Date: 2010-08-31
OS: SLES
OS Version: 10 SP2
Veritas Storage Foundation Scalable File Server (now called Symantec FileStore)
5.5 SP1RP2HF1 Patch Upgrade README

CONTENTS
I.   Overview
II.  Fixes in the new patch
III. Known issues
IV.  Upgrade procedure


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I. Overview
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The Veritas Storage Foundation Scalable File Server (now called Symantec FileStore) provides a scalable clustered storage solution. This document provides release information for the patch.

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II. Fixes in the new patch
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Etrack Incidents: 2007504, 2014311, 2037245, 2037247, 2037343, 2065872, 2074028, 2075624, 2079409, 2080581, 2080829, 2081320, 2081771, 2086832, 2087035, 2087037, 2087044, 2088226, 2089069, 2089205, 2091673, 2092887, 2098160, 2100923, 2102212, 2103906, 2104289, 2106540, 2106736, 2106864, 2109250, 2109468, 2111031, 2111901, 2112211, 2112262, 2113032, 2113817, 2115019, 2117169, 2117413, 2128803 

Errors/Problems Fixed: Listed below.
2007504 GUI shares>ftp does not show any session when ftp logged-in.
2014311 FILESTORE:CIFS:Junk error messages given while creating a split share for first time.
2037245, 2037247 [Settings]->[FTP] , "Deny access to plain text user logins" is a backword.
2037343 error alert message prompted when login using Firefox.
2065872 [CIFS] homedir link abnormal cause XP reboot.
2074028 Required "valid users" option from CIFS CLISH.
2075624 CIFS share access issues with Active Directory (AD).
2079409 Difficulty adding disks from Promise arrays.
2080581 [SFS] change "hard coding for ftp port" to "read ftp port from conf file".
2080829 FileStore:Upgrade:On boot sync fail to sync 5.5SP1RP1HF1 Patch.
2081320 [SFS] Snapshot is creating all the time although exceed the max_snapshot_limit.
2081771 FileStore:NFS:After SP1RP1 Patch upgrade on Single node, NFS share went in faulted state.
2086832 Need to add full_acl with "vfs objects = acl_xattr".
2087035 FileStore:NFS:After SP1RP1 Patch upgrade on Single node, NFS share went in faulted state.
2087037 5.5SP1RP2HF1 patch preinstall should check if 5.5SP1RP2 installed or not.
2087044 [Nasgw:Storage] Pool create command is failing on HP g6 servers with single no configuration.
2088226 [FILESTORE]CIFS Share Monitoring issue / Issue connecting to filestore.
2089069 after deleting the cifs share, the fs is still with permission drwxrwxrwt.
2089205 FILESTORE:CIFS:faulted share should be shown properly in case it is split share branch: b_5_5_SP1_RP2_HF.
2091673 Potential problem accessing cifs shares on filestore when dfs and the acl_xattr fix for full_acl is used.
2092887 Export CIFS share with guest & then later with noguest, causes "access denied".
2098160 some files differ in 5.5SP1RP2 ISO and 5.5SP1RP2 patch tar.gz.
2100923 Filestore:DUD: Did not load the drivers on slave node at the time of PXE boot.
2102212 CFS tunable changes for CIFS performance issues.
2103906 signal handler sig_alarm_handle contains some unsafe function
2104289 nasgw:replication:Target failover failed if we reboot tgt no before 1st ack received at src.
2106540 GUI: Settings->CIFS screen does not have a way to set workgroup.
2106736 [SFS]create snapshot successfully when fs utilization rate at 100%, but actually it did not succeed.
2106864 GUI: Changing AD params on GUI hangs the cluster.
2109250 [SFS] While NFS status is online, Stop NFS server is defeated.
2109468 FileStore:Upgra:5.5SP1RP2HF1 patch should check for last update iso/Patch Version is 5.5SP1RP2 else fail upgrade process.
2111031 nasgw:replication: Target failover in incremental mode, fails the job.
2111901 GUI should reflect 5.5SP1RP2HF1 version.
2112211 filestore:replication:Chmod on root dir, always fails incremental replication.
2112262 Include samba-buginfo rpm for 5.6, 5.5RP2HF1 and 5.5SP1RP2HF.
2113032 GUI should reflect 5.5SP1RP2HF1 version.
2113817 NASGW: NFS: AIX clients can"t take locks from nlm slave.
2115019 [SFS] update the system, check the ino_cache_size, the number which displays is wrong.
2117169 Include new samba packages on all live branches.
2117413 nasgw:replication:Target Failover in full_sync mode, fails the job.
2128803 clish cifs menu needs to be enhanced for idmap ldap backend.

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III. Known issues
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2082542 Ignore the core files generated by dbping command.

Workaround: 
Run "support gui server start" if GUI is not working.

2092887 Export CIFS share with guest & then later with noguest, causes "access denied"

Issues Details:
Guest user can still access a share after changed share option from "guest" to "noguest", this is due to that an established session from windows client to CIFS server is still active after the share modification.

Work around: Restart CIFS server to prevent guest user to access the same share.


2113189	CIFS requires a command line to allow or deny access of a share from specified user(s) or group(s). 

Workaround:
CIFS provides 2 new commands for control the share access:
1. Allow groups/users to access a share
CIFS> share allow <sharename> @group1,(@group2, user1, user2...)
2. Deny some groups/users to access a share
CIFS> share deny <sharename> @group1,(@group2, user1, user2...)
Command help information can be found in "man cifs" and "man cifs share".
Note 1:
If CIFS server joined a domain, possibly there is space key in user or group
names, when use in such share allow/deny command line, these user or group names
need to double quote (i.e. "@domain users").
Note 2:
In case CIFS joined a domain and the domain has trusted domains, at the same
time, CIFS has set allow trusted domain to be true, if user wants allow/deny
users or groups from the trusted domains, the user or group should be prefix
with trusted domain name, and separate domain and user/group with double
back-slash. 
i.e.
CIFS> share allow <sharename> "@<domain name>\\<group name>"
CIFS> share deny <sharename> "<domain name>\\<user name>"

2129337 GUI service Faulted and not fixing with autofix.

Workaround:
Even after running "support services autofix" GUI service does not come online then running "support gui db rescan" will take care of it.

2129679 Cannot login to GUI but the GUI server status is online in CLISH. Always show "The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request."

Workaround:
This issue was seen when the frequency of user login is very high which in turn increases the memory usage causing java virtual machine(JVM) to throw exception. So as a workaround for this issue, only way is to restart the GUI server. This can be done using ¡°support>gui server stop¡± & ¡°support>gui server start¡±.

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IV. Upgrade Procedure
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NOTE: After you have installed, uninstalled, or synchronized a new SFS patch into your cluster, the list of available commands may change. Please re-login to the CLI to access the updated features. Since this is a phased upgrade process, please bring down the services manually and then start with patch installation, and please be noted that it is uninstallabe after you apply this patch.

Install the patch:
1. Login as master:
   su - master
2. Start the patch install:
   upgrade patch install