Date: 2009-10-06
OS: HP-UX
OS Version: 11.31
Packages:
Etrack Incidents:1390189, 1485360, 1592767, 1674289, 1702673, 1708239, 1722331, 1737227, 1737228, 1737232, 1737235, 1737244, 1737245, 1737414, 1737418, 1737419, 1747807, 1784137, 1784176, 1784184, 1784186, 1784191, 1784194, 1784202, 1784203, 1784206, 1793591, 1798585, 1798687, 1798696, 1798703, 1798714, 1798726, 1798760, 1798789, 1799837

Errors/Problems Fixed:
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e1390189 (1230351) System panic in vol_klog_start() due to accessing freed mv read_sio.
e1485360 (1480102) dmp disabled all paths of EVA8100 even though just unplugged primay FC cables
e1592767 (1265126) After a crash or reboot, node fails to re-join cvm cluster
e1674289 (1543908) While running vxevac command, Oracle process thread stuck into ogetblk() which leads to i/o hang.
e1702673 (590909)  RFE: Requesting faster failover/plex detach for mirrored volumes
e1708239 (1397877) Correct vxresize man page as restriction to run it from master is no longer true
e1722331 (1722315) Dmp not resetting eei field set by scsi layer before doing inquiry.
e1737227 (266223)  HPUX: 11.23: vxassist losing connection with vxconfigd
e1737228 (1274204) vxbrk_rootmir fails if a volume name = end of another vol name
e1737232 (524014)  FMR: fast resync does not kick in after force import of dg
e1737235 (780792)  vxassist relayout followed by vxconvert messes up HA config
e1737244 (1114699) vxtask needs to display the resync progress subtask for shared volumes with DRL
e1737245 (1299512) [HPUX 11.23PA CVM 41MP2RP1HF4] incorrect vxdg free output and vxconfigd core dump
e1737414 (271539)  need to change dmp_get_path_state() to only check for write protection for Symmetrix arrays
e1737418 (1650955) DMP gets messed up when using clonedev and new style names on 11.31
e1737419 (1315197) VVR vxio uncorrectable read/write errors seen without preceding HBA/scsi errors when Oracle SmartSync is used.
e1747807 (1415312) Base VxVM and vxvmconvert changes for HP LVM L2 layout
e1784137 (1755519) kmsg layer: receiver side flowcontrol is not supported
e1784176 (1755707) vxtask list shows the same taskid for parent and child tasks
e1784184 (1755689) During recovery, -o delayrecover option does not work as expected for value of 0
e1784186 (1755466) vol_find_ilock: searching of ilock is inefficient
e1784191 (1755628) kmsg layer: with heavy messaging in the cluster the receiver thread slows down processing
e1784194 (1755830) kmsg: sender: the logic for resend of messages needs to be optimized
e1784202 (1755788) for a broadcast message, sender thread may end up sending the same message multiple times (not resend)
e1784203 (1755810) kmsg: sender thread is woken up unnecessarily during flowcontrol
e1784206 (1755869) tunable addition: gabmaxsend and receiver flowcontrol watermark
e1793591 (1710368) [QXCR1000927992]: /sbin/rc1.d/S092vxvm-startup has ERRORs in rc.log
e1798585 (1463547) Persistent vxconfigd core dump on dynamic LUN reconfiguration.
e1798687 (147037)  vxconfigd cores at start up
e1798696 (1087073) disk.convert script prints VGs converted list when one or more failed
e1798703 (1015605) HPUX11.23/VxVM4.1:Poison nibble: nibble of 0xc in the dmp minor will cause panic
e1798714 (1001370) Lun reuse issue not fixed by the DMP backport hotfix
e1798726 (1361260) Slow I/O performance with VxFS filesystems on mirror-concat VxVM volumes with DCO and DRL.
e1798760 (1131566) If a config or klog copy hits an error, vxconfigd should validate and possibly detach the disk
e1798789 (1541662) System panicked in DRL code when running flashsnap
e1799837 (1662907) HxRT 5.0.1 CX380-ALUA: one node panic after disabling 2 primary paths.

vmpro Incident:
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1846314  create a vmprovider patch for hxrt5.0_11.31rp5
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Fixes Applied for Products:
Volume Manager

Install And Uninstall Instructions:
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1. Remove all  the UnOfficial patches before installing patch.
2. Install these patches using:

	$ swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s <patch location> PHCO_40294 PHCO_40305 PHKL_40295

3. Please do swverify after installing the patches in order to make sure
   that the patches are installed correctly using:

	$ swverify PHCO_40294 PHCO_40305 PHKL_40295

4. Uninstall the patches using:

	$ swremove -x autoreboot=true PHCO_40294 PHCO_40305 PHKL_40295

Additional Notes:
1. These Patches can be installed only on a system with 5.0 11.31 5.0.31.1 Base-VxVM installed.
2. PHCO_40305 and PHCO_40294 should be installed as a set to make the VM Provider work correctly.