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                      * * * InfoScale 7.4.1 * * *
                         * * * Patch 1700 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2020-01-02


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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InfoScale 7.4.1 Patch 1700


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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SLES12 x86-64


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
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VRTSamf
VRTSaslapm
VRTSdbac
VRTSgab
VRTSglm
VRTSgms
VRTSllt
VRTSodm
VRTSveki
VRTSvxfen
VRTSvxfs
VRTSvxvm


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
-----------------------------------
   * InfoScale Availability 7.4.1
   * InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1
   * InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1
   * InfoScale Storage 7.4.1


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
---------------------------------------
Patch ID: VRTSllt-7.4.1.1700
* 3991275 (3991274) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).
Patch ID: VRTSllt-7.4.1.1100
* 3972138 (3969613) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).
Patch ID: VRTSveki-7.4.1.1100
* 3974687 (3969613) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).
Patch ID: VRTSveki-7.4.1.1600
* 3991688 (3991689) VEKI module failed to load on SLES12 SP5.
Patch ID: VRTSgms-7.4.1.1600
* 3991227 (3991226) GMS module failed to load on SLES12SP5.
Patch ID: VRTSgms-7.4.1.1100
* 3973941 (3973946) GMS module failed to load on SLES12 SP4
Patch ID: VRTSglm-7.4.1.1600
* 3991224 (3991223) GLM module failed to load on SLES12SP5.
Patch ID: VRTSglm-7.4.1.1100
* 3973940 (3973945) GLM module failed to load on SLES12 SP4
Patch ID: VRTSodm-7.4.1.1700
* 3990491 (3990489) ODM module failed to load on SLES12SP5.
Patch ID: VRTSodm-7.4.1.1100
* 3973939 (3973944) ODM module failed to load on SLES12 SP4
Patch ID: VRTSvxfs-7.4.1.1700
* 3990488 (3990485) VxFS module failed to load on SLES12SP5.
Patch ID: VRTSvxfs-7.4.1.1100
* 3973938 (3973943) VxFS module failed to load on SLES12 SP4
Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.4.1.1700
* 3982863 (3982862) SLES12 SP5 support for VxVM
Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.4.1.1100
* 3974149 (3959618) VxVM support on SLES12 SP4 with kernel version 4.12
* 3975897 (3931048) VxVM (Veritas Volume Manager) creates particular log files with write permission
to all users.
Patch ID: VRTSaslapm-7.4.1.1700
* 3991650 (3991649) VRTSaslapm package(rpm) support for SLES12 SP5
Patch ID: VRTSdbac-7.4.1.1700
* 3991280 (3991274) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).
Patch ID: VRTSdbac-7.4.1.1100
* 3972019 (3969613) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).
Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.4.1.1700
* 3991279 (3991274) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).
Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.4.1.1100
* 3973007 (3969613) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).
Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.4.1.1700
* 3991278 (3991274) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).
Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.4.1.1100
* 3976278 (3969613) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).
Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.4.1.1700
* 3991277 (3991274) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).
Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.4.1.1100
* 3972798 (3969613) Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).


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

Patch ID: VRTSllt-7.4.1.1700

* 3991275 (Tracking ID: 3991274)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP4.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSllt-7.4.1.1100

* 3972138 (Tracking ID: 3969613)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP3.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSveki-7.4.1.1100

* 3974687 (Tracking ID: 3969613)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP3.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSveki-7.4.1.1600

* 3991688 (Tracking ID: 3991689)

SYMPTOM:
VEKI module failed to load on SLES12 SP5.

DESCRIPTION:
Since SLES12 SP5 is new release therefore VEKI module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Added VEKI support for SLES12 SP5.

Patch ID: VRTSgms-7.4.1.1600

* 3991227 (Tracking ID: 3991226)

SYMPTOM:
GMS module failed to load on SLES12SP5.

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12SP5 is new release and it has some changes in kernel which caused GMS module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Added code to support GMS on SLES12SP5.

Patch ID: VRTSgms-7.4.1.1100

* 3973941 (Tracking ID: 3973946)

SYMPTOM:
GMS module failed to load on SLES12 SP4

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12 SP4 is new release and it has 4.12 Linux kernel therefore GMS module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Enabled GMS support for SLES12 SP4

Patch ID: VRTSglm-7.4.1.1600

* 3991224 (Tracking ID: 3991223)

SYMPTOM:
GLM module failed to load on SLES12SP5.

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12SP5 is new release and it has some changes in kernel which caused GLM module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Added code to support GLM on SLES12SP5.

Patch ID: VRTSglm-7.4.1.1100

* 3973940 (Tracking ID: 3973945)

SYMPTOM:
GLM module failed to load on SLES12 SP4

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12 SP4 is new release and it has 4.12 Linux kernel therefore GLM module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Enabled GLM support for SLES12 SP4

Patch ID: VRTSodm-7.4.1.1700

* 3990491 (Tracking ID: 3990489)

SYMPTOM:
ODM module failed to load on SLES12SP5.

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12SP5 is new release and it has some changes in kernel which caused ODM module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Added code to support ODM on SLES12SP5.

Patch ID: VRTSodm-7.4.1.1100

* 3973939 (Tracking ID: 3973944)

SYMPTOM:
ODM module failed to load on SLES12 SP4

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12 SP4 is new release and it has 4.12 Linux kernel therefore ODM module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Enabled ODM support for SLES12 SP4

Patch ID: VRTSvxfs-7.4.1.1700

* 3990488 (Tracking ID: 3990485)

SYMPTOM:
VxFS module failed to load on SLES12SP5.

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12SP5 is new release and it has some changes in kernel which caused VxFS module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Added code to support VxFS on SLES12SP5.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfs-7.4.1.1100

* 3973938 (Tracking ID: 3973943)

SYMPTOM:
VxFS module failed to load on SLES12 SP4

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12 SP4 is new release and it has 4.12 Linux kernel therefore VxFS module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Enabled VxFS support for SLES12 SP4

Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.4.1.1700

* 3982863 (Tracking ID: 3982862)

SYMPTOM:
Existing package failed to load on SLES 12 Sp5 server.

DESCRIPTION:
The SLES12 SP5 is a new release and hence VxVM module is compiled with this new kernel along with other few MQ changes .

RESOLUTION:
changes have been done to keep MQ code under single flag .

Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.4.1.1100

* 3974149 (Tracking ID: 3959618)

SYMPTOM:
Compilation/functionality was not working with 4.12 kernel.

DESCRIPTION:
There are lot of changes related to BIO and SCSI structures because of which the compilation/functionality was not working with 4.12 kernel.

RESOLUTION:
The diff contains all the changes required to make it functional with 4.12 kernel.

* 3975897 (Tracking ID: 3931048)

SYMPTOM:
Few VxVM log files listed below are created with write permission to all users
which might lead to security issues.

/etc/vx/log/vxloggerd.log
/var/adm/vx/logger.txt
/var/adm/vx/kmsg.log

DESCRIPTION:
The log files are created with write permissions to all users, which is a
security hole. 
The files are created with default rw-rw-rw- (666) permission because the umask
is set to 0 while creating these files.

RESOLUTION:
Changed umask to 022 while creating these files and fixed an incorrect open
system call. Log files will now have rw-r--r--(644) permissions.

Patch ID: VRTSaslapm-7.4.1.1700

* 3991650 (Tracking ID: 3991649)

SYMPTOM:
Existing package is not supported with SLES12 SP5 kernel.

DESCRIPTION:
The VRTSaslapm code needs to be recompiled with SLES12 SP5 kernel.

RESOLUTION:
VRTSaslapm  is recompiled with SLES12 SP5 kernel.

Patch ID: VRTSdbac-7.4.1.1700

* 3991280 (Tracking ID: 3991274)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP4.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSdbac-7.4.1.1100

* 3972019 (Tracking ID: 3969613)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP3.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.4.1.1700

* 3991279 (Tracking ID: 3991274)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP4.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.4.1.1100

* 3973007 (Tracking ID: 3969613)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP3.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.4.1.1700

* 3991278 (Tracking ID: 3991274)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP4.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.4.1.1100

* 3976278 (Tracking ID: 3969613)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP3.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.4.1.1700

* 3991277 (Tracking ID: 3991274)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 5 (SLES 12 SP5).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP4.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 is
now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.4.1.1100

* 3972798 (Tracking ID: 3969613)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability (VCS) does not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 Service Pack 4 (SLES 12 SP4).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability did not support SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions released after SLES 12 SP3.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 is
now introduced.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
--------------------
Run the Installer script to automatically install the patch:
-----------------------------------------------------------
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 infoscale-sles12_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.1700.tar.gz to /tmp
2. Untar infoscale-sles12_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.1700.tar.gz to /tmp/hf
    # mkdir /tmp/hf
    # cd /tmp/hf
    # gunzip /tmp/infoscale-sles12_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.1700.tar.gz
    # tar xf /tmp/infoscale-sles12_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.1700.tar
3. Install the hotfix(Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime.)
    # pwd /tmp/hf
    # ./installVRTSinfoscale741P1700 [<host1> <host2>...]

You can also install this patch together with 7.4.1 base release using Install Bundles
1. Download this patch and extract it to a directory
2. Change to the Veritas InfoScale 7.4.1 directory and invoke the installer script
   with -patch_path option where -patch_path should point to the patch directory
    # ./installer -patch_path [<path to this patch>] [<host1> <host2>...]

Install the patch manually:
--------------------------
Manual installation is not recommended.


REMOVING THE PATCH
------------------
Manual uninstallation is not recommended.


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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NONE