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                      * * * InfoScale 7.0.1 * * *
                         * * * Patch 100 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2016-03-28


This document provides the following information:

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


PATCH NAME
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InfoScale 7.0.1 Patch 100


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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Solaris 11 SPARC


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
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VRTSamf
VRTSvxvm


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * InfoScale Availability 7.0
   * InfoScale Enterprise 7.0
   * InfoScale Foundation 7.0
   * InfoScale Storage 7.0


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.0.1.100
* 3872730 (3856146) The Solaris sparc 11.2 latest SRUs and Solaris sparc 11.3 System  panics during 
reboot and fails to come up, after turning off the dmp_native_support.
Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.0.1.100
* 3872891 (3862933) On Solaris 11.2 SRU 8 or above with Asynchronous 
monitoring Framework (AMF) enabled, VCS agent processes may not respond or 
may encounter AMF errors during registration.
* 3873867 (3873866) Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Oracle Solaris 11.3.


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

Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.0.1.100

* 3872730 (Tracking ID: 3856146)

SYMPTOM:
Two issues are hit on latest SRUs Solaris 11.2.8 and greater and Solaris sparc 
11.3 when dmp_native 
support is on. These issues are mentioned below:
1.            Turning of dmp_native_support  on and off requires reboot. 
System gets panic during the reboot as a part of setting dmp_native_support 
off.
2.            Sometimes, system comes up after reboot when dmp_native_support 
is 
set to off. In such case, panic is observed when system is rebooted after 
uninstallation of SF and it fails to boot up.
The panic string is same for both the issues.
panic[cpu0]/thread=20012000: read_binding_file: /etc/name_to_major file not 
found

DESCRIPTION:
The issue happened because of /etc/system and /etc/name_to_major files.

As per the discussion with Oracle through SR(3-11640878941)

Removal of aforementioned 2 files from the boot-archive is causing this panic.
Because  files -> /etc/name_to_major & /etc/system are included in the SPARC 
boot_archive of Solaris 11.2.8.4.0 ( and greater versions) and they should not 
be removed. 
The system will fail to come up if they are removed."

RESOLUTION:
The code has been modified to avoid panic while setting dmp_native_support to 
off.

Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.0.1.100

* 3872891 (Tracking ID: 3862933)

SYMPTOM:
On Solaris 11.2 SRU 8 or above with Asynchronous Monitoring 
framework (AMF) enabled, VCS agent processes may not respond or may encounter AMF errors during registration.

DESCRIPTION:
For Solaris 11.2 from SRU 8 onward, kernel header is modified. 
AMF functionality is affected because of the changes in the kernel headers 
which can cause agent processes like Mount, Oracle, Netlistener and Process 
enabled with AMF functionality to hang or report error during AMF 
registration.

RESOLUTION:
The AMF code is modified to handle the changes in the kernel 
headers for Solaris 11.2 SRU 8 to address the issue during registration.

* 3873867 (Tracking ID: 3873866)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Oracle Solaris 11.3.

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Oracle Solaris versions later 
than 11.2.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability now supports Oracle Solaris 11.3.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
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Run the Installer script to automatically install the patch:
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To install the patch perform the following steps on at least one node in the cluster:
1. Copy the patch infoscale-sol11_sparc-Patch-7.0.1.100.tar.gz to /tmp
2. Untar infoscale-sol11_sparc-Patch-7.0.1.100.tar.gz to /tmp/hf
    # mkdir /tmp/hf
    # cd /tmp/hf
    # gunzip /tmp/infoscale-sol11_sparc-Patch-7.0.1.100.tar.gz
    # tar xf /tmp/infoscale-sol11_sparc-Patch-7.0.1.100.tar
3. Install the hotfix
    # pwd /tmp/hf
    # ./installVRTSinfoscale701P100 [<host1> <host2>...]

Install the patch manually:
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o Before-the-upgrade :-
  (a) Stop applications using any VxVM volumes.
  (b) Stop I/Os to all the VxVM volumes.
  (c) Umount any filesystems with VxVM volumes.
  (d) In case of multiple boot environments, boot using the BE you wish to install the patch on.

For Solaris 11 release, refer to the man pages for instructions on using install and uninstall options of 'pkg'
command provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be described below as special instructions.
The following example installs a patch to a standalone machine:

        example# pkg install --accept -g /patch_location/VRTSvxvm.p5p VRTSvxvm

After 'pkg install' please follow mandatory configuration steps mentioned in special instructions


REMOVING THE PATCH
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The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:

        example# pkg uninstall VRTSvxvm
Note: Uninstalling the patch will remove the entire package. If you need earlier version of the package, install it f
rom the original source media.


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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1) Delete '.vxvm-configured'
    # rm  /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/.vxvm-configured
2) Refresh vxvm-configure
    # svcadm refresh vxvm-configure
3) Delete  'install-db'
    # rm /etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db
4) Reboot the system using shutdown command.

You need to use the shutdown command to reboot the system after patch installation or de-installation:

    shutdown -g0 -y -i6


OTHERS
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NONE