vom-Patch-7.3.1.500
Obsolete
The latest patch(es) : vom-Patch-7.3.1.800 

 Basic information
Release type: Patch
Release date: 2019-04-04
OS update support: None
Technote: None
Documentation: None
Popularity: 381 viewed    downloaded
Download size: 564.29 MB
Checksum: 2993744039

 Applies to one or more of the following products:
Operations Manager 7.3.1.0 On AIX
Operations Manager 7.3.1.0 On Linux
Operations Manager 7.3.1.0 On Solaris 11 SPARC
Operations Manager 7.3.1.0 On Solaris 11 X64
Operations Manager 7.3.1.0 On Windows x64

 Obsolete patches, incompatibilities, superseded patches, or other requirements:

This patch is obsolete. It is superseded by: Release date
vom-Patch-7.3.1.800 2020-06-16
vom-Patch-7.3.1.700 (obsolete) 2019-09-12
vom-Patch-7.3.1.600 (obsolete) 2019-06-17

This patch supersedes the following patches: Release date
vom-Patch-7.3.1.300 (obsolete) 2018-05-07
vom-Patch-7.3.1.200 (obsolete) 2018-04-13
vom-Patch-7.3.1.100 (obsolete) 2018-02-09

 Fixes the following incidents:
3930713, 3931182, 3931681, 3932939, 3932981, 3934092, 3934328, 3934375, 3935142, 3936707, 3937189, 3937320, 3938989, 3939525, 3943557, 3943689, 3943980, 3945171, 3945187, 3946427, 3946458, 3946798, 3949232, 3949482, 3950324, 3951794, 3968719, 3973190, 3973214

 Patch ID:
None.

Readme file
                          * * * READ ME * * *
              * * * Veritas Operations Manager 7.3.1 * * *
                         * * * Patch 500 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2019-04-03


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 7.3.1 Patch 500


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
----------------------------------------
AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
RHEL6 x86-64
RHEL7 x86-64
SLES11 x86-64
SLES12 x86-64
Solaris 11 SPARC
Windows Server 2012 R2 X64



BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
-----------------------------------
   * Veritas Operations Manager 7.3.1.0


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
---------------------------------------
Patch ID: vom-HF0731500
* 3968719 (3968717) Powershell execution policy changes to "RemoteSigned".
* 3973190 (3973189) VIOM not able to send the alerts if we set file system usage threshold on Host.
* 3973214 (3974118) After applying VxVM 7.3.1 patch/Hotfix , vxlist is not working.
Patch ID: vom-HF0731400
* 3930713 (3932120) hbaapp dumping core on Linux Servers.
* 3931182 (3931452) VOM Licensing stuck in discovering status
* 3931681 (3945169) Veritas HA Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client" addon cannot discover ESXi and 
VM hosts.
* 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.
* 3934328 (3940160) API creation for organizing the host in Data Center for server 
perspective
* 3934375 (3935822) Log rotation was not happening due to perl upgrade for VIOM family 
discovery logs.
* 3935142 (3940154) Xprtld alert is not coming in VIOM server.
* 3936707 (3940151) VIOM custom Script based trigger not working.
* 3937189 (3940156) Search functionality not recognizing the Status field Under Hosts Tab.
* 3937320 (3938135) Resize file system option is greyed out for volume which is mounted.
* 3938989 (3940248) Web Service fails to start after applying VIOM hotfix on
Windows Management Server.
* 3939525 (3944065) VIOM fails to discover IBM DS arrays.
* 3943557 (3944599) RVGs not seen for some windows MH
* 3943689 (3943725) SQL injection vulnerability in VIOM GUI.
* 3943980 (3944201) VIOM fails to show Product Deployment Summary information for 
versions higher than 7.2 .
* 3945171 (3945170) Support for online/offline/switch service group using VIOM API
* 3945187 (3945188) Replication group discovery for EMC Symmetrix array
* 3946427 (3946599) Add VIOM Managed Host task takes long to complete.
* 3946458 (3946594) VIOM CMS HA-DR configuration fails.
* 3946798 (3946797) VIOM CMS may not generate Email Alerts and SNMP Traps for faults for objects under
Organization Entities(OE).
* 3949232 (3953092) Not getting Alert Log messages on dmp path removal in Windows MH.
* 3949482 (3953002) Global Dashboard changes are not persistent across login sessions.
* 3950324 (3928770) Installation of VRTSsfmh patch fails intermittently on AIX servers.
* 3951794 (3951793) On VIOM Linux CMS, 'vxlist' command does not work after applying VIOM patch 
version 7.3.1.300 or lower.


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

Patch ID: vom-HF0731500

* 3968719 (Tracking ID: 3968717)

SYMPTOM:
You may see that Powershell execution policy changes to "RemoteSigned" when you add a VIOM Agent to VIOM CMS.

DESCRIPTION:
You may see that Powershell execution policy changes to "RemoteSigned" when you add a VIOM Agent to VIOM CMS. This issue occurs during VCS family discovery.
We do set execution policy to "RemoteSigned" but does not set it back to original once VCS family discovery is done.

RESOLUTION:
We are setting execution policy to original once VCS family discovery is done.

* 3973190 (Tracking ID: 3973189)

SYMPTOM:
Some hosts in the environment are not sending alerts for file system usage. If file system fills up, application may stop.

DESCRIPTION:
VIOM MH not able to send zfs file system usage and CPU utilization alerts if user set threshold on Host.

RESOLUTION:
User can get the usage alerts based on the threshold  set.

* 3973214 (Tracking ID: 3974118)

SYMPTOM:
/opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/vxlist command does not give any output.

DESCRIPTION:
VxVM vold version has been updated from 42 to 43 for VxVM version 7.3.1.

RESOLUTION:
Added support for vold version 43.

Patch ID: vom-HF0731400

* 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.

* 3931681 (Tracking ID: 3945169)

SYMPTOM:
User can not create config plan in vCenter using addon.

DESCRIPTION:
User can not create config plan in vCenter using addon since no discovery of VM 
hosts.

RESOLUTION:
Issue fixed in addon.

* 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.

* 3934328 (Tracking ID: 3940160)

SYMPTOM:
API not available to organize host under data center in server perspective

DESCRIPTION:
API not available to organize host in data center.

RESOLUTION:
Added API to organise host in data center

* 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.

* 3935142 (Tracking ID: 3940154)

SYMPTOM:
Xprtld alert not come when xprtld is down on mh.

DESCRIPTION:
xprld alert not appear under faults and alerts even if xprtld process in down on 
mh.

RESOLUTION:
added fix in S10ping for parsing data correctly.

* 3936707 (Tracking ID: 3940151)

SYMPTOM:
User was not able to create rules using custom script from 
availability and server 
perspective

DESCRIPTION:
custom script option not available while creating rule  from 
availability and server 
perspective

RESOLUTION:
Added facility for creating rule using custom script from server 
and availability 
perspective.

* 3937189 (Tracking ID: 3940156)

SYMPTOM:
Search is not working on Status attribute under host tab in settings.

DESCRIPTION:
Search functionality is not working on connected and Disconnected under 
Status 
attribute in host tab from settings.

RESOLUTION:
added fix in S10ping for parsing data correctly.

* 3937320 (Tracking ID: 3938135)

SYMPTOM:
Resize FS option will not be selectable.

DESCRIPTION:
Resize file system option is not selectable for volume which is mounted and part 
of shared DiskGroup.

RESOLUTION:
Made changes to fire command independently from host on which FS Resize is 
being done.

* 3938989 (Tracking ID: 3940248)

SYMPTOM:
If VIOM CMS server has VRTSsfmitrp addon installed and you apply VIOM
hotfix on the CMS, then Web Service may not start.

DESCRIPTION:
If VIOM CMS server has VRTSsfmitrp addon installed and you apply VIOM
hotfix on the CMS, then Web Service may not start.

RESOLUTION:
Issue was due to missing jar file after applying the hotfix. Fixed the
issue.

* 3939525 (Tracking ID: 3944065)

SYMPTOM:
Discovery logs shows error message for IBM DSCLI command 'showfbvol'.

DESCRIPTION:
There has been some newly added attributes in 'showfbvol' command
output and that leads to failure of discovery.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the discovery issue by taking newly added attributes in account.

* 3943557 (Tracking ID: 3944599)

SYMPTOM:
RVG tree node will not available under host in server perspective.

DESCRIPTION:
RVG tree node will not available under host tree in server perspective for some 
windows.

RESOLUTION:
Made changes to handle registry folder name as case insensitive.

* 3943689 (Tracking ID: 3943725)

SYMPTOM:
User is able to execute vulnerable SQL code through VIOM URL

DESCRIPTION:
User can execute vulnerable SQL code through VIOM URL and can obtain 
password for VIOM users.

RESOLUTION:
Made changes to filter suspicious code in SQL.

* 3943980 (Tracking ID: 3944201)

SYMPTOM:
In Product Deployment Summary Chart bar for versions higher than 7.2 is 
not present.

DESCRIPTION:
At the time of a new release bar for that release should be added 
in Product Deployment Summary Chart, so that information pertaining to it is 
shown properly.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the issue by adding bar for the releases higher than 7.2 .

* 3945171 (Tracking ID: 3945170)

SYMPTOM:
Support for online/offline/switch service group using VIOM API

DESCRIPTION:
Service Group can be online/offline/switch using VIOM API.

RESOLUTION:
Added new API's for supporting online/offline/switch of service group

* 3945187 (Tracking ID: 3945188)

SYMPTOM:
Replication group discovery support in VIOM storage perspective.

DESCRIPTION:
Replication group with assigned pair of Replicated devices discovery in VIOM

RESOLUTION:
Made changes for Replication group discovery and visualisation in VIOM GUI

* 3946427 (Tracking ID: 3946599)

SYMPTOM:
VIOM CMS GUI shows that add Managed Hosts task takes lots of time to complete.

DESCRIPTION:
VIOM CMS GUI shows that add Managed Hosts task takes lots of time to complete.
This issue may occur if there are many nodes in a cluster.

RESOLUTION:
The issue was due to Infoscale command taking more time to complete. As a fix, we 
are not executing the command at the time of add host. We have also increased 
command execution interval from 3 hours to 12 hours.

* 3946458 (Tracking ID: 3946594)

SYMPTOM:
VIOM CMS HA-DR configuration fails and you may see that /var/VRTSsfmcs/SFMha_dir/-
slave_cs_config.pl loops continuously in clean_up().

DESCRIPTION:
VIOM CMS HA-DR configuration fails and you may see that /var/VRTSsfmcs/SFMha_dir/-
slave_cs_config.pl loops continuously in clean_up().

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the CMS HA-DR issue. Please follow below steps to apply fix on DR nodes.
a.) First, apply the patch on VIOM CMS nodes running on Primary site.
b.) Download vom-7.3.1.300.sfa on DR nodes and rename it as vom-7.3.1.300.tar.gz.
c.) Unzip it and you get Linux/VRTSsfmh-7.3.1.300.tar.gz.
d.) Unzip Linux/VRTSsfmh-7.3.1.300.tar.gz and now you get
VRTSsfmcs_7.3.1.300_Linux.rpm and VRTSsfmh_7.3.1.300_Linux.rpm packages.
c.) Upgrade both packages manually on DR nodes using 'rpm -Uvh <Package_Name>'
command.
d.) Now, configure CMS HA in DR mode.

* 3946798 (Tracking ID: 3946797)

SYMPTOM:
You may not receive email alerts and SNMP traps for objects under Organization
Entities(OE).

DESCRIPTION:
VIOM CMS may not generate Email Alerts and SNMP Traps for faults for objects under
Organization Entities(OE).

RESOLUTION:
The issue was due to some perl module upgrade and and now has been fixed.

* 3949232 (Tracking ID: 3953092)

SYMPTOM:
VIOM CMS GUI does not show dmp alerts when dmp path is removed on windows 
MH.

DESCRIPTION:
DMP based alert does not appear under alerts and rules page when dmp path is 
removed on windows mh.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the issue by taking into account the path count and raising an alert 
when path count is decreased for windows MH.

* 3949482 (Tracking ID: 3953002)

SYMPTOM:
After making changes on Overview and Inventory tabs, like add/remove a portlet, the change is 
not persistent after logging out and logging back in.

DESCRIPTION:
After making changes on Overview and Inventory tabs, like add/remove a portlet, the change is 
not persistent after logging out and logging back in.

RESOLUTION:
Fixed the issue in Global dashboard for Overview and Inventory tabs.

* 3950324 (Tracking ID: 3928770)

SYMPTOM:
VRTSsfmh patch deployment on AIX servers from VIOM CMS may fail. You may see that 
after patch install operation, AIX server may go in disconnected state.

DESCRIPTION:
VRTSsfmh patch deployment on AIX servers from VIOM CMS may fail. You may see that 
after patch install operation, AIX server may go in disconnected state.

RESOLUTION:
The issue was due to error thrown by xprtld process during patch installation. 
Fixed the issue by handling starting of process.

* 3951794 (Tracking ID: 3951793)

SYMPTOM:
On VIOM Linux CMS, after applying patch 7.3.1.300 or lower, you may see that 
Disks, Disk Groups and Volumes discovery does not work for CMS server.

DESCRIPTION:
On VIOM Linux CMS, after applying patch 7.3.1.300 or lower, you may see that 
Disks, Disk Groups and Volumes discovery does not work for CMS server. This is 
due to /opt/VRTSsfmh/bin/vxlist command does not work.

RESOLUTION:
Changed the backup location of vxdclid plugins at the time of patch installation 
on VIOM CMS.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
--------------------
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 7.3.1 Managed Hosts as well as VOM 7.3.1 Management Server.


1. Download the file vom-7.3.1.500.sfa
2. Launch a browser and login to the VIOM management server.
3. Navigate to Settings -&gt;                       Deployment Icon.
4. Upload the Hotfix to the VIOM CMS using the &quot;Upload Solutions&quot; button.
   The Hotfix vom-7.3.1.500 should be visible in the Hot Fixes tree node.
5. Please install this Hotfix on CS using the following instructions:
    - Go to Settings -&gt;                      Deployment -&gt;                      Hot Fixes -&gt;                      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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