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               * * * Veritas Operations Manager 7.2 * * *
                         * * * Patch 300 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2017-10-31


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 Operations Manager 7.2 Patch 300


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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AIX 6.1 ppc
AIX 7.1 ppc
RHEL6 x86-64
RHEL7 x86-64
SLES11 x86-64
SLES12 x86-64
Solaris 10 SPARC
Solaris 10 X86
Solaris 11 SPARC
Windows Server 2012 R2 X64



BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * Veritas Operations Manager 7.2.0.0


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: vom-HF0720300
* 3874671 (3877660) Audit events are logged 6 hours different to the actual event time.
* 3875074 (3910932) Intermittent issues with RVG not being visible in VIOM.
* 3895769 (3895914) Veritas Infoscale Operations Manager Vulnerabilities.
* 3896106 (3904372) On Windows, sfhbaapp.exe fails to discover Disk capacity 2TB or more and crashes.
* 3898053 (3903111) After upgrade unable to view replication status and intermittent view of RVG links
on Linux agents.
* 3900221 (3902093) DRL in volume properties does not show as 'On' even if we create mirror 
volume with DRL
* 3901049 (3902091) Alert email received time is incorrect in Gmail.
* 3902456 (3902863) Service Group online times out is 180 sec, it should be 300 sec.
* 3903305 (3905193) Unable to view the rules from the management console in VOM for
modification/updation/deletion after it is created.
* 3906365 (3912854) Windows bluescreen with xprtld.exe
* 3906936 (3907173) "No rows to display" was showed on "Packages" tab on "Server"
* 3908919 (3909047) Check_vvr_health function in S7nrvvr.pm does not work for Solaris 
managed hosts.
* 3910893 (3913500) Can not apply VIOM patches on Solaris 11 hosts
* 3912401 (3913791) The last 5 lines of the .csv report are incorrect.
* 3912572 (3915210) After install patch 7.2.0.100, VIOM console is reporting wrong
information on volumes.
* 3913127 (3917667) VIOM is unable to detect disks having capacity 2TB or more on
Linux MHs.
* 3913262 (3915214) VOM upgrade broke vxdclid
* 3914301 (3927186) _Uptime Report shows  Discrepancies in HTML and CSV report.
* 3916828 (3917250) MHs go in disconnected state due to randomly xprtld crash on MHs.
* 3917740 (3920240) After applying VIOM patch or VIOM CMS upgrade user fails to
login in CMS GUI.
* 3919162 (3929284) VCS Failover report in CSV format is not properly scoped.


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

Patch ID: vom-HF0720300

* 3874671 (Tracking ID: 3877660)

SYMPTOM:
Audit Events have difference of 6 hours as compare to actual event time.

DESCRIPTION:
Time for the audit event is less than six hours to actual event time.

RESOLUTION:
The difference of +6 hours time is because PostgreSQL patch is
missing and postgreSQLs
/opt/VRTSsfmcs/pgsql/share/postgresql/timezone/Europe/Moscow is
having this issue. Fixed the Moscow time zone.

* 3875074 (Tracking ID: 3910932)

SYMPTOM:
Sometimes you may see that RVGs on the servers go missing. RVGs do not
come back even after refresh of hosts.

DESCRIPTION:
When RVGs are under VCS Service Groups control and SGs on
offline/online or switch to another node, you may see that sometimes RVGs are not
visible in VIOM GUI.

RESOLUTION:
Fix to handle discovery and deletion of RVGs.

* 3895769 (Tracking ID: 3895914)

SYMPTOM:
1. VULNERABILITY: Remote Command Execution via VIOM.
2. VULNERABILITY: Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via VIOM.

DESCRIPTION:
1. VULNERABILITY: Remote Command Execution via VIOM
- An authenticated, unprivileged user can execute arbitrary commands as root
using remote 
command injection.  This can lead to full compromise of the system.

2. VULNERABILITY: Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via VIOM
- An unauthenticated user can execute arbitrary commands using SQL injection. On
Linux 
this command runs as an unprivileged user.  On Windows this command runs as SYSTEM.

RESOLUTION:
1. VULNERABILITY: Remote Command Execution via VIOM
- VIOM scripts have been fixed to not allow command execution from unauthorized
users.

2. VULNERABILITY: Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via VIOM
- VIOM scripts have been fixed to not allow Blind SQL Injection.

* 3896106 (Tracking ID: 3904372)

SYMPTOM:
sfhbaapp.exe crashes or can not discover disks having capacities 2TB or more.

DESCRIPTION:
sfhbaapp.exe crashes or can not discover disks having capacities 2TB or more.

RESOLUTION:
Discovering disks capacities of such disks using WMI.

* 3898053 (Tracking ID: 3903111)

SYMPTOM:
On Linux Agents, you may not view replication status and intermittent view of RVG
links.

DESCRIPTION:
On Linux OS 7.2 or above, you may not view replication status and intermittent
view of RVG links due to incompatible library.

RESOLUTION:
Updated the library on Linux OS 7.2 and above.

* 3900221 (Tracking ID: 3902093)

SYMPTOM:
For mirror plexes volume if DRL is set as on the it is not shown in UI.

DESCRIPTION:
VOM doesn't shows DRL property in UI even if it is on for mirror plexes.

RESOLUTION:
Removed earlier code which was checking DRL only for DCO volumes. Added code 
such that it checks DRL property for simple mirror plexes as well as DCO volumes.

* 3901049 (Tracking ID: 3902091)

SYMPTOM:
if vom server and mail server are in two different time zone, then alert email are not 
received at correct time of mail server zone.

DESCRIPTION:
email received time at mail server side is different if vom server and mail server 
are in two different time zone.

RESOLUTION:
Added time zone to email header to specify the time zone.

* 3902456 (Tracking ID: 3902863)

SYMPTOM:
Service Group online times out is 180 sec.

DESCRIPTION:
Service Group online times out is 180 sec, it should be 300 sec.

RESOLUTION:
Increased timeout value from 180 sec to 300 sec.

* 3903305 (Tracking ID: 3905193)

SYMPTOM:
Rules created in VIOM go disappear.

DESCRIPTION:
If there are large number of OEs are created in VIOM, then you may not view the
rules created.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the GUI view to show the rules.

* 3906365 (Tracking ID: 3912854)

SYMPTOM:
system crashes with blue screen

DESCRIPTION:
Windows bluescreen with xprtld.exe

RESOLUTION:
remove csrss.exe from being killed by VIOM.

* 3906936 (Tracking ID: 3907173)

SYMPTOM:
packages tab is empty in server perspective.

DESCRIPTION:
packages are not displayed in packages tab.

RESOLUTION:
made changes in packages discovery for solaris platform

* 3908919 (Tracking ID: 3909047)

SYMPTOM:
Heath status for vvr link is not displayed

DESCRIPTION:
Check_vvr_health function in S7nrvvr.pm does not work for Solaris managed 
hosts.

RESOLUTION:
made changes agentlet to handle same for sol11

* 3910893 (Tracking ID: 3913500)

SYMPTOM:
When trying pushing patch on Solaris 11 MHs from VIOM GUI, you see that
patch installation is successful but in actual patch does not apply on the MHs.

DESCRIPTION:
VIOM Patches does not get installed on Solaris 11 MHs.

RESOLUTION:
Added support to push patches on Solaris 11 MHs.

* 3912401 (Tracking ID: 3913791)

SYMPTOM:
The last 5 lines of the .csv report are incorrect.

DESCRIPTION:
The last 5 lines of the .csv report are incorrect.

RESOLUTION:
made changes in Statlog.pm

* 3912572 (Tracking ID: 3915210)

SYMPTOM:
Due to incorrect plugin of vxlist, there was an issue in #volumes

DESCRIPTION:
After install patch 7.2.0.100, VIOM console is reporting wrong
information on volumes

RESOLUTION:
made changes to have correct plugin of vxlist

* 3913127 (Tracking ID: 3917667)

SYMPTOM:
Manually running /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/hbaapp shows very large disk capacity.

DESCRIPTION:
On Linux MHs, if disks having 2TB or more capacity then you may not
see disks sizes in VIOM GUI.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the code to discover sizes of large disks.

* 3913262 (Tracking ID: 3915214)

SYMPTOM:
Incorrect linking of vxssl & libcrypto libs on SuSE 11 SP3 (arch diff)

DESCRIPTION:
VOM upgrade broke vxdclid

RESOLUTION:
made changes in vxdclid

* 3914301 (Tracking ID: 3927186)

SYMPTOM:
when user runs uptime report and export in CSV file. The overall percentage for 
service group online offline is more than 100%

DESCRIPTION:
When user export the uptime report in CSV file and the overall sum of percentage 
for service group online offline is more that 100%.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the code for service group online and offline calculation.

* 3916828 (Tracking ID: 3917250)

SYMPTOM:
xprtld crashes and MH got disconnected from VIOM server randomly.

DESCRIPTION:
xprtld crashes due to log file rolling is not happening properly
and due to this MH 
got disconnected from VIOM server.

RESOLUTION:
Modified code for handling xprtld logs rolling properly.

* 3917740 (Tracking ID: 3920240)

SYMPTOM:
Java run time error occurs in hs_err_pidxxxxxxx.log.

DESCRIPTION:
VOM UI process crash with producing core dump and user will not able to 
login through UI.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the authentication issue.

* 3919162 (Tracking ID: 3929284)

SYMPTOM:
When you save VCS failover report in CSV format, you may see more entries than
HTML report.

DESCRIPTION:
VCS Failover report in CSV format is not properly scoped.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the csv format issue of the report.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
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INSTALLING THE PATCH
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IMPORTANT NOTE : Please take a backup of the database using the instructions given in the Admin guide before installing this Hotfix.

This Hotfix is applicable for VOM 7.2 Managed Hosts as well as VOM 7.2 Management Server.


1. Download the file vom-7.2.0.300.sfa
2. Launch a browser and login to the VIOM management server.
3. Navigate to Settings ->                 Deployment Icon.
4. Upload the Hotfix to the VIOM CMS using the "Upload Solutions" button.
   The Hotfix vom-7.2.0.300 should be visible in the Hot Fixes tree node.
5. Please install this Hotfix on CS using the following instructions:
    - Go to Settings ->                Deployment ->                Hot Fixes ->                Veritas Infoscale Operations Manager Managed Host.
    - Click on Hot Fixes Tab. Click on Applicable Hosts Tab.
    - Right click on CS Name and click on Install.


REMOVING THE PATCH
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REMOVING THE PATCH
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Un-installation and rollback of this Hotfix is supported only on Solaris 10 and AIX platforms.


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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A) NEW INCIDENTS ADDED IN THIS PATCH:
3913127 , 3916828 , 3914301 , 3917740 , 3919162 , 3895769

B) VIOM vxdclid is compatible with -
  - Linux VxVM HF 7.2.0.101
  - AIX VxVM 7.2.0.1
  - Sol Sparc VxVM 7.2.0.002