vcs-sol_sparc-VRTSvxfen-5.0MP3RP5P1

 Basic information
Release type: P-patch
Release date: 2011-08-01
OS update support: None
Technote: None
Documentation: None
Popularity: 1601 viewed    downloaded
Download size: 14.56 KB
Checksum: 3498246378

 Applies to one or more of the following products:
Cluster Server 5.0MP3 On Solaris 10 SPARC
Cluster Server 5.0MP3 On Solaris 8 SPARC
Cluster Server 5.0MP3 On Solaris 9 SPARC
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0MP3 On Solaris 10 SPARC
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0MP3 On Solaris 8 SPARC
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0MP3 On Solaris 9 SPARC
Storage Foundation for DB2 5.0MP3 On Solaris 10 SPARC
Storage Foundation for DB2 5.0MP3 On Solaris 8 SPARC
Storage Foundation for DB2 5.0MP3 On Solaris 9 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0MP3 On Solaris 10 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0MP3 On Solaris 8 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0MP3 On Solaris 9 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0MP3 On Solaris 10 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0MP3 On Solaris 8 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0MP3 On Solaris 9 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Sybase 5.0MP3 On Solaris 10 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Sybase 5.0MP3 On Solaris 8 SPARC
Storage Foundation for Sybase 5.0MP3 On Solaris 9 SPARC
Storage Foundation HA 5.0MP3 On Solaris 10 SPARC
Storage Foundation HA 5.0MP3 On Solaris 8 SPARC
Storage Foundation HA 5.0MP3 On Solaris 9 SPARC

 Obsolete patches, incompatibilities, superseded patches, or other requirements:

This patch requires: Release date
sfha-sol_sparc-5.0MP3RP5 2011-05-06

 Fixes the following incidents:
2409707

 Patch ID:
146902-01

Readme file
                          * * * READ ME * * *
             * * * Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 MP3 RP5 * * *
                         * * * P-patch 1 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2011-07-29


This document provides the following information:

   * PATCH NAME
   * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
   * BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
   * OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
   * INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
   * INSTALLATION PRE-REQUISITES
   * INSTALLING THE PATCH
   * REMOVING THE PATCH


PATCH NAME
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Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 MP3 RP5 P-patch 1


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
------------------------------
VRTSvxfen


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
-----------------------------------
   * Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 MP3 RP5
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0 MP3 RP5
   * Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0 MP3 RP5
   * Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 5.0 MP3 RP5
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 5.0 MP3 RP5
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0 MP3 RP5
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for Sybase 5.0 MP3 RP5


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
----------------------------------------
Solaris 10 SPARC


INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
----------------------------
This patch fixes the following Symantec incidents:

Patch ID: 146902-01

* 2409707 (Tracking ID: 2444677)

SYMPTOM:
In a VCS 5.0 MP3 RP5 cluster on Solaris, if you set the operating system locale 
to Japanese (variable LANG = ja), then the Veritas fencing module (VxFEN) fails 
to start.

DESCRIPTION:
On Solaris, when VxFEN starts up, it waits for the vxvm-recover service to come 
online. To check the state of vxvm-recover, VxFEN uses the 'svcs' command. 
If you have set the operating system locale to Japanese, the output of 
the 'svcs' command includes Japanese characters. VxFEN is unable to  parse the 
output and therefore fails to start.

RESOLUTION:
Symantec has modified the VxFEN code to ensure that variable LANG is set to C 
for the 'svcs' command.


INSTALLING THE PATCH
--------------------
On top of 5.0MP3RP5 - 

As root:

1) Copy the patch directory (146902-01) to /tmp on the machine.
2) cd /tmp
3) patchadd 146902-01


REMOVING THE PATCH
------------------
As root:

patchrm 146902-01


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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NONE