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          * * * Veritas Oracle Disk Manager 5.1 SP1 RP3 * * *
                         * * * P-patch 1 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2014-05-09


This document provides the following information:

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


PATCH NAME
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Veritas Oracle Disk Manager 5.1 SP1 RP3 P-patch 1


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31)


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
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VRTSodm


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.1 SP1
   * Veritas Storage Foundation HA 5.1 SP1


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
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Patch ID: PHKL_43918
* 3076427 (2444146) The Oracle Disk Manager read returns EINTR while running unspecified Oracle 
jobs.
* 3479814 (2693010) Formatted uncompressed files created by the catman(1M) 
command for Veritas File System (VxFS) man patches remain available even after 
the removal of the VxFS package.
Patch ID: PHKL_43538
* 3138644 (3101418) Oracle during startup displays ORA-01513 errors.
* 3187194 (3232326) Unification of VxFS and ODM patch.
Patch ID: PHKL_42741


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

Patch ID: PHKL_43918

* 3076427 (Tracking ID: 2444146)

SYMPTOM:
The Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) read returns EINTR while running unspecified 
Oracle jobs. Oracle returns following error:

ORA-01115: IO error reading block from file 11 (block #  <block number>)
 
ORA-01110: data file 11: '/<database file>'
 
ORA-17500: ODM err:ODM ERROR V-41-4-2-281-4 Interrupted system call
 
Oracle says that ODM ERROR V-41-4-2-281-4 Interrupted system call

DESCRIPTION:
In the ODM API version 1, if Oracle specified that IO is interruptible and the 
thread is interrupted then ODM has to indicate that by setting the 
ODM_IO_POSTED flag in the status word of the request. Oracle retries the IO 
after seeing this flag in the status word. ODM did not handle this condition 
and hence returned the error. In the ODM API version 2, all IO waits are non-
interruptible.

RESOLUTION:
The code is modified to check if the IO is interruptible and set the 
appropriate kernel flag.

* 3479814 (Tracking ID: 2693010)

SYMPTOM:
Formatted uncompressed files created by the catman(1M) command for Veritas File 
System (VxFS) man patches remain available even after the removal of the VxFS 
package.

DESCRIPTION:
The formatted compressed files created by the catman(1M) command for VxFS man 
pages are not removed during the removal/uninstall of patches.

RESOLUTION:
The code is modified in the postremove and preinstall/postinstall packaging 
scripts to cleanup any remaining formatted uncompressed files created by the 
catman(1M) command.

Patch ID: PHKL_43538

* 3138644 (Tracking ID: 3101418)

SYMPTOM:
The invalid current time is returned by the operating system (Oracle error code 
ORA-01513) during Oracle startup.

DESCRIPTION:
Oracle intercepts calls to the localtime_r() function as it is not asynchronous 
signal safe. They do not support any client library to spawn a thread and call 
the localtime_r() function. The localtime_r() function is called from the 
feature_tracking library as a part of the odm_discover() function in VRTSodm.

RESOLUTION:
The code is modified so that it does not spawn the thread and call the 
localtime_r() function, while feature_tracking.

* 3187194 (Tracking ID: 3232326)

SYMPTOM:
Currently, the kernel and the command patches are shipped separately for oracle 
disk manager (ODM).

DESCRIPTION:
The ODM patches which are shipped are always interdependent. The kernel patch 
is always dependent on the command patch. This means you must install the 
command and the kernel patch together and reboot the machine. Since, both the 
patches are always installed together, the patches are now combined into a 
single kernel patch.

RESOLUTION:
The packaging of the ODM patch is modified to ship a single kernel patch 
instead of two different patches.

Patch ID: PHKL_42741

* 2586283 (Tracking ID: 2603511)

SYMPTOM:
On Systems with Oracle 11.2.0.3 or higher installed, database operations can 
fail with the following message is displayed in the system logs: "ODM ERROR 
V-41-4-1-105-22 Invalid argument"

DESCRIPTION:
A change in and Oracle API in 11.2.0.3 , Oracle Disk Manager (ODM) is unable to 
create a file due to a unrecognized f-mode.

RESOLUTION:
The code is modified to mask and take into consideration only the files which 
are known to ODM instead of failing the creation of the file.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
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1.Installing VxFS 5.1SP1RP3P1 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 5.1SP1(GA)  must be installed before applying these
  patches.

c)To verify the VERITAS file system level, enter:

     # swlist -l product | egrep -i 'VRTSvxfs'

  VRTSvxfs     5.1.100.000      VERITAS File System


    # swlist -l product | egrep -i 'VRTS'

  VRTSvxfs    5.1.100.000     Veritas File System

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_43918 

Incase the patch is not registered, the patch can be registered
using the following command:

# swreg -l depot <patch_directory>     ,

where  <patch_directory>      is the absolute path where the patch resides.


REMOVING THE PATCH
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Removing VxFS 5.1SP1RP3P1 patches:

a)To remove the patch, enter the following command:

# swremove -x autoreboot=true PHKL_43918


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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