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                         * * * CPI 8.0.2 * * *
                         * * * Patch 500 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2024-04-24


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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CPI 8.0.2 Patch 500


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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AIX
RHEL8 x86-64
RHEL9 x86-64
SLES15 x86-64
Solaris 11 SPARC
Solaris 11 X86



BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * InfoScale Availability 8.0.2
   * InfoScale Enterprise 8.0.2
   * InfoScale Foundation 8.0.2
   * InfoScale Storage 8.0.2


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: 8.0.2.500
* 4115603 (4115601) On Solaris, Publisher list gets displayed during Infoscale start, stop, and uninstall process and does not display a 
unique publisher list during install and upgrade.
* 4115707 (4126025) While performing full upgrade of the secondary site, SRL missing & RLINK dissociated error observed.
* 4115874 (4124871) Configuration of Vxfen fails for a three-node cluster on VMs in different AZs
* 4116368 (4123645) During the Rolling upgrade response file creation, CPI is asking to unmount the VxFS filesystem.
* 4116406 (4123654) Removed unnecessary swap space message.
* 4116879 (4126018) During addnode, installer fails to mount resources.
* 4116995 (4123657) Installer retries upgrading protocol version post-upgrade.
* 4117956 (4104627) Providing multiple-patch support up to 10 patches.
* 4121961 (4123908) Installer does not register InfoScale hosts to the VIOM Management Server after InfoScale configuration.
* 4122442 (4122441) CPI is displaying licensing information after starting the product through the response file.
* 4122749 (4122748) On Linux, had service fails to start during rolling upgrade from InfoScale 7.4.1 or lower to higher InfoScale version.
* 4126470 (4130003) Installer failed to start vxfs_replication while performing Configuration of Enterprise on OEL 9.2
* 4127111 (4127117) On a Linux system, you can configure the GCO(Global Cluster option) with a hostname by using InfoScale installer.
* 4130377 (4131703) Installer performs dmp include/exclude operations if /etc/vx/vxvm.exclude is present on the system.
* 4130996 (4130000) Installer failed to start veki, llt if Active state is failed.
* 4131315 (4131314) Environment="VCS_ENABLE_PUBSEC_LOG=0" is added from cpi in install section of service file instead of Service section.
* 4131684 (4131682) On SunOS, installer prompts the user to install 'bourne' package if it is not available.
* 4132411 (4139946) Rolling upgrade fails if the recommended upgrade path is not followed.
* 4133019 (4135602) Installer failed to update main.cf file with VCS user during reconfiguring a secured cluster to non-secured cluster.
* 4133469 (4136432) add node to higher version of infoscale node fails.
* 4135015 (4135014) CPI installer should not ask for install InfoScale after "./installer -precheck" is done.
* 4136211 (4139940) Installer failed to get the package version and failed due to PADV missmatch.
* 4139609 (4142877) Missing HF list not displayed during upgrade by using the patch release.
* 4140512 (4140542) Rolling upgrade failed for the patch installer
* 4157440 (4158841) VRTSrest verison changes support.
* 4159940 (4159942) The installer will not update existing file permissions.


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

Patch ID: 8.0.2.500

* 4115603 (Tracking ID: 4115601)

SYMPTOM:
On Solaris, Publisher list gets displayed during Infoscale start, stop, and uninstall process and does not display a 
unique publisher list during install and upgrade.  A publisher list gets displayed during install and upgrade which is not unique.

DESCRIPTION:
On Solaris, Publisher list gets displayed during Infoscale start, stop, and uninstall process and does not display a 
unique publisher list during install and upgrade.  A publisher list gets displayed during install and upgrade which is not unique.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to skip the publisher list during start, stop and uninstall process and get unique publisher list during install and upgrade.

* 4115707 (Tracking ID: 4126025)

SYMPTOM:
While performing full upgrade of the secondary site, SRL missing & RLINK dissociated error observed.

DESCRIPTION:
While performing full upgrade of the secondary site, SRL missing & RLINK dissociated error observed.
SRL volume[s] is[are] in recovery state which leads to failure in associating srl vol with rvg.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to wait for recovery tasks to complete on all volumes and then proceed with associating srl with rvg.

* 4115874 (Tracking ID: 4124871)

SYMPTOM:
Configuration of Vxfen fails for a three-node cluster on VMs in different AZs.

DESCRIPTION:
Configuration of Vxfen fails for a three-node cluster on VMs in different AZs

RESOLUTION:
Added set-strictsrc 0  tunable to the llttab file in the installer.

* 4116368 (Tracking ID: 4123645)

SYMPTOM:
During the Rolling upgrade response file creation, CPI is asking to unmount the VxFS filesystem.

DESCRIPTION:
During the Rolling upgrade response file creation, CPI is asking to unmount the VxFS filesystem.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to exclude VxFS file system unmount process.

* 4116406 (Tracking ID: 4123654)

SYMPTOM:
The installer gives a null swap space message.

DESCRIPTION:
The installer gives a null swap space message, as the swap space requirement is not needed anymore.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified and removed swap space message.

* 4116879 (Tracking ID: 4126018)

SYMPTOM:
During addnode, installer fails to mount resources.

DESCRIPTION:
During addnode, installer fails to mount resources; as new node system was not added to child SG of resources.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to add new node to all SGs.

* 4116995 (Tracking ID: 4123657)

SYMPTOM:
Installer while performing upgrade Cluster Protocol version not upgraded post Full Upgrade

DESCRIPTION:
Installer while performing full upgrade Cluster Protocol version not upgraded post Full Upgrade.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to retry upgrade to complete Cluster Protocol version .

* 4117956 (Tracking ID: 4104627)

SYMPTOM:
The installer supports maximum of 5 patches. The user is not able to provide more than 5 patches for installation.

DESCRIPTION:
The latest bundle package installer supports maximum 5 patches. The user is not able to provide more than 5 patches for installation.

RESOLUTION:
The installer code modified to support maximum of 10 patches for installation.

* 4121961 (Tracking ID: 4123908)

SYMPTOM:
Installer does not register InfoScale hosts to the VIOM Management Server after InfoScale configuration.

DESCRIPTION:
Installer does not register InfoScale hosts to the VIOM Management Server after InfoScale configuration.

RESOLUTION:
Installer is enhanced to register InfoScale hosts to VIOM Management Server by using both menu-driven program and responsefile. To register InfoScale hosts to VIOM Management Server by using responsefile, $CFG{gendeploy_path} parameter must be used. The value for $CFG{gendeploy_path} is the absolute path of gendeploy script from the local node.

* 4122442 (Tracking ID: 4122441)

SYMPTOM:
When the product starts through the response file, installer displays keyless licensing information on screen.

DESCRIPTION:
When the product starts through the response file, installer displays keyless licensing information on screen.

RESOLUTION:
Licensing code modified to skip licensing information during the product start process.

* 4122749 (Tracking ID: 4122748)

SYMPTOM:
On Linux, had service fails to start during rolling upgrade from InfoScale 7.4.1 or lower to higher InfoScale version.

DESCRIPTION:
VCS protocol version was supported from InfoScale 7.4.2 onwards. During rolling upgrade process from 7.4.1 or lower to higher InfoScale version, due to wrong release matrix data, installer tries to perform single phase rolling upgrade instead of two-phase rolling upgrade and had service fails to start.

RESOLUTION:
Installer is enhanced to perform two-phase rolling upgrade if installed Infoscale version is 7.4.1 or older.

* 4126470 (Tracking ID: 4130003)

SYMPTOM:
Installer failed to start vxfs_replication while performing Configuration of Enterprise on OEL 9.2

DESCRIPTION:
Installer failed to start vxfs_replication while performing Configuration of Enterprise on OEL 9.2

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to retry start vxfs_replication while Configuration of Enterprise.

* 4127111 (Tracking ID: 4127117)

SYMPTOM:
On a Linux system, the InfoScale installer configures the GCO(Global Cluster option) only with a virtual IP address.

DESCRIPTION:
On a Linux system, you can configure the GCO(Global Cluster option) with a hostname by using InfoScale installer on a 
different cloud platform.

RESOLUTION:
Installer prompts for the hostname to configure the GCO.

* 4130377 (Tracking ID: 4131703)

SYMPTOM:
Installer performs dmp include/exclude operations if /etc/vx/vxvm.exclude is present on the system.

DESCRIPTION:
Installer performs dmp include/exclude operations if /etc/vx/vxvm.exclude is present on the system which is not required.

RESOLUTION:
Removed unnecessary dmp include/exclude operations which are launched after starting services in the container environment.

* 4130996 (Tracking ID: 4130000)

SYMPTOM:
Installer failed to start veki, llt if Active state is failed.

DESCRIPTION:
Installer failed to start veki, llt if Active state is failed.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to start vxeki, llt by checking Active state.

* 4131315 (Tracking ID: 4131314)

SYMPTOM:
Environment="VCS_ENABLE_PUBSEC_LOG=0" is added from cpi in install section of service file instead of Service section.

DESCRIPTION:
Environment="VCS_ENABLE_PUBSEC_LOG=0" is added from cpi in install section of service file instead of Service section.

RESOLUTION:
Environment="VCS_ENABLE_PUBSEC_LOG=0" is added in Service section of service file.

* 4131684 (Tracking ID: 4131682)

SYMPTOM:
On SunOS, installer prompts the user to install 'bourne' package if it is not available.

DESCRIPTION:
Installer had a dependency on 'usr/sunos/bin/sh', which is from 'bourne' package. 'bourne' package is deprecated with latest SRUs.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code is updated to use '/usr/bin/sh' instead of 'usr/sunos/bin/sh' thus removing bourne package dependency.

* 4132411 (Tracking ID: 4139946)

SYMPTOM:
Rolling upgrade fails if the recommended upgrade path is not followed.

DESCRIPTION:
Rolling upgrade fails if the recommended upgrade path is not followed.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code fixed to resolve rolling upgrade issues if recommended upgrade path is not followed.

* 4133019 (Tracking ID: 4135602)

SYMPTOM:
Installer failed to update main.cf file with VCS user during reconfiguring a secured cluster to non-secured cluster.

DESCRIPTION:
Installer failed to update main.cf file with VCS user during reconfiguring a secured cluster to non-secured cluster.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code checks are modified to update VCS user in main.cf file during reconfiguration of cluster from secured to non-secure.

* 4133469 (Tracking ID: 4136432)

SYMPTOM:
Installer failed to add node to a higher version of infoscale node.

DESCRIPTION:
Installer failed to add node to a higher version of infoscale node.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to enable adding node to a higher version of infoscale node.

* 4135015 (Tracking ID: 4135014)

SYMPTOM:
CPI installer is asking "Would you like to install InfoScale" after "./installer -precheck" is done.

DESCRIPTION:
CPI installer is asking "Would you like to install InfoScale" after "./installer -precheck" is done. So it should not ask for installation after precheck is completed.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to skip the question for installation after precheck is completed.

* 4136211 (Tracking ID: 4139940)

SYMPTOM:
Installer failed to get the package version and failed due to PADV missmatch.

DESCRIPTION:
Installer failed to get the package version and failed due to PADV missmatch.

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to retrieve proper package version.

* 4139609 (Tracking ID: 4142877)

SYMPTOM:
Missing HF list not displayed during upgrade by using the patch release.

DESCRIPTION:
Missing HF list not displayed during upgrade by using the patch release.

RESOLUTION:
Add prechecks in installer for identifying missing HFs and accept action from customer.

* 4140512 (Tracking ID: 4140542)

SYMPTOM:
Installer failed to rolling upgrade for patch

DESCRIPTION:
Rolling upgrade failed for the patch installer for the build version during mixed ru check

RESOLUTION:
Installer code modified to handle build version during mixed ru check.

* 4157440 (Tracking ID: 4158841)

SYMPTOM:
The installer supports VRTSrest version changes.

DESCRIPTION:
The installer now supports VRTSrest version changes.

RESOLUTION:
The installer code has been modified to enable the support for VRTSrest version changes.

* 4159940 (Tracking ID: 4159942)

SYMPTOM:
The installer is used to update file permission.

DESCRIPTION:
The installer is used to update file permission.

RESOLUTION:
The installer code has been modified so that it will not update existing file permissions.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
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1. Copy the hot-fix CPI_8.0.2_P5.pl to /tmp
     2. Run installation scripts with the hot-fix
     Example:
     ./installer -require /tmp/CPI_8.0.2_P5.pl


REMOVING THE PATCH
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NONE


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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OTHERS
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