cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3100
Obsolete
The latest patch(es) : cpi-Patch-7.4.1.4000 

 Basic information
Release type: Patch
Release date: 2021-07-16
OS update support: SLES11 x86-64 SP 4 | AIX 7.1 TL 4 | RHEL6 x86-64 Update 4 | Solaris 11 SPARC Update 4 | Solaris 11 X64 Update 4 | RHEL7 x86-64 Update 4 | SLES12 x86-64 SP 4 | AIX 7.2 TL 4 | SLES15 x86-64 SP 4 | RHEL8 x86-64 Update 4 | SLES11 x86-64 SP 3 | AIX 7.1 TL 3 | RHEL6 x86-64 Update 3 | Solaris 11 SPARC Update 3 | Solaris 11 X64 Update 3 | RHEL7 x86-64 Update 3 | SLES12 x86-64 SP 3 | AIX 7.2 TL 3 | SLES15 x86-64 SP 3 | RHEL8 x86-64 Update 3
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Documentation: None
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Checksum: 2382198513

 Applies to one or more of the following products:
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On AIX 7.1
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On AIX 7.2
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On RHEL6 x86-64
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On RHEL7 x86-64
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On RHEL8 x86-64
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On SLES11 x86-64
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On SLES12 x86-64
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On SLES15 x86-64
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 SPARC
InfoScale Availability 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 X64
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On AIX 7.1
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On AIX 7.2
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On RHEL6 x86-64
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On RHEL7 x86-64
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On RHEL8 x86-64
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On SLES11 x86-64
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On SLES12 x86-64
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On SLES15 x86-64
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 SPARC
InfoScale Enterprise 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 X64
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On AIX 7.1
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On AIX 7.2
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On RHEL6 x86-64
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On RHEL7 x86-64
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On RHEL8 x86-64
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On SLES11 x86-64
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On SLES12 x86-64
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On SLES15 x86-64
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 SPARC
InfoScale Foundation 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 X64
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On AIX 7.1
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On AIX 7.2
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On RHEL6 x86-64
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On RHEL7 x86-64
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On RHEL8 x86-64
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On SLES11 x86-64
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On SLES12 x86-64
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On SLES15 x86-64
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 SPARC
InfoScale Storage 7.4.1 On Solaris 11 X64

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

This patch is obsolete. It is superseded by: Release date
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.4000 2023-10-19
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3900 (obsolete) 2023-05-24
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3800 (obsolete) 2023-04-03
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3700 (obsolete) 2022-11-02
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3600 (obsolete) 2022-09-20
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3500 (obsolete) 2022-09-08
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3400 (obsolete) 2022-02-02
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3300 (obsolete) 2021-11-15
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3200 (obsolete) 2021-10-20

This patch supersedes the following patches: Release date
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.3000 (obsolete) 2021-07-06
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2900 (obsolete) 2021-06-08
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2700 (obsolete) 2021-04-13
sfcpi-rhel6_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.2800 (obsolete) 2021-03-02
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2600 (obsolete) 2021-02-25
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2500 (obsolete) 2021-01-10
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2400 (obsolete) 2020-12-14
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2300 (obsolete) 2020-11-30
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2200 (obsolete) 2020-10-15
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2100 (obsolete) 2020-09-13
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.2000 (obsolete) 2020-05-20
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1900 (obsolete) 2020-05-13
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1800 (obsolete) 2020-05-06
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1700 (obsolete) 2020-03-25
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1600 (obsolete) 2020-02-05
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1500 (obsolete) 2020-01-10
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1400 (obsolete) 2019-11-22
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1300 (obsolete) 2019-11-20
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1200 (obsolete) 2019-11-07
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1100 (obsolete) 2019-10-31
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.1000 (obsolete) 2019-10-22
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.900 (obsolete) 2019-10-15
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.800 (obsolete) 2019-09-26
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.700 (obsolete) 2019-08-09
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.600 (obsolete) 2019-07-17
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.500 (obsolete) 2019-07-12
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.400 (obsolete) 2019-07-09
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.300 (obsolete) 2019-07-03
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.200 (obsolete) 2019-06-11
cpi-Patch-7.4.1.100 (obsolete) 2019-02-17

 Fixes the following incidents:
3969748, 3970852, 3972077, 3973119, 3979596, 3980564, 3980944, 3985584, 3986468, 3986572, 3986960, 3987228, 3989085, 3989099, 3992222, 3993898, 3995826, 3999671, 4000598, 4004174, 4006619, 4008070, 4012032, 4014984, 4015142, 4020128, 4021427, 4022784, 4029173, 4033989, 4040893, 4042494, 4042651, 4043367, 4043695, 4043887

 Patch ID:
None.

Readme file
                          * * * READ ME * * *
                         * * * CPI 7.4.1 * * *
                         * * * Patch 3100 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2021-07-13


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
----------
CPI 7.4.1 Patch 3100


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
----------------------------------------
AIX
RHEL6 x86-64
RHEL7 x86-64
RHEL8 x86-64
SLES11 x86-64
SLES12 x86-64
SLES15 x86-64
Solaris 11 SPARC
Solaris 11 X86



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: 7.4.1.3100
* 3969748 (3969438) Rolling upgrade fails when local node is specified at the system name prompt on non-fss environment.
* 3970852 (3970848) The CPI configures the product even if you use the -install option while installing the InfoScale Foundation version 7.x or later.
* 3972077 (3972075) Veki fails to unload during patch installation when -patch_path option is used with the installer.
* 3973119 (3973114) While upgrading to Infoscale 7.4, the installer fails to stop vxspec, vxio and
vxdmp as vxcloudd is still running.
* 3979596 (3979603) While upgrading from InfoScale 7.4.1 to 7.4.1.xxx, CPI installs the packages from the 7.4.1.xxx patch only and not the base packages of 7.4.1 GA.
* 3980564 (3980562) CPI does not perform the installation when two InfoScale patch paths are provided, and displays the following message: "CPI ERROR V-9-30-1421 The patch_path and patch2_path patches are both for the same package: VRTSinfoscale".
* 3980944 (3981519) An uninstallation of InfoScale 7.4.1 using response files fails with an error.
* 3985584 (3985583) The addnode operation fails during symmetry check of a new node with other nodes in the cluster.
* 3986468 (3987894) An InfoScale 7.4.1 installation fails even though the installer automatically downloads the appropriate platform support patch from SORT.
* 3986572 (3965602) Rolling upgrade Phase2 fails if a patch is installed as a part of Rolling
upgrade Phase1.
* 3986960 (3986959) The installer fails to install the 'infoscale-sles12.4_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.100' patch on SLES 12 SP4.
* 3987228 (3987171) The installer takes longer than expected time to start installation process.
* 3989085 (3989081) When a system is restarted after a successful VVR configuration, it becomes unresponsive.
* 3989099 (3989098) For SLES15, system clock synchronization using the NTP server fails while configuring server-based fencing.
* 3992222 (3992254) The installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1 on SLES12 SP5.
* 3993898 (3993897) On SLES12 SP4, if the kernel version is not 4.12.14-94.41-default, the installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1.
* 3995826 (3995825) The installer script fails to stop the vxfen service while configuring InfoScale components or applying patches.
* 3999671 (3999669) A single-node HA configuration failed on a NetBackup Appliance system because CollectorService failed to start.
* 4000598 (4000596) The 'showversion' option of the InfoScale 7.4.1 installer fails to download the available maintenance releases or patch releases.
* 4004174 (4004172) On SLES15 SP1, while installing InfoScale 7.4.1 along with product patch, the installer fails to install some of the base rpms and exits with an error.
* 4006619 (4015976) On a Solaris system, patch upgrade of InfoScale fails with an error in the alternate boot environment.
* 4008070 (4008578) Even though a cluster node may have a fully qualified hostname, the product installer trims this value and uses the shorter hostname for the cluster configuration.
* 4012032 (4012031) Installer does not upgrade VRTSvxfs and VRTSodm inside
non-global zones
* 4014984 (4014983) The product installer does not display a warning at the time of the pre-upgrade check to suggest that you will need to provide telemetry details later on if the cluster nodes are not registered with TES or VCR.
* 4015142 (4015139) Product installer fails to install InfoScale on RHEL 8 systems if IPv6 addresses are provided for the system list.
* 4020128 (4020370) The product installer fails to complete a fresh configuration of InfoScale Enterprise on a RHEL 7 system when it fails to stop the vxglm service.
* 4021427 (4021515) On SLES 12 SP4 and later systems, the installer fails to fetch the media speed of the network interfaces.
* 4022784 (4022640) Installer fails to complete installation after it automatically downloads a required support patch from SORT that contains a VRTSvlic package.
* 4029173 (4027759) The product installer installs lower versions packages if multiple patch bundles are specified using the patch path options in the incorrect order.
* 4033989 (4033988) The product installer does not allow the installation of an Infoscale patch bundle if a more recent version of any package in the bundle is already installed on the system.
* 4040893 (4040946) The product installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1 on SLES 15 SP2.
* 4042494 (4042674) The product installer does not honor the single-node mode of a cluster and restarts it in the multi-mode if 'vcs_allowcomms = 1'.
* 4042651 (4043371) If SecureBoot is enabled on the system, the product installer fails to install some InfoScale RPMs (VRTSvxvm, VRTSaslapm, VRTScavf).
* 4043367 (4043075) After performing a phased upgrade of InfoScale, the product installer fails to update the types.cf file.
* 4043695 (4043751) The VRTScps RPM installation may fail on SLES systems.
* 4043887 (4043890) The product installer incorrectly prompts users to install deprecated OS RPMs for LLT over RDMA configurations.


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

Patch ID: 7.4.1.3100

* 3969748 (Tracking ID: 3969438)

SYMPTOM:
Rolling upgrade fails with the error:
CPI ERROR V-9-0-0
0 Cannot execute _cmd_vxdg list | _cmd_grep enabled | _cmd_awk '{print $1}' on system_name with undefined sys->{padv}

DESCRIPTION:
The following prompt appears as part of the rolling upgrade process: Enter the system name of the cluster on which you would like to perform rolling upgrade [q,?] After the prompt, the installer suggests the names of systems on which to perform the upgrade. You may select one of the suggested system names, or you may type a system name, and then press Enter. Either way, if you specify the system name of the local node, the installer displays the following error and exits.
CPI ERROR V-9-0-0
0 Cannot execute _cmd_vxdg list | _cmd_grep enabled | _cmd_awk '{print $1}' on system_name with undefined sys->{padv}

RESOLUTION:
The installer is enhanced to verify if the fss disk group is available. This enhancements was made for the Linux, Solaris, and Aix platforms.

* 3970852 (Tracking ID: 3970848)

SYMPTOM:
The CPI configures the product even if you use the -install option while installing the InfoScale Foundation version 7.x or later.

DESCRIPTION:
When you use the CPI to install InfoScale Foundation, the ./installer option performs the installation and configurations by default. If you use the -install option, the installer must only install the packages and not perform the configuration. However, in case of InfoScale Foundation version 7.x or later, when you use the -install option, the installer continues to configure the product after installation.

RESOLUTION:
For InfoScale Foundation, the CPI is modified so that the -install option only install the packages. Users can then use the -configure option to configure the product.

* 3972077 (Tracking ID: 3972075)

SYMPTOM:
When the -patch_path option is used, the installer fails to install the VRTSveki patch.

DESCRIPTION:
When the VRTSveki patch is present in a patch bundle, if the GA installer is run with the -patch_path option, it fails to install the VRTSveki patch. Consequently, the installation of any dependent VxVM patches also fails. This issue occurs because the veki module, and any other modules that depend on it, are loaded immediately after the packages are installed. When a patch installation starts, the Veki patch attempts to unload the veki module, but fails, because the dependent modules have a hold on it.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates CPI so that if the -patch_path option is used when a VRTSveki patch is present in the bundle, it first unloads the dependent modules and then unloads the veki module.

* 3973119 (Tracking ID: 3973114)

SYMPTOM:
While upgrading Infoscale 7.4, the installer fails to stop vxspec, vxio and vxdmp as
vxcloudd is still running.

DESCRIPTION:
As the vxcloudd is running it fails to stop vxspec, vxio and vxdmp.

RESOLUTION:
Modified the CPI code to stop vxcloudd before stopping vxspec, vxio and vxdmp.

* 3979596 (Tracking ID: 3979603)

SYMPTOM:
CPI assumes that the third digit in an InfoScale 7.4.1 version indicates a patch version, and not a GA version. Therefore, it upgrades the packages from the patch only and does not upgrade the base packages.

DESCRIPTION:
To compare product versions and to set the type of installation, CPI compares the currently installed version with the target version to be installed. However, instead of comparing all the digits in a version, it incorrectly compares only the first two digits. In this case, CPI compares 7.4 with 7.4.1.xxx, and finds that the first 2 digits match exactly. Therefore, it assumes that the base version is already installed and then installs the patch packages only.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the CPI to recognize InfoScale 7.4.1 as a base version and 7.4.1.xxx (for example) as a patch version. After you apply this patch, CPI can properly upgrade the base packages first, and then proceed to upgrade the packages that are in the patch.

* 3980564 (Tracking ID: 3980562)

SYMPTOM:
CPI does not perform the installation when two InfoScale patch paths are provided, and displays the following message: "CPI ERROR V-9-30-1421 The patch_path and patch2_path patches are both for the same package: VRTSinfoscale".

DESCRIPTION:
CPI checks whether the patches mentioned with the patch_path option are the same. Even though the patch bundles are different, they have the same starting string, VRTSinfoscale, followed by the version number. CPI does not compare the version part of the patch bundle name, and so it incorrectly assumes them to be the same. Therefore, CPI does not install the patch bundles simultaneously, and instead, displays the inappropriate error.

RESOLUTION:
CPI is updated to check the complete patch bundle name including the version, for example: VRTSinfoscale740P1100. Now, CPI can properly differentiate between the patches and begin the installation without displaying the inappropriate error.

* 3980944 (Tracking ID: 3981519)

SYMPTOM:
An uninstallation of InfoScale 7.4.1 using response files fails with an error:
CPI ERROR V-9-40-1582 Following edge server related entries are missing in response file. Please correct.
edgeserver_host
edgeserver_port

DESCRIPTION:
When you uninstall InfoScale using a response file, the installer checks whether the response file contains the edge server related entries. If these entries are not available in the response file, the uninstall operation fails with the following error:
CPI ERROR V-9-40-1582 Following edge server related entries are missing in response file. Please correct.
edgeserver_host
edgeserver_port
This issue occurs because the installer checks the availability of these entries in the response file while performing any operations using the response files. However, these entries are required only for the configure and upgrade operations.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is enhanced to check the availability of the edge server related entries in the response file only for the configure or upgrade operations.

* 3985584 (Tracking ID: 3985583)

SYMPTOM:
For InfoScale 7.4.1 Patch 1200 onwards, the addnode operation fails with the following error message: 
"Cluster protocol version mismatch was detected between cluster <<cluster_name>> and <<new node name>>. Refer to the Configuration and Upgrade Guide for more details on how to set or upgrade cluster protocol version."

DESCRIPTION:
In InfoScale 7.4.1 Patch 1200 the cluster protocol version was changed from 220 to 230 in the VxVM component. However, the same update is not made in the installer, which continues to set the default cluster protocol version to 220. During the addnode operation, when the new node is compared with the other cluster nodes, the cluster protocol versions do not match, and the error is displayed.

RESOLUTION:
The common product installer is enhanced to check the installed VRTSvxvm package version on the new node and accordingly set the cluster protocol version.

* 3986468 (Tracking ID: 3987894)

SYMPTOM:
An InfoScale 7.4.1 installation fails even though the installer automatically downloads the appropriate platform support patch from SORT.

DESCRIPTION:
During an InfoScale installation, the product installer looks for any applicable platform support patches that are available on SORT and automatically downloads them. Thereafter however, it fails to correctly identify the base version of the product package on the system, and hence fails to complete the installation even though the appropriate patch is available.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is updated to correctly identify the base version of the product package.

* 3986572 (Tracking ID: 3965602)

SYMPTOM:
When a patch is installed as a part of rolling upgrade Phase1, the rolling
upgrade Phase2 fails with the error:
A more recent version of InfoScale Enterprise, 7.3.1.xxx, is already
installed.

DESCRIPTION:
When a patch is installed as a part of rolling upgrade Phase1, the kernel
package version might get upgraded to a version that is higher than the version
considered for upgrade. 

This results in failure of the rolling upgrade Phase2 with the error:  A
more recent version of InfoScale Enterprise, 7.3.1.xxx, is already
installed.

RESOLUTION:
The CPI rolling upgrade prerequisites are modified to continue even if a patch
for InfoScale product is installed as part of Rolling upgrade Phase1.

* 3986960 (Tracking ID: 3986959)

SYMPTOM:
The installer fails to install the 'infoscale-sles12.4_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.100' patch on SLES 12 SP4.

DESCRIPTION:
InfoScale support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 is introduced with the 'infoscale-sles12.4_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.100' patch. However, the path of the 'ethtool' command is changed in SLES 12 SP4. Therefore, the installer does not recognize the changed path and fails to install. The following error is logged:
CPI ERROR V-9-30-1570 The following required OS commands are missing on <<node name>>:
/bin/ls: cannot access '/sbin/ethtool': No such file or directory

RESOLUTION:
The path of the 'ethtool' command is updated in the installer for SLES12 SP4.

* 3987228 (Tracking ID: 3987171)

SYMPTOM:
The installer takes longer than expected time to start installation process.

DESCRIPTION:
This issue occurs because, before it begins the installation, the installer incorrectly attempts to download latest CPI patches using a private IPv6 address until the process times out.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is updated to use first available public IP address to download latest CPI patches so that it can complete the activity and start the installation within the expected amount of time.

* 3989085 (Tracking ID: 3989081)

SYMPTOM:
When a system is restarted after a successful VVR configuration, it becomes unresponsive.

DESCRIPTION:
The installer starts the vxconfigd service in the user slice instead of the system slice, and does not make the vxvm-boot service active. When the system is restarted after VVR configuration, the services from the user slice get killed and the CVMVxconfigd agent cannot bring vxconfigd online. As a result, the system becomes unresponsive and fails to come up at the primary site.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is updated to start and stop the vxconfigd service using the systemctl commands.

* 3989099 (Tracking ID: 3989098)

SYMPTOM:
For SLES15, system clock synchronization using the NTP server fails while configuring server-based fencing.

DESCRIPTION:
While configuring server-based fencing, when multiple CP servers are provided in the configuration, and the ssh connection is not already established, then the installer does not create the sys object with the required values on the first CP server. As a result, the system clock synchronization always fails on the first CP server.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is enhanced to create the sys object with the appropriate values.

* 3992222 (Tracking ID: 3992254)

SYMPTOM:
On SLES12 SP5, the installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1 and displays the following message: "CPI ERROR V-9-0-0 This release is intended to operate on SLES x86_64 version 3.12.22  but <<hostname>> is running version 4.12.14-120-default".

DESCRIPTION:
On SLES12 SP5, the installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1. During the release compatibility check, it displays the following message: "CPI ERROR V-9-0-0 This release is intended to operate on SLES x86_64 version 3.12.22  but <<hostname>> is running version 4.12.14-120-default". This issue occurs because the kernel versions included in the installer is different that the kernel version required by SLES12 SP5.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is enhanced to include the kernel version that is required to support SLES12 SP5.

* 3993898 (Tracking ID: 3993897)

SYMPTOM:
On SLES12 SP4, if the kernel version is not 4.12.14-94.41-default, the installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1.

DESCRIPTION:
On SLES12 SP4, if the kernel version is not 4.12.14-94.41-default, the installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1 and displays the following message: "CPI ERROR V-9-0-0 0 No padv object defined for padv SLES15x8664 for system". When installing InfoScale, the product installer performs a release compatibility check and defines the padv object. However, during this check, the installer fails if the kernel versions included in the installer is different than the kernel version installed on the system, and the padv object cannot be defined.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is enhanced to support different kernel versions for SLES12 SP4.

* 3995826 (Tracking ID: 3995825)

SYMPTOM:
The installer script fails to stop the vxfen service while configuring InfoScale components or applying patches.

DESCRIPTION:
When InfoScale Enterprise is installed using the CPI, the value of the START_<<COMP>> and the STOP_<<COMP>> variables is set to '1' in the configuration files for some components like vxfen, amf, and llt. During the post-installation phase, the CPI script sets these values back to '0'.
When InfoScale Enterprise is installed using Yum or Red Hat Satellite, the values of these variables remain set to '1' even after the installation is completed. Later, if CPI is used to install patches or to configure any of the components on such an installation, the installer script fails to stop the vxfen service.

RESOLUTION:
To avoid such issues, the installer script is updated to check the values of the START_<<COMP>> and the STOP_<<COMP>> variables and set them to '0' during the pre-configuration phase.

* 3999671 (Tracking ID: 3999669)

SYMPTOM:
A single-node HA configuration failed on a NetBackup Appliance system because CollectorService failed to start.

DESCRIPTION:
A single-node HA setup fails on a NetBackup Appliance system, and the following error is logged: "Failed to Configure the VCS". This issue occurs because the CollectorService fails to start. The CollectorService is not directly related to a cluster setup, so its failure should not impact the HA configuration.

RESOLUTION:
The InfoScale product installer addresses this issue by blocking the start of CollectorService on any appliance-based system.

* 4000598 (Tracking ID: 4000596)

SYMPTOM:
The 'showversion' option of the InfoScale 7.4.1 installer fails to download the available maintenance releases or patch releases.

DESCRIPTION:
The "showversion" option of installer lets you view the currently installed InfoScale version, and to download the available maintenance or patch releases. However, the InfoScale 7.4.1 installer fails to identify the path of the repository where the maintenance or the patch releases should be downloaded.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is updated to either use /OPT/VRTS/repository as the default repository or to accept a different location to download the suggested releases.

* 4004174 (Tracking ID: 4004172)

SYMPTOM:
On SLES15 SP1, while installing InfoScale 7.4.1 along with product patch, the installer fails to install some of the base rpms and exits with an error.

DESCRIPTION:
While installing InfoScale 7.4.1 along with product patch 'infoscale-sles15_x86_64-Patch-7.4.1.1800', the installer first installs the base packages and then the other patches available in the patch bundle. However, the installer fails to install the VTRSvxvm, VRTSaslapm, and VRTScavf base rpms and exit with the following error although the patches available in patch bundle installs successfully:
The following rpms failed to install on <<system name>>:
VRTSvxvm
VRTSaslapm
VRTScavf

RESOLUTION:
The installer is enhanced to ignore the failures in the base package installation when InfoScale 7.4.1 is installed along with the available product patch.

* 4006619 (Tracking ID: 4015976)

SYMPTOM:
On a Solaris system, patch upgrade of InfoScale fails with an error in the alternate boot environment.

DESCRIPTION:
InfoScale does not support patch upgrade in alternate boot environments. Therefore, when you provide the "-rootpath" argument to the installer during a patch upgrade, the patch upgrade operation fails with the following error message: CPI ERROR V-9-0-0 The -rootpath option works only with upgrade tasks.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is enhanced to support patch upgrades in alternate boot environments by using the -rootpath option.

* 4008070 (Tracking ID: 4008578)

SYMPTOM:
Even though a cluster node may have a fully qualified hostname, the product installer trims this value and uses the shorter hostname for the cluster configuration.

DESCRIPTION:
The name of a cluster node may be set to a fully qualified hostname, for example, somehost.example.com. However, by default, the product installer trims this value and uses the shorter hostname (for example, somehost) for the cluster configuration.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the installer to allow the use of the new "-fqdn" option. If this option is specified, the installer uses the fully qualified hostname for cluster configuration. Otherwise, the installer continues with the default behavior.

* 4012032 (Tracking ID: 4012031)

SYMPTOM:
If older versions of the VRTSvxfs and VRTSodm packages are installed in
non-global zones, they are not 
upgraded when upgrade to a newer version of the product.

DESCRIPTION:
If older versions of the VRTSvxfs and VRTSodm packages are installed in
non-global zones, you must 
uninstall them before you perform a product upgrade. After you upgrade those
packages in global zones, you 
must then install the VRTSvxfs and VRTSodm packages manaully in the non-global
zones.

RESOLUTION:
The CPI will handle the VRTSodm and VRTSvxfs package in non-global zone in the
same manner it does in global zone.

* 4014984 (Tracking ID: 4014983)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer does not display a warning at the time of the pre-upgrade check to suggest that you will need to provide telemetry details later on if the cluster nodes are not registered with TES or VCR.

DESCRIPTION:
The product installer prompts you to provide the telemetry details of cluster nodes after upgrading the InfoScale packages but before starting the services. If you cancel the installation at this stage, the Cluster Server resources cannot be brought online. Therefore, a warning message is required during the pre-upgrade checks to remind you to keep these details ready.

RESOLUTION:
The product installer is updated to notify you at the time of the pre-upgrade check, that if the cluster nodes are not registered with TES or VCR, you will need to provide these telemetry details later on.

* 4015142 (Tracking ID: 4015139)

SYMPTOM:
If IPv6 addresses are provided for the system list on a RHEL 8 system, the product installer fails to verify the network communication with the remote systems and cannot proceed with the installation. The following error is logged:
CPI ERROR V-9-20-1104 Cannot ping <IPv6_address>. Please make sure that:
        - Provided hostname is correct
        - System <IPv6_address> is in same network and reachable
        - 'ping' command is available to use (provided by 'iputils' package)

DESCRIPTION:
This issue occurs because the installer uses the ping6 command to verify the communication with the remote systems if IPv6 addresses are provided for the system list. For RHEL 8 and its minor versions, the path for ping6 has changed from /bin/ping6 to /sbin/ping6, but the installer uses the old path.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the installer to use the correct path for the ping6 command.

* 4020128 (Tracking ID: 4020370)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer fails to complete a fresh configuration of InfoScale Enterprise on a RHEL 7 system, and the following error is logged:
Veritas InfoScale Enterprise Shutdown did not complete successfully.
vxglm failed to stop on <system_name>

DESCRIPTION:
This issue occurs because the installer tries to stop the vxglm service by using the following command:
# /etc/init.d/vxglm stop
The /etc/init.d/vxglm file is removed as part of the recent patches, and so, the installer fails to stop the vxglm service in this manner.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix addresses the issue by updating the installer to use the systemctl command to stop the vxglm service instead.

* 4021427 (Tracking ID: 4021515)

SYMPTOM:
On SLES 12 SP4 and later systems, the installer fails to fetch the media speed of the network interfaces.

DESCRIPTION:
The path of the 'ethtool' command is changed in SLES 12 SP4. Therefore, on SLES 12 SP4 and later systems, the installer does not recognize the changed path and uses an incorrect path '/sbin/ethtool' instead of '/usr/sbin/ethtool' for the 'ethtool' command. Consequently, while configuring the product, the installer fails to fetch the media speed of the network interfaces and displays its value as "Unknown".

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the installer to use the correct path for the 'ethtool' command.

* 4022784 (Tracking ID: 4022640)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer fails to complete the installation after it automatically downloads a required support patch from SORT that contains a VRTSvlic package. The following error is logged:
CPI ERROR V-9-0-0
0 No pkg object defined for pkg VRTSvlic401742 and padv <<PADV>>

DESCRIPTION:
During installation, the product installer looks for any applicable platform support patches that are available on SORT and automatically downloads them. However, it fails to correctly identify the base version of the VRTSvlic package on the system to compare it with the downloaded version. Consequently, even though the appropriate patch is available, the installer fails to complete the installation.

RESOLUTION:
To address this issue, the product installer is updated to correctly identify the base version of the VRTSvlic package on a system.

* 4029173 (Tracking ID: 4027759)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer installs lower versions packages if multiple patch bundles are specified using the patch path options in the incorrect order.

DESCRIPTION:
The product installer expects that the patch bundles, if any, are specified in the lower-to-higher order. Consequently, the installer always overrides the package version from the available package in the last patch bundle in which it exists. If patch bundles are not specified in the expected order, installer installs last available version for a component package.

RESOLUTION:
To address this issue, the product installer is updated to correctly identify the higher package version before installing the patch bundles. It does so regardless of the order in which the patch bundles are specified.

* 4033989 (Tracking ID: 4033988)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer displays the following error message after the precheck and does not allow you to proceed with the installation:
The higher version of <package_name> is already installed on <system_name>

DESCRIPTION:
The product installer compares the versions of the packages in an Infoscale patch bundle with those of the packages that are installed on a system. If a more recent version of any of the packages in the bundle is found to be already installed on the system, the installer displays an error. It does not allow you to proceed further with the installation.

RESOLUTION:
The product installer is updated to allow the installation of an Infoscale patch bundle that may contain older versions of some packages. Instead of an error message, the installer now displays a warning message and lets you proceed with the installation.

* 4040893 (Tracking ID: 4040946)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer fails to install InfoScale 7.4.1 on SLES 15 SP2 and displays the following error message: 
CPI ERROR V-9-0-0
0 No padv object defined for padv SLESx8664 for system <system_name>

DESCRIPTION:
This issue occurs because the format of the kernel version that is required by SLES 15 SP2 is not included.

RESOLUTION:
The installer is updated to include the format of the kernel version that is required to support installation on SLES 15 SP2.

* 4042494 (Tracking ID: 4042674)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer does not honor the single-node mode of a cluster and restarts it in the multi-mode if 'vcs_allowcomms = 1'.

DESCRIPTION:
On a system where a single-node cluster is running, if you upgrade InfoScale using a response file with 'vcs_allowcomms = 1', the existing cluster configuration is not restored. The product installer restarts the cluster in the multi-node mode. When 'vcs_allowcomms = 1', the installer does not consider the value of the ONENODE parameter in the /etc/sysconfig/vcs file. It fails to identify that VCS is configured on the systems mentioned in the response file and proceeds with upgrade. Consequently, the installer neither updates the .../config/types.cf file nor restores the /etc/sysconfig/vcs file.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the product installer to honor the single-node mode of an existing cluster configuration on a system.

* 4042651 (Tracking ID: 4043371)

SYMPTOM:
If SecureBoot is enabled on the system, the product installer fails to install some InfoScale RPMs (VRTSvxvm, VRTSaslapm, VRTScavf).

DESCRIPTION:
InfoScale installations are not supported on systems where SecureBoot is enabled. However, the product installer does not check whether SecureBoot is enabled on the system. Consequently, it fails to install some InfoScale RPMs even though it proceeds with the installation.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the product installer to check whether SecureBoot is enabled, and if so, display an appropriate error message and exit.

* 4043367 (Tracking ID: 4043075)

SYMPTOM:
After performing a phased upgrade of InfoScale, the product installer fails to update the types.cf file.

DESCRIPTION:
You can rename the /etc/llttab file before an OS upgrade and revert to the original configuration after the OS upgrade and before you start the InfoScale stack upgrade. However, if you do not revert the renamed /etc/llttab file, the product installer fails to identify that VCS is configured on the mentioned systems and proceeds with upgrade. Consequently, the installer does not update the .../config/types.cf file.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the product installer to avoid such a situation. It displays an error and exits after the precheck tasks if the /etc/llttab file is missing and the other VCS configuration files are available on the mentioned systems.

* 4043695 (Tracking ID: 4043751)

SYMPTOM:
The VRTScps RPM installation may fail on SLES systems.

DESCRIPTION:
The VRTScps RPM has a dependency on the "/etc/SUSE-brand" file that is available in the "branding-SLE" package. If the brand file is not present on the system, the InfoScale product installer may fail to install the VRTScps RPM on SLES systems.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix adresses the issue by updating the product installer to include the "branding-SLE" package in OS dependency list during the installation pre-check.

* 4043887 (Tracking ID: 4043890)

SYMPTOM:
The product installer incorrectly prompts users to install deprecated OS RPMs for LLT over RDMA configurations.

DESCRIPTION:
The following RPMs that are used in LLT RDMA configurations have been deprecated: (1) the libmthca and the libmlx4 OS RPMs have been replaced by libibverbs, and (2) the rdma RPM has been replaced by rdma-core. However, even when the libibverbs and the rdma-core RPMs are installed on a system, the InfoScale installer prompts users to install the corresponding deprecated RPMs. Furthermore, if these deprecated RPMs are not installed, the installer does not allow users to proceed with the InfoScale cluster configuration.

RESOLUTION:
This hotfix updates the product installer to use the correct OS RPMs dependency list for LLT over RDMA configurations.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
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1. Copy the hot-fix CPI_7.4.1_P31.pl to /tmp
2. Run installation scripts with the hot-fix
   Example:
   ./installer -require /tmp/CPI_7.4.1_P31.pl


REMOVING THE PATCH
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NONE


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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NONE