* * * READ ME * * *
* * * CPI 6.1 * * *
* * * Patch 6.1.0.900 * * *
Patch Date: 2016-06-29
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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CPI 6.1 Patch 6.1.0.900
OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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AIX
RHEL5 x86-64
RHEL6 x86-64
SLES11 x86-64
Solaris 10 SPARC
Solaris 11 SPARC
BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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* Symantec Application HA 6.1
* Symantec Cluster Server 6.1
* Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing 6.1
* Symantec Storage Foundation 6.1
* Symantec Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA 6.1
* Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 6.1
* Symantec Storage Foundation for Sybase ASE CE 6.1
* Symantec Storage Foundation HA 6.1
* Symantec Volume Manager 6.1
SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: 6.1.0.900
* 3390290 (3542842) During upgrade, the Sun Microsystems Label (SMI) label changes to Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) and makes the disk group un-importable.
* 3658198 (3658195) Since RHEL 6.6 is released, installer should notify users to download
Symantec
product patches when they install SFHA on RHEL 6.6.
* 3796899 (3800404) Oracle agent user configuration is not migrated during
upgrade.
* 3835371 (3832218) The Installer enables automatically downloading SFHA patches for new
platform update.
* 3841268 (3814804) Fail to configure the CP server because the network interface name for VIP
is not recognized, such as bond0.636.
* 3850887 (3847737) The installation and upgrade may be blocked due to kernel release version
mismatch.
* 3851039 (3846363) When upgrading SFHA environments to SFHA 6.0.5 or higher, the CVMTypes.cf
is NOT updated with the VCS ClearClone attribute. Customers are unable to
specify the ClearClone attribute in main.cf to update the on-disk UDID
content for DMP detected hardware replicated devices.
* 3867341 (3869401) After upgrading to 6.1 or higher version, the CVMClus_storage_connectivity attribute
is still there in the CVMCluster type.
* 3878779 (3879593) Product installation fails for the new operating system (OS) update
version since the installer cannot validate the correct version of dependency
Operating System (OS) rpms for the new OS update.
DETAILS OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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This patch fixes the following Symantec incidents:
Patch ID: 6.1.0.900
* 3390290 (Tracking ID: 3542842)
SYMPTOM:
The Symantec Product Installer attempts to start the vxconfigd daemon before
upgrade, which leads to data corruption.
DESCRIPTION:
In Volume Manager (VxVM), while upgrading from 5.1SP1 5.1SP1RP1, 5.1SP1RP2, or
5.1SP1RP3, the LUNs over 1 Terabyte(TB) in size encounter data corruption.
TechNote: http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?
page=content&id=TECH188018
During upgrade from 5.1SP1, 5.1SP1RP1, 5.1SP1RP2, or 5.1SP1RP3 to 6.0 release,
the Symantec Product Installer attempts to start vxconfigd daemon before
upgrade which leads to data corruption.
RESOLUTION:
The code is modified to prevent the vxconfigd daemon from getting started while
upgrading from 5.1SP1, 5.1SP1RP1, 5.1SP1RP2 or 5.1SP1RP3.
* 3658198 (Tracking ID: 3658195)
SYMPTOM:
In previous release, if users install SFHA on RHEL 6.6, installer gives an
error and notifies users that the current kernel release is not supported.
DESCRIPTION:
Since RHEL 6.6 is released, SFHA now supports it with branches including
6.0.1/6.0.5/6.1/6.1.1. Installer need to change the notification to guide
customers to find corresponding patches.
RESOLUTION:
Installer notifies customers to download Symantec product patches when they
install SFHA on RHEL 6.6.
* 3796899 (Tracking ID: 3800404)
SYMPTOM:
After using the Common Product Installer to upgrade, the previous agent
user configurations are not migrated.
DESCRIPTION:
While upgrading to 6.1, the installer does not migrate user
configurations such as Netlsnr ToleranceLimit and OnlineRestartlimit. This is
because the installer fails to recognize user's existing agent configurations
during dynamic upgrade.
RESOLUTION:
The dynamic upgrade function is changed to differentiate user's
existing agent configurations before upgrade, so that all user configurations
can be kept after upgrade.
* 3835371 (Tracking ID: 3832218)
SYMPTOM:
In previous releases, if users try to install SFHA on unconfirmed platform,
the installer displays an error message and advices users to find
corresponding patches through SORT website:
DESCRIPTION:
In this patch release, the installer uses dynamic data from web service to
check the patch status for new platform update. If there is a patch for new
platform update on SORT website, the installer automatically downloads and
applies it.
RESOLUTION:
If there is a patch for new platform update on SORT website, the installer
automatically downloads and applies it.
* 3841268 (Tracking ID: 3814804)
SYMPTOM:
Fail to configure the CP server because the network interface name for VIP
is not recognized, such as bond0.636.
DESCRIPTION:
The Symantec product installer has some limitations for the network
interface name.
RESOLUTION:
The code is modified to remove the limitations for the network interface
name.
* 3850887 (Tracking ID: 3847737)
SYMPTOM:
When install or upgrade products in SFHA environment, the system displays
an error message after the installer performs pre-check operation. The
message reports the Linux kernel version is not supported despite of the
fact that the version is actually supported. The error message is as
follows:
CPI ERROR V-9-40-1395 Kernel Release 3.0.101-0.47.55-default is detected on
vmr720-31-v01, which is not supported for this product.
DESCRIPTION:
The issue occurs because the Linux kernel version you use is not 100% match
the kernel version stored in database.
RESOLUTION:
The code is modified to match only the core part of the kernel version
string in database.
* 3851039 (Tracking ID: 3846363)
SYMPTOM:
When upgrading SFHA environments to SFHA 6.0.5 or higher, the CVMTypes.cf
is NOT updated with the VCS ClearClone attribute. Customers are unable to
specify the ClearClone attribute in main.cf to update the on-disk UDID
content for DMP detected hardware replicated devices.
DESCRIPTION:
The ClearClone attribute was introduced from 6.0.5 onwards. The installer
doesn't update CVMTypes.cf with the VCS ClearClone attribute.
RESOLUTION:
The code is modified to add the VCS ClearClone attribute to CVMTypes.cf.
* 3867341 (Tracking ID: 3869401)
SYMPTOM:
After upgrading to 6.1 or higher version, the CVMClus_storage_connectivity attribute
is still there in the CVMCluster type.
DESCRIPTION:
The CVMClus_storage_connectivity attribute is deprecated from 6.1 onwards. The
installer doesn't update CVMTypes.cf with the CVMClus_storage_connectivity
attribute.
RESOLUTION:
The code is modified to remove the CVMClus_storage_connectivity attribute in
CVMTypes.cf from 6.1 onwards.
* 3878779 (Tracking ID: 3879593)
SYMPTOM:
Product installation failed for the new OS update version.
DESCRIPTION:
During installation, the installer verifies the dependency rpms of OS for the
product. For the new OS update version, there is no defined
or set dependency rpms value. Hence, the product installation fails or the
installer displays incorrect versions of OS rpms.
RESOLUTION:
Set a default dependency OS rpms for each platform (RHEL5, RHEL6, and SLES11)
and for each release. Remove the specific version for each rpm, just
keep the rpm name and architecture type, like: glibc.x86_64.
INSTALLING THE PATCH
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1. Copy the hotfix CPI_6.1.0_P9.pl to /tmp
2. Run installation or configuration scripts with the hofix
Example:
./installer -require /tmp/CPI_6.1.0_P9.pl
REMOVING THE PATCH
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