fs-hpux1123-4.1MP2RP8
Obsolete
The latest patch(es) : fs-hpux1123-4.1MP2RP13 

 Basic information
Release type: Rolling Patch
Release date: 2010-04-14
OS update support: None
Technote: None
Documentation: None
Popularity: 611 viewed    downloaded
Download size: 5.28 MB
Checksum: 3039325755

 Applies to one or more of the following products:
File System 4.1MP2 On HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
Storage Foundation 4.1MP2 On HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 4.1MP2 On HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 4.1MP2 On HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)
Storage Foundation HA 4.1MP2 On HP-UX 11i v2 (11.23)

 Obsolete patches, incompatibilities, superseded patches, or other requirements:

This patch is obsolete. It is superseded by: Release date
fs-hpux1123-4.1MP2RP13 2012-05-31

This patch supersedes the following patches: Release date
fs-hpux1123-4.1MP2RP5b (obsolete) 2009-06-04

This patch requires: Release date
fs-hpux1123-4.1MP2RP4 2008-12-24
fs-hpux1123-4.1MP2RP3 (obsolete) 2008-10-22

 Fixes the following incidents:
1874187, 1960790, 1960805

 Patch ID:
PHKL_40948
PHCO_40949

Readme file
Date: 2010-04-01
OS: HPUX 
OS Version: 11.23
Etrack Incidents: 1874187, 1960790, 1960805
Errors/Problems Fixed:
1874187  	Adding quota support for user "nobody" on HP-UX
1960790 System panic in inctext: VTEXT not set and tcount > 0
1960805 VxFS4.1: VxFS doesnt specify limits on tuning on vxfs_bc_bufhwm

fsman
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1960816 VxFS read ahead can cause stalled IO on all write operations.

4.1MP2RP7
===========
1500766 HP-UX 11.11; JFS 3.3; poor performance writing to mmap"ed sparse file.
1703201 subtype command not returning correct value when run as non root user
1786028 quotacheck coredumps with more than 30 quota- enabled filesystems in /etc/fstab
1785994 vx_vn_brelse() incorrectly calls vn_rele()
1818786 If force unmount fails, then next normal unmount may become force unmount and can lead to panic in HO 11.23
fspro
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1791949 [VEA] SNMP traps for VxFS alerts fail.

4.1MP2RP6
=========
1079784 fsck log replay extremely slow
1499047 Need to release CPU in vx_multi_bufinval () for local mount large extent
1523033 large transaction overflows log buffer size causes hang
1586975 GLM hang on VxFS/CFS 5.0/11.23
1600306 ncheck command dumps core
1630457 VX_SETEXT ioctl doesn"t require full license on 11.31

4.1MP2RP5
=========
1101913 vx_ireuse han stall causing CFS hang.
1403310 Reuters workload causes VxFS 4.0mp1 to consumes too much kmem
1407224 vxupgrade from Layout5 to Layout6 doesn"t finish for several hours
1407260 vxupgrade from Layout5 to Layout6 getting inode table overflow
1444374 vxupgrade 5->6 still fails with ENFILE
1460373 deadlock - locking order between vnode lock and Glock
1468071 CFS read performance is 5 times slower than LM in HP-UX.
1481525 Data page fault panic at vx_readnomap- >uiomove
1499053 fsclustadm cfsdeinit failed with "device busy". PHKL_37113 installed.
1499054 vx_lookup returning ENOENT due to stale negative DNLC entry
1517774 SDET performance regression on 128 cpu machines

4.1MP2RP4
==========
1302917 ODM hang, deadlock between two threads trying vaslockpages and IRWLOCK
1375952 DPF in vx_dnlc_pathname_realloc
1380981 Unaligned Direct I/O is slower on VxFS 4.1 than on VxFS 3.5
1426690 invalid ACLs can be set on HP
1438080 odmmkfile/qiomkfile should fail for non- root users

4.1MP2RP3
=========
1036314 VXFS CRASH due to mount
1087756 fsadm moves dir extents even though no compression is done
1239203 Performance degradation in vx_logbuf_clean: sleeping while holding lock
1287024 corrupt data read after sendfile()
1288646 VxFS4.1/v2 MP2 patch PHKL_36114 introduced NFS performance problems.

4.1MP2RP2
=========
1172814 Poor random read through buffer cache
1173717 vxdump shows incorrect dates for "level 0 dump" in output
1204160 Enhancement to vx_getattr() taking IGLOCK in share mode
1205677 Data corruption with VxfS MP2 patch PHKL_36114
1205691 looping in vx_pull_range during exop processing of VX_IERTRUNC and VX_IETRIM
1207015 panic: deadlock: terminated process associated with filelock -- vx_lockctl not allowing release of locks on filesystem disable
1207019 Null pointer panic in bcopy via vx_populate_attrdata()
1207020 VXFS: fsckpt_fsopen and fsckpt_fsclose result in a massive leaking file descriptors
1207466 Fix for JAGag26521 is causing data-corruptions resulting in build failures in 11.31 KFT
1208325 HP - fsadm shrink does not move indirect IFILT blocks
1214740 VxFS 4.1 11.23 sendfile_rele() panic at VOP_BRELSE(b->b_vp) 

4.1MP2RP1
=========
1159578 HP & NEC - mount takes a long time on 256G memory system 
1143027 getacl() fails with Invalid argument
1159585 Panicking one node in HA cluster panics other node also. 
1159571 HPUX VxFS 4.1 CP2 - CFS filesystem hung
1159581 Incorrect Permissions with mkdir and JFS ACLs on JFS 4.1]

Install and Uninstall Instructions:
-----------------------------------
1.Installing VxFS 4.1 MP2RP8 patch:

a)If you install this patch on a CVM cluster, install it one
 system at a time so that all the nodes are not brought down
 simultaneously.
                                                                                
b)VxFS 4.1(GA)  must be installed before applying these
  patches.
                                                                                
c)To verify the VERITAS file system level, enter:
 
     # swlist -l product | egrep -i "VRTSvxfs"
 
  VRTSvxfs     4.1        VERITAS File System  
  VRTSfsman    4.1        VERITAS File System Manuals

d)All prerequisite/corequisite patches have to be installed.The Kernel patch 
  requires a system reboot for both installation and removal.
 
e)To install the patch, enter the following command:
 
# swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s <patch_directory> PHKL_40948 PHCO_40949
 
2.Removing VxFS 4.1-MP2RP8 patch:
 
a)To remove the patch, enter the following command:

# swremove -x autoreboot=true PHKL_40948 PHCO_40949

Notes:
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1.Special Installation Instruction: This patch requires 
the JFS fsck(1M) binary to be present at the
standard location (/sbin/fs/vxfs/fsck). The swverify(1M) command can be
used to verify the integrity of the JFS.VXFS-BASE-RUN fileset that
contains the fsck(1M) binary.