vom-Patch-7.3.0.300

 Basic information
Release type: Patch
Release date: 2017-12-21
OS update support: None
Technote: None
Documentation: None
Popularity: 960 viewed    downloaded
Download size: 554.79 MB
Checksum: 3694350679

 Applies to one or more of the following products:
Operations Manager 7.3.0.0 On AIX
Operations Manager 7.3.0.0 On Linux
Operations Manager 7.3.0.0 On Solaris 11 SPARC
Operations Manager 7.3.0.0 On Solaris 11 X64
Operations Manager 7.3.0.0 On Windows x64

 Obsolete patches, incompatibilities, superseded patches, or other requirements:

This patch supersedes the following patches: Release date
vom-Patch-7.3.0.200 (obsolete) 2017-11-10
vom-Patch-7.3.0.100 (obsolete) 2017-08-11

 Fixes the following incidents:
3913127, 3916828, 3917740, 3925573, 3927189, 3927955, 3930713, 3931182, 3932939, 3932981, 3934092, 3934375

 Patch ID:
None.

Readme file
			* * * READ ME * * *
               * * * Veritas Operations Manager 7.3 * * *
                         * * * Patch 300 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2017-12-21


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 7.3 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 11 SPARC
Solaris 11 X86
Windows Server 2012 R2 X64



BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
-----------------------------------
   * Veritas Operations Manager 7.3.0.0


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: vom-HF0730300
* 3913127 (3917667) VIOM is unable to detect disks having capacity 2TB or more on
Linux MHs.
* 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.
* 3925573 (3922262) vomgather does not work on VIOM CMS CFS HA setup.
* 3927189 (3927186) _Uptime Report shows  Descrepencies in HTML and CSV report.
* 3927955 (3927954) Cannot create rule to monitor FS capacity
* 3930713 (3932120) hbaapp dumping core on Linux Servers.
* 3931182 (3931452) VOM Licensing stuck in discovering status
* 3932939 (3933418) Unable to set CPU Alert for HOST.
* 3932981 (3932937) - Adding Agentless Hosts to the VIOM Management Server using User
Profile.
- Ability to provide SSH Port for Agentless hosts at the time of hosts
configuration.
* 3934092 (3934510) Mount point is not shown correctly while configuring CS HA.
* 3934375 (3935822) Log rotation was not happening due to perl upgrade for VIOM family 
discovery logs.


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

Patch ID: vom-HF0730300

* 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.

* 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.

* 3925573 (Tracking ID: 3922262)

SYMPTOM:
User unable to run vomgather tool on CMS CFS HA setup.

DESCRIPTION:
User is not able to run vomgather tool on CMS CFS HA setup.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the vomgather tool to handle data collection on CMS CFA HA setup.

* 3927189 (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.

* 3927955 (Tracking ID: 3927954)

SYMPTOM:
Cannot create rule to monitor FS capacity - Receiving "JSON response is
invalid" while configuring alerts/thresholds

DESCRIPTION:
Cannot create rule to monitor FS capacity - Receiving "JSON
response is invalid" while configuring alerts/thresholds

RESOLUTION:
Issue has been fixed by handling JSON output.

* 3930713 (Tracking ID: 3932120)

SYMPTOM:
hbaapp may core if Linux VM has QEMU disks.

DESCRIPTION:
hbaapp binary may generate core dump while discovery QEMU disks.

RESOLUTION:
Skip scsi inquiry for QEMU disks.

* 3931182 (Tracking ID: 3931452)

SYMPTOM:
VIOM Licensing report does not show license information for Linux machines.

DESCRIPTION:
VIOM Licensing report does not show license information for Linux 
machines. 'dmidecode' command used to get system information does not return 
proper output.

RESOLUTION:
Using different dmidecode command to fetch the system information.

* 3932939 (Tracking ID: 3933418)

SYMPTOM:
Get error message while setting CPU alert.

DESCRIPTION:
Unable to set CPU Alert for HOST. This is due to missing perl modules.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the module dependency.

* 3932981 (Tracking ID: 3932937)

SYMPTOM:
These are new enhancements in product.

DESCRIPTION:
These are new enhancements in product. 
- Users can now create User Profiles by providing Hosts credentials and use
these profiles to add Agentless Hosts in VIOM Management Server.

- Users have choice to provide SSH ports as per their environment while
configuring Agentless Hosts in VIOM Management Server.

RESOLUTION:
N/A

* 3934092 (Tracking ID: 3934510)

SYMPTOM:
Mount point will show random text while configuring CS HA setup.

DESCRIPTION:
Random text is shown in mount point text field while configuring CS HA.

RESOLUTION:
made changes in parsing logic for mount point text.

* 3934375 (Tracking ID: 3935822)

SYMPTOM:
Log rotation was not happening for family discovery logs and it will cause huge file 
creation for logs.

DESCRIPTION:
File with large size getting created for log discovery due to perl upgrade for 
Locked.pm file.

RESOLUTION:
made changes in Locked.pm file to revert the log rotation code.



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 7.3 Managed Hosts as well as VOM 7.3 Management Server.


1. Download the file vom-7.3.0.300.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-7.3.0.300 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
------------------
Un-installation and rollback of this Hotfix is supported only on Solaris 11 and AIX platforms.


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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A) NEW INCIDENTS ADDED IN THIS PATCH:
3930713, 3931182, 3932939, 3934092, 3934375