patch has been removed from the system: # showrev -p | grep [patch-id] There is no display on the output for the patch. 4. Restart notifier process in the cluster following the steps in the section "Restarting the notifier process on the cluster node".