OS: Linux
OS Version: SLES9 (i586/x86_64)
Fixes Applied for Products:
	VRTSvcsor - Veritas High Availability Agent for Oracle by Symantec 

Additional Instructions:
Please read the instructions below before installing the patch.

 PATCH VRTSvcsor 5.0MP3RP2HF3 for VCS Oracle Agent 5.0MP3RP2
===============================================================

 Patch Date:  September, 2009

This README provides information on:
 * BEFORE GETTING STARTED
 * CRC AND BYTE COUNT
 * FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH
 * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
 * INSTALLING THE PATCH
 * UNINSTALLING THE PATCH


BEFORE GETTING STARTED:
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This patch only applies to:
	VRSTvcsor 5.0MP3RP2 or higher running on SLES9 (i586/x86_64)

Ensure that you are running the supported configurations before
installing this patch.


CRC AND BYTE COUNT:
------------------
Ensure that the patch file you have downloaded matches the following
checksum and byte count.

The following command can be used to ascertain this:
# cksum VRTSvcsor-5.0.30.23-MP3RP2HF3_SLES9.i586.rpm
1750171446	3496011	VRTSvcsor-5.0.30.23-MP3RP2HF3_SLES9.i586.rpm


FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE PATCH: 
--------------------------------------------
Etrack Incidents: 1780698, 1839222, 1832093, 1718459

SDR's of Fixed Symantec Incidents:
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Symantec Incident : 1780698
Symptom:
	Oracle Agent was not able to send SNMP/SMTP notifications 
	in case of any error defined in oraerror.dat file.
Defect Description:
	There was a problem in forming the hanotify(1m) command 
	in Oracle Agent, while sending notifications.
Resolution:
	The problem is now fixed to correctly form the hanotify(1m) 
	command in Oracle Agent, while sending notifications.

Symantec Incident : 1839222
Symptom:
	Oracle Agent dumping core if large number of oracle processes 
	of an instance are running on the system.
Defect Description:
	The agent was dumping because of a memory leak during the 
	offline monitoring.
Resolution:
	The memory leak is fixed by searching for only those processes 
	that requires offline monitoring.

VRTSvcsor 5.0MP3RP2HF2:
Symantec Incident : 1832093
Symptom:
	VCS Oracle Configuration Wizard displays an exception when "Next"
	button is clicked on "Mount Configuration" page. When user 
	clicks "Next" again following error is displayed:
	    "ERROR: V-16-12-1533 Enter netmask for the IP address."
Defect Description:
	This happens when listener IP is plumbed on a interface
	which has name of format other than "eth*". e.g. If listener IP is
	plumbed on interface bond0:0 then wizard displays these errors.
Resolution:
	This issue in Oracle wizard discovery is fixed by properly
	detecting network interfaces irrespective of their naming convention.

VRTSvcsor 5.0MP3RP2HF1:
Symantec Incident : 1718459
Symptom:
	When we set an error corresponding to an ORA error in 
	the oraerror.dat file, the agent was not honoring the action. 
	Instead, it was always failing over the resource.
Defect Description:
	This was happening because the function call for parsing 
	the ORA errors and taking the corresponding action was missing.
Resolution:
	We had populated the ORA errors in VCSAgStartUp() function. 
	Once we had these ora errors and its corresponding actions, 
	the agent started performing the corresponding errors.

PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH:
-------------------------------
This patch updates the following VCS package(s) 
    VRTSvcsor from 5.0MP3RP2 (5.0.30.20) or higher to 5.0MP3RP2HF3 (5.0.30.23)


INSTALLING THE PATCH:
--------------------
The following steps should be run on all nodes in the VCS cluster:

Stopping VCS on the cluster node:
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Stop Oracle and Netlsnr agents using: 
	# haagent -stop Oracle -sys [system_name] -force
	# haagent -stop Netlsnr -sys [system_name] -force

Stop ASMInst and ASMDG agents using:
	# haagent -stop ASMInst -sys [system_name] -force
	# haagent -stop ASMDG -sys [system_name] -force

Installing the Patch:
--------------------
1. Un-compress the downloaded patch from Symantec.
   Change directory to the unzipped patch location. 
   Install the VRTSvcsor patch using the following command:
	# rpm -Uvh VRTSvcsor-5.0.30.23-MP3RP2HF3_SLES9.i586.rpm

2. Verify that the new patch has been installed:
	# rpm -q VRTSvcsor
   You will find the following output on display with the patch 
   installed properly:
	VRTSvcsor-5.0.30.23-MP3RP2HF3

Re-starting VCS on the cluster node:
-----------------------------------
Start Oracle & Netlsnr agents using 
	# haagent -start Oracle -sys [system_name]
	# haagent -start Netlsnr -sys [system_name]

Start ASMInst and ASMDG agents using:
	# haagent -start ASMInst -sys [system_name] -force
	# haagent -start ASMDG -sys [system_name] -force


UNINSTALLING THE PATCH:
-----------------------
Removal of the patch will result in removing whole package from 
the system/node. To go back to a previous installed version of 
the package, you may need to re-install the package again. 
Following steps need to be run on all nodes :

Steps to remove the Patch from a cluster node:
---------------------------------------------
1. Follow the steps provided under "Stopping VCS on the cluster node" 
   section above, to stop VCS on the node & unload any drivers, as required.

2. Remove the patch by the following command:
	# rpm -e VRTSvcsor

3. Verify that the patch has been removed from the system:
	# rpm -qa | grep VRTSvcsor
   The package VRTSvcsor should not be displayed, which confirms 
   that the package is removed.

4. Install VRTSvcsor package from VCS 5.0MP3 Installer CD/DVD
   and upgrade to VRTSvcsor 5.0MP3RP2 or higher.

5. Restart the node following the steps under 
   "Re-starting VCS on the cluster node" section above.