* * * READ ME * * *
                 * * * Veritas I/O Fencing 6.2.1 * * *
                         * * * Patch 200 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2017-04-11


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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Veritas I/O Fencing 6.2.1 Patch 200


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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RHEL6 x86-64
RHEL7 x86-64
SLES11 x86-64
SLES12 x86-64


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
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VRTSvxfen


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * Symantec Cluster Server 6.2
   * Symantec Storage Foundation Cluster File System HA 6.2
   * Symantec Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 6.2
   * Symantec Storage Foundation HA 6.2


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: 6.2.1.200
* 3912033 (2852872) Fencing sometimes shows "replaying" RFSM state for some nodes
in the cluster.
Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.100
* 3794201 (3794154) Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7
(RHEL6.7).
Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.000
* 3691204 (3691202) Sometimes fencing in the customized mode fails to start when the number of files present in the current working directory is large.
* 3714463 (3722178) The rpm --verify command on VXFEN changes the runlevel settings for the VXFEN service.


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

Patch ID: 6.2.1.200

* 3912033 (Tracking ID: 2852872)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Fencing command "vxfenadm -d" sometimes shows "replaying" RFSM
state for some nodes in the cluster.

DESCRIPTION:
During cluster startup, sometimes fencing RFSM keeps showing
"replaying" state for a node, but in fact the node has entered "running" state.

RESOLUTION:
The code is modified so that now fencing does not show incorrect RFSM
state for a node.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.100

* 3794201 (Tracking ID: 3794154)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7
(RHEL6.7).

DESCRIPTION:
VCS did not support RHEL versions released after RHEL6 Update 6.

RESOLUTION:
VCS support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7 (RHEL6.7) is now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-6.2.1.000

* 3691204 (Tracking ID: 3691202)

SYMPTOM:
Sometimes fencing fails to start and reports an error that it was unable to register with majority of coordination points.

DESCRIPTION:
The failure was observed due to an issue in the fencing startup script where a wildcard expansion in an echo expression produced some undesired value. The undesired value caused the fencing startup failure.

RESOLUTION:
The fencing code is modified so that the wildcard in the echo
expression is  does not get expanded.

* 3714463 (Tracking ID: 3722178)

SYMPTOM:
The runlevel setting for VXFEN service changes upon running the rpm --verify command on VXFEN.

DESCRIPTION:
The unexpected behavior is observed due to an issue in the VXFEN spec file which was turning on the VXFEN service.

RESOLUTION:
The VXFEN spec file code is modified so that the runlevel settings of VXFEN service are not modified during the verification phase.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
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Run the Installer script to automatically install the patch:
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Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime.

To install the patch perform the following steps on at least one node in the cluster:
1. Copy the patch vxfen-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar.gz to /tmp
2. Untar vxfen-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar.gz to /tmp/hf
    # mkdir /tmp/hf
    # cd /tmp/hf
    # gunzip /tmp/vxfen-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar.gz
    # tar xf /tmp/vxfen-sles11_x86_64-Patch-6.2.1.200.tar
3. Install the hotfix(Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime.)
    # pwd /tmp/hf
    # ./installVRTSvxfen621P2 [<host1> <host2>...]

You can also install this patch together with 6.2.1 maintenance release using Install Bundles
1. Download this patch and extract it to a directory
2. Change to the Veritas InfoScale 6.2.1 directory and invoke the installmr script
   with -patch_path option where -patch_path should point to the patch directory
    # ./installmr -patch_path [<path to this patch>] [<host1> <host2>...]

Install the patch manually:
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Perform the following steps on each cluster node, one node at a time:
1. Stop VCS:
# /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastop -local 
2. Stop vxfen:
# /etc/init.d/vxfen stop
3. Apply the patch:
# rpm -Uvh <VRTSvxfen rpm> 
4. Start vxfen:
# /etc/init.d/vxfen start
5. Start VCS:
# /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastart


REMOVING THE PATCH
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Perform the following steps on each cluster node, one node at a time:
1. Stop VCS:
# /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastop -local
2. Stop vxfen:
# /etc/init.d/vxfen stop
3. Uninstall VRTSvxfen package:
# rpm -ev VRTSvxfen
4. Install previous version of VRTSvxfen package.
5. Start vxfen:
# /etc/init.d/vxfen start
6. Start VCS:
# /opt/VRTSvcs/bin/hastart


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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