Date: 2010-02-23
OS: Windows
OS Version: 2003, 2008
Packages: Setup.exe
Etrack Incidents: 1959537

Errors/Problems Fixed:
This private includes the enhancement to support SCSI (including SCSI-3) persistent disk reservations on shared disks in an SFW 5.1 storage environment with VCS One.

You must install this hotfix only if you are using SFW 5.1 to manage your storage in a VCS One cluster environment.
This hotfix is not required if you are using SFW 5.1 SP1 or later versions.
(e1959537)

Fixes Applied for Products:
- Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 for Windows
- VCS One 5.0 SP1

I
nstall Instructions:
This hotfix includes the following updated files:

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File name 	 | New Version number
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Cluscmd.dll      |    5.1.7.398
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Vxconfig.dll     |    5.1.7.398
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Cluster.dll      |    5.1.0.398
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Cluster_msgs.dll |    5.1.0.398
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Cluster_msgs.txt |    -
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1. If there are any service groups (that include MountV and VMDg resources) online on the system on which you wish to install this private,  take those service groups offline. 
As for the other service groups (that do not include MountV, VMDg resources) that are online on that system,  you can fail them over to another system in the cluster.

2. Download and extract the hotfix zip file to a temporary location on the cluster system. The .zip file contains the setup executable file.

3. Doubleclick "Setup.exe" file to install the hotfix on the cluster system.
The msi installer performs the required installation tasks.
After the installation is complete, the SCSI protocol is set to SCSI-3 on the system.

4. Restart the system. 

5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 on all the required cluster systems and then bring the service groups online.


Verifying the installation
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After the hotfix installation is complete, you can perform the following steps to verify that the installation is successful:

1. On one of the systems, click "Start > Run", type "regedit", and then click "OK" to open the registry editor.

2. From the registry tree on the left, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodeVeritasVxSvcCurrentVersionVolumeManagerSupportSCSI3.
If the value appears as 2, then the hotfix is installed successfully.

Known issues
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After installing this SCSI support hotfix, the SCSI reservation method is set to SCSI-3 by default. However, the SCSI Protocol tab in Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) | Control Panel | StorageAgent | System Settings displays SCSI-2 as the setting.
Please ignore this setting.
Do not change this setting to SCSI-3.


Disclaimer
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This hotfix is a supported fix that has not been fully regression tested. Install this hotfix only if you wish to use SCSI-based reservations in an SFW storage environment with VCS One. If you remove this hotfix, you may not be able to use SCSI reservations in an SFW storage environment with VCS One. Contact Symantec Technical Support for more information.