* * * READ ME * * *
     * * * Veritas High Availability Enterprise Agents 7.4.1 * * *
                         * * * Patch 1100 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2020-01-10


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 High Availability Enterprise Agents 7.4.1 Patch 1100


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
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VRTSvcsea


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * InfoScale Availability 7.4.1
   * InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: 7.4.1.1100
* 3982248 (3989510) The VCS agent for Oracle does not support Oracle 19c databases.


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

Patch ID: 7.4.1.1100

* 3982248 (Tracking ID: 3989510)

SYMPTOM:
The VCS agent for Oracle does not support Oracle 19c databases.

DESCRIPTION:
In case of non-CDB or CDB-only databases, the VCS agent for Oracle does not recognize that an Oracle 19c resource is intentionally offline after a graceful shutdown. This functionality is never supported for PDB-type databases.

RESOLUTION:
The agent is updated to recognize the graceful shutdown of an Oracle 19c resource as intentional offline in case of non-CDB or CDB-only databases. For details, refer to the article at: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100046803



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 vcsea-aix-Patch-7.4.1.1100.tar.gz to /tmp
2. Untar vcsea-aix-Patch-7.4.1.1100.tar.gz to /tmp/hf
    # mkdir /tmp/hf
    # cd /tmp/hf
    # gunzip /tmp/vcsea-aix-Patch-7.4.1.1100.tar.gz
    # tar xf /tmp/vcsea-aix-Patch-7.4.1.1100.tar
3. Install the hotfix(Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime.)
    # pwd /tmp/hf
    # ./installVRTSvcsea741P1100 [<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:
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To install the patch perform the following steps on all nodes in the 
VCS cluster:
1. Stop VCS on the cluster node.
2. Install the patch.
3. Restart VCS on the node.
Stopping VCS on the cluster node
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To stop VCS on the cluster node:
1. Ensure that the "/opt/VRTS/bin" directory is included in your PATH environment variable so that you can execute all the VCS commands. For more information, refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide.
2. Verify that the version of VRTSvcsea is 7.4.1
3. Persistently freeze all the service groups:
   # haconf -makerw
   # hagrp -freeze [group] -persistent
   # haconf -dump -makero
4. Stop the cluster on all nodes. If the cluster is writable, you may close the configuration before stopping the cluster.
   On any node, run the following command to stop the cluster:
   # hastop -all -force
5. Verify that the cluster is stopped on all nodes: 
   # hasys -state
6. On all nodes, make sure that both the had and hashadow processes are stopped. 
Installing the patch
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To install the patch:
1. Log in as superuser on the system where you are installing the patch.
2. Uncompress the patch that you downloaded from Veritas.
3. Change the directory to the uncompressed patch location.
4. Install the patch by executing the following command on all cluster nodes: 
    # installp -a -d VRTSvcsea.bff VRTSvcsea
5. Verify that the new patch is installed:
    # lslpp -l VRTSvcsea
  Fileset                      Level  State      Description
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Path: /usr/lib/objrepos
      VRTSvcsea               7.4.1.1100  APPLIED    Veritas High Availability
                                                       Enterprise Agents .
    Path: /etc/objrepos
      VRTSvcsea               7.4.1.1100  APPLIED    Veritas High Availability
                                                   Enterprise Agents .
Restarting VCS on the cluster node
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To restart VCS on the cluster node:
1. Start the cluster services on all cluster nodes. 
   # hastart
   On all the other nodes, start VCS by issuing the hastart command 
   after the first node's state changes to LOCAL_BUILD or RUNNING.
2. Unfreeze all the service groups:
   # haconf -makerw
   # hagrp -unfreeze [group] -persistent
   # haconf -dump -makero


REMOVING THE PATCH
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Run the Uninstaller script to automatically remove the patch:
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To uninstall the patch perform the following step on at least one node in the cluster:
    # /opt/VRTS/install/uninstallVRTSvcsea741P1100 [<host1> <host2>...]

Remove the patch manually:
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To remove the patch:
1. Stop VCS on the node by following the steps in the section "Stopping VCS on the cluster node".
2. Remove the patch:
   # installp -r VRTSvcsea 7.4.1.1100
3. After the removal completes, verify that the patch has been removed from all the system in the cluster. On each system type:
   # lslpp -l VRTSvcsea
4. Start the cluster services on all cluster nodes. First start VCS on 
   one node:
   # hastart
   On all the other nodes, start VCS by issuing the hastart command after
   the first node's state changes to LOCAL_BUILD or RUNNING.
5. Unfreeze all the service groups:
   # haconf -makerw
   # hagrp -unfreeze [group] -persistent
   # haconf -dump -makero


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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