dbed-VRTSdbed-6.0P2
Obsolete

 Basic information
Release type: P-patch
Release date: 2013-02-12
OS update support: None
Technote: None
Documentation: None
Popularity: 830 viewed    downloaded
Download size: 55.39 KB
Checksum: 1680638106

 Applies to one or more of the following products:
Storage Foundation 6.0 On AIX 6.1
Storage Foundation 6.0 On AIX 7.1
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 6.0 On AIX 6.1
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 6.0 On AIX 7.1
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 6.0 On AIX 6.1
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 6.0 On AIX 7.1
Storage Foundation HA 6.0 On AIX 6.1
Storage Foundation HA 6.0 On AIX 7.1

 Obsolete patches, incompatibilities, superseded patches, or other requirements:

This patch is obsolete. It is superseded by: Release date

 Fixes the following incidents:
2953976, 3063206

 Patch ID:
VRTSdbed-06.00.0000.0200

Readme file
                          * * * READ ME * * *
                    * * * Database Edition 6.0 * * *
                         * * * P-patch 2 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2013-02-07


This document provides the following information:

   * PATCH NAME
   * PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
   * BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
   * OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
   * INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
   * INSTALLATION PRE-REQUISITES
   * INSTALLING THE PATCH
   * REMOVING THE PATCH


PATCH NAME
----------
Database Edition 6.0 P-patch 2


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
------------------------------
VRTSdbed


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
-----------------------------------
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 6.0
   * Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 6.0
   * Veritas Storage Foundation 6.0
   * Veritas Storage Foundation High Availability 6.0


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
----------------------------------------
AIX 6.1 ppc
AIX 7.1 ppc


INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
----------------------------
This patch fixes the following Symantec incidents:

Patch ID: VRTSdbed-6.0.0.200

* 2953976 (Tracking ID: 2953973)

SYMPTOM:
use Oracle APIs to communicate with Oracle directly

DESCRIPTION:
Instead of using the perl DBI module , use the Oracle APIs to 
communicate with Oracle directly.

RESOLUTION:
-

* 3063206 (Tracking ID: 3077728)

SYMPTOM:
Sometime when creating a checkpoint an error output similar to the
following is displayed , but checkpoint gets created successfully:
$ vxsfadm -s checkpoint -a oracle -name c2 -o create
Putting database in backup mode...                           Done
Creating Storage Checkpoint c2 ...                           cannot fetch initial
working directory: No such file or directory 
Done
Storage Checkpoint c2 created
Removing the database from backup mode...                    Done

DESCRIPTION:
The problem is when removing a temporary folder created in /var/tmp
fails for a particular reason and dumps the above output. This output is now
captured and logged if the same occurs. This does not hamper the functionality in
any way

RESOLUTION:
-


INSTALLING THE PATCH
--------------------
If the patch VRTSdbed-6.0.0.100 is installed, please uninstall the same using
# installp -r VRTSdbed

To apply the patch
# cd <patch_location>  
# installp -aXd VRTSdbed-6.0.0.200.bff VRTSdbed


REMOVING THE PATCH
------------------
If you need to remove the patch,
# installp -r VRTSdbed


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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NONE