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Late Breaking News (LBN) - Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 and 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 on HP-UX 11i v2 and cross references to product documentation
Details:
To locate the most current product patch releases including Maintenance Packs, Rolling Patches, and Hot Fixes visit https://vos.symantec.com/patch/matrix
This document is the Late Breaking News for 5.0 and 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 on HP-UX 11i v2
The Late Breaking News for 5.0 MP2 on HP-UX 11i v2 is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/319349
The Late Breaking News for 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3 is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/293075
Documentation
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307506
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 MP1 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307507
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 for HP-UX Manual Pages http://support.veritas.com/docs/307656
Product documentation, man pages and error messages are available at http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/index.html
Downloads
5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287634
More patches are available on Patch Central https://vias.symantec.com/labs/patch
Tools
VIAS (Veritas Installation Assessment Service) https://vias.symantec.com
Health Check https://vias.symantec.com/labs/vhcs
Error Code Lookup https://vias.symantec.com/labs/vels
VIMS (Veritas Inventory Management Service) https://vias.symantec.com/labs/vims
Veritas Operations Services (VOS) Labs https://vias.symantec.com/labs
VRTSexplorer http://support.veritas.com/docs/243150
Storage Foundation Manager https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/storage-foundation-manager-20-new-release
Forums
Discuss support issues and find solutions in the Support Forums:
Storage Management Forums http://www.symantec.com/connect/storage-management/forums
Clustering and Replication Forums http://www.symantec.com/connect/clustering-and-replication/forums
System Panic with Veritas File System (VxFS) and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM) 6.1.0-00 for HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2 without Logical Volume Manager (LVM) http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/340090
Recommendations on use of Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots in Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0
If you use Volume Manager mirroring, Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots are recommended for Oracle data volumes.
Keep the Fast Mirror Resync regionsize equal to the database block size to reduce the copy-on-write
(COW) overhead.
Reducing the regionsize increases the amount of Cache Object allocations leading to performance overheads.
Do not create Oracle redo log volumes on a space-optimized snapshot.
Use "third-mirror break-off" snapshots for cloning the Oracle redo log volumes.
Veritas Enterprise Administrator Patch 5.0 MP1 RP2
vea-hpux1123-5.0MP1RP2 is now available at https://vias.symantec.com/labs/patch/php/patchinfo.php?download=yes&release_id=1682
Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 for HP-UX 11i v2
Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 for HP-UX 11i v2 is now available at http://support.veritas.com/docs/317018
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC support for Oracle 11gR1 RAC
Oracle 11gR1 RAC (11.1.0.7) is now supported with the 5.0 MP1 RP2 (PVKL_03814) version of Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC for HPUX 11iv2.
Oracle 11gR1 RAC (11.1.0.6) is now supported with the 5.0 MP1 RP2 (PVKL_03814) version of Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC for HPUX 11iv2.
The following patches need to be installed for the correct working of Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC on HPUX 11iv2 with Oracle RAC 11gR1.
VRTSvxvm patch: 5.0 MP1 RP3 (PHCO_38187, PHKL_38188)
HP-UX OS patches: PHKL_35029, PHKL_36745, PHCO_36744, PHKL_31500, PHSS_33903, PHSS_36519, PHSS_37492, PHCO_36744, PHCO_38273, PHSS_38138, PHSS_38140
Oracle patch : 6849184
Please note that DBED checkpoint, DBED flashsnap, Deep Mapping are not supported with Oracle 11gR1 RAC with the 5.0MP1 version of Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC for HP-UX.
The complete support matrix for Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC is available at:
http://support.veritas.com/docs/280186
Volume Manager 5.0 MP1 RP5 for 11i v2 Patches Released
PHCO_38570 s700_800 11.23 VRTS 5.0 MP1RP5 VRTSvxvm Command Patch 05
PHKL_38571 s700_800 11.23 VRTSvxvm 5.0 MP1RP5 Kernel Patch 06
File System 5.0 MP1 RP4 for HP-UX 11i v2 Patches Released
PHKL_38763 s700_800 11.23 VRTS 5.0 MP1RP4 VRTSvxfs Kernel Patch
PHCO_39103 s700_800 11.23 VRTS 5.0 MP1RP4 VRTSvxfs Command Patch
The above patches are available on the HP IT Resource Center web site.
Veritas Installation Assessment Service
The Veritas Installation Assessment Service (VIAS) utility assists you in getting ready for a Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions installation or upgrade. The VIAS utility allows the pre installation evaluation of a configuration, to validate it prior to starting an installation or upgrade.
For more information and to download VIAS, please visit https://vias.symantec.com
Documentation
Product documentation, man pages and error messages for this release are now available at http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/index.html
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307506
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 MP1 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307507
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 for HP-UX Manual Pages http://support.veritas.com/docs/307656
Recommendations on use of Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots in Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0
If you use Volume Manager mirroring, Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots are recommended for Oracle data volumes.
Keep the Fast Mirror Resync regionsize equal to the database block size to reduce the copy-on-write
(COW) overhead.
Reducing the regionsize increases the amount of Cache Object allocations leading to performance overheads.
Do not create Oracle redo log volumes on a space-optimized snapshot.
Use "third-mirror break-off" snapshots for cloning the Oracle redo log volumes.
Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) fail back behavior for non-Active/Active arrays
This describes the fail back behavior for non-Active/Active arrays in a CVM cluster. This behavior applies to A/P, A/PF, APG, A/A-A, and ALUA arrays.
When all of the Primary paths fail or are disabled in a non-Active/Active array in a CVM cluster, the cluster-wide failover is triggered. All hosts in the cluster start using the Secondary path to the array. When the Primary path is enabled, the hosts fail back to the Primary path.
However, suppose that one of the hosts in the cluster is shut down or disabled while the Primary path is disabled. If the Primary path is then enabled, it does not trigger failback. The remaining hosts in the cluster continue to use the Secondary path. When the disabled host is rebooted and rejoins the cluster, all of the hosts in the cluster will continue using the Secondary path. This is expected behavior.
If the disabled host is rebooted and rejoins the cluster before the Primary path is enabled, enabling the path does trigger the failback. In this case, all of the hosts in the cluster will fail back to the Primary path. [e1441769]
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) Support
VCS requires that all nodes in the cluster use the same processor architecture and
run the same operating system version. All cluster nodes must be at the same
patch level.
Veritas Cluster Server Agent Support Matrix
The Veritas Cluster Server Agents Support Matrix is available at http://www.symantec.com/business/products/agents_options.jsp?pcid=psc_disaster_recov&pvid=20_1
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Support for Oracle 10g Release 2
Oracle 10gR2 RAC (10.2.0.4) is now supported with the 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 (5.0MP1 RP2) of Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC for HP-UX 11iv2.
5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 is available for download at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/305507
The complete support matrix for Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/280186
5.0 MP1 RP3 for Volume Manager Patches and 5.0 MP1 RP2 for File System Patches are now Available
Volume Manager 5.0 MP1 RP3: PHKL_38188, PHCO_38187 and PHCO_37085
File System 5.0 MP1 RP2: PHKL_37113 and PHCO_37114
The above patches are now available from the HP Support web site at http://www.itrc.hp.com
Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 1
Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 1 (5.0 MP1 RP1) is now available at http://support.veritas.com/docs/297464
VEA service takes a long time to start
VEA service takes a long time to start if the configuration contains large number of LUNs (1403191)
In configurations with large numbers of LUNS which need to be discovered, the VEA service may take a long time to start. The long start-up time may cause the boot time to be longer than is allowed.
Workaround:
The solution is to start the VEA service in the background, so that the boot continues while the LUNs are discovered.
To start the VEA service in the background:
1. Edit the VEA start-up script.
For Storage Foundation 5.x, use the following command:
# edit shell script /opt/VRTSobc/pal33/bin/vxpalctrl
2. In the start_agent() function, add the following line:
exit 0
Before the lines:
max=10
count=0
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v2 Patching init.cssd during Oracle Clusterware (CRS) installation (1267229)
Installing CRS for Oracle 10g base release
When you install Oracle CRS, do the following to patch the init.cssd script before you run the root.sh script:
a) Login as oracle user
b) Change to the directory where you want to copy the patch:
Oracle 10g R1:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd.patch
Oracle 10g R2:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd.patch
c) Run the following command to install the patch:
$ patch < init.cssd.patch init.cssd
Applying Oracle Patchsets
When you apply an Oracle patchset to Oracle CRS, do the following to patch the init.cssd script before you run the root<xxx>.sh script:
a) Login as oracle user
b) Change to the directory where you want to copy the patch:
Oracle 10g R1:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd.patch
Oracle 10g R2:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd.patch
c) Run the following command to install the patch:
$ patch < init.cssd.patch init.cssd
Applying Oracle Bundled Patches
When you apply an Oracle bundled patch to Oracle CRS, do the following to patch the init.cssd script before you run the postrootpatch.sh script:
a) Login as oracle user
b) Change to the directory where you want to copy the patch:
Oracle 10g R1:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd.patch
Oracle 10g R2:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd.patch
c) Run the following command to install the patch:
$ patch < init.cssd.patch init.cssd
Permission issues while applying Oracle Bundled Patches
While applying an Oracle bundled patch to Oracle Clusterware (CRS),
at the step when you execute prepatch.sh script with oracle user,
the following error is displayed.
chmod: can't change <ORA_CRS_HOME>/css/admin/init.cssd: Not owner
Workaround:
The solution is to change the owner of init.cssd file as oracle user
before applying Oracle bundled patches to Oracle Clusterware.
$ chown <oracle user>:<oracle group> <ORA_CRS_HOME>/css/admin/init.cssd
Veritas Storage Mapping commands (vxstorage_stats and dbed_analyzer) do not work in the Storage Foundation Oracle RAC environment (1266059)
The Veritas Storage Mapping feature available with SF Oracle RAC enables you to map datafiles to physical devices. However, the vxstorage_stats and dbed_analyzer commands are not functioning for SF Oracle RAC. Ignore any details of these commands mentioned in the 'Investigating I/O performance for SF Oracle RAC: Storage Mapping" chapter of the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide.
Daylight Savings Time Change
For information about Daylight Savings Time issues, refer to http://support.veritas.com/docs/286461
The VRTSjre Patch for Daylight Savings Time is available at http://support.veritas.com/docs/290709
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Patch 5.0MP1CP1 - PVKL_03769 is Now Available
For more information, see
http://support.veritas.com/docs/290461
VRTSvsvc is Obsolete and can be Removed
Incident 1099152 and 1087985 - The VRTSvsvc component can cause the vxpal.StorageAgent to core dump. This will prevent the Storage Foundation Java GUI and Web GUI from working for the specific managed host.
Use this command to remove the VRTSvsvc package:
# swremove VRTSvsvc
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 (MP1) is now available. For more information, see http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287634 and http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287628
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Issues
If the mount command for the product software disc in the product documentation results in all upper case file names, use this command to mount the disc:
# mount -F cdfs -r -o cdcase /dev/dsk/c#t#d# /cdrom
The Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0 MP1 README file describes a patch required to support the ./installsfrac -security command and the patch is now available. For more information, see http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/288493
Incident E901010 - When a CLARiiON array is configured in A/PF mode, after introducing a new path, the vxdisk scandisks command might take more than an hour to complete.
Resolution: A fix for the issue is expected to be available when the 5.0 MP1RP2 patch is released.
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Issues
Cross references to product documentation
See the Related Documents section below for the cross references to product documentation
Searching the Support Web Site for product messages
You can search the Symantec Support Web site for product messages using a link that includes the product universal message identifier. For example: www.support.veritas.com/umi/v-2-1
Run the fsck command before upgrading
Before upgrading to 5.0, make sure that all the file systems are clean by running the fsck command
Documentation Errata: Veritas Cluster Server Agent Developers Guide
The following content replaces the description of the LogFileSize attribute in the Veritas Cluster Server Agent Developers Guide.
LogFileSize
Sets the size of an agent log file. Value must be specified in bytes. Minimum is 65536 bytes (64KB). Maximum is 134217728 bytes (128MB). Default is 33554432 bytes (32MB).
For example,
hatype -modify FileOnOff LogFileSize 2097152
Values specified less than the minimum acceptable value are changed to 65536 bytes. Values specified greater than the maximum acceptable value are changed to 134217728 bytes. Therefore, out-of-range values displayed for the command:
hatype -display restype -attribute LogFileSize
are those entered with the -modify option, not the actual values. The LogFileSize attribute value cannot be overridden.
Veritas 5.0 Storage Foundation Cluster File System Documentation Issues
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS)
Documentation Errata - Installation Guide
In the SFCFS Installation Guide the following section is missing in the upgrade chapter.
Disk layout Version 6 is not supported on SFCFS 3.5 or 4.0; you cannot upgrade the file system to disk layout Version 6 or 7 with SFCFS 3.5 or 4.0. Perform the following procedure to upgrade SFCFS to 5.0.
Upgrading from SFCFS 3.5 or 4.0 to SFCFS 5.0
1) Upgrade SFCFS to 5.0 using the installsfcfs script.
2) Mount each CFS file system as a local VxFS non-cluster file system
on one of the nodes.
# mount -F vxfs <device> <mount_point>
3) Perform an online upgrade of the local mounted disk layout Version 4 or 5
file systems to disk layout Version 7.
# vxupgrade -n 7 <mount_point>
4) After the disk layout version is successfully upgraded, unmount the
file system.
# umount <mount_point>
5) Cluster mount the file systems using either the '-o cluster' mount option
or using the cfsmntadm and cfsmount commands.
See the mount_vxfs(1M), cfsmntadm(1M) and cfsmount(1M) manual pages.
For Veritas 5.0 Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes the following known issue is missing:
If a large message of the day or other notification is present the installation scripts might be unable to complete the OS detect and therefore fail.
Workaround: Minimize or remove the large message of the day or other notification that is present on your system and try the installation script again.
For Veritas 5.0 Storage Foundation Cluster File System Administrator's Guide step 6 in the "Setting up the disk group for coordinator disks" section on page 45 is incorrect.
It should read as follows:
6) Add the other two disks to the disk group.
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg set coordinator=off
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg adddisk c2t1d0
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg adddisk c3t1d0
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg set coordinator=on
See the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator's Guide.
Mixed platform remote and cluster installation and uninstallation are not supported
VCS requires that all nodes in the cluster use the same processor architecture and run the same operating system version. All cluster nodes must be at the same patch level. See the Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide for supported operating systems. See the Symantec Hardware Compatibility List for supported hardware.
Patch Bundles
The EnableVXFS5.0 and FEATURE11i patch bundles are now available from the HP Support Web site. Click on the "Receive for Free" button on the bottom of the page to get the required patch bundles for this release: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=EnableVxFS
Note: Verify that the EnableVXFS bundle has revision B.11.23.04 or later after installing the latest patches.
The HP-UX 11iv2 June 2006 release may require changing the default swinstall options to install the EnableVXFS5.0 and FEATURE11i patch bundles.
Perform the following steps using the swinstall utility:
1. Under the options menu:
- check "Reinstall file sets even if same revision exists"
- check "Reinstall files even if same one already there"
- uncheck "Autoselect dependencies when marking software"
- uncheck "Enforce dependency analysis errors in agent"
2. Mark EnableVxFS and FEATURE11i
3. Install both patch bundles
New Veritas Files System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) patches are now recommended for use with all products
The following patches have been released by HP and are available on itrc.hp.com
s700_800 11.23 VxFS 5.0 Command Cumulative patch 1 PHCO_35304
s700_800 11.23 VxFS 5.0 Kernel Cumulative patch 1 PHKL_35088
s700_800 11.23 VxVM DMP 5.0 Command Patch 1 PHCO_35129
s700_800 11.23 VxVM DMP 5.0 Kernel Patch 1 PHKL_35130
See the references to 285160, 285840, 285841, and 285844 in the Related Documents section for more information
For more information on downloading and installing patches from the ITRC HP Web site, see DocId: KBRC00014314 on the HP Support Web site
Array Support Library (ASL) Software Packages for Volume Manager (VxVM)
VxVM provides support for disk arrays in the form of Array Support Library (ASL) software packages. You can obtain ASL packages from the VxVM release package on the 5.0 software disc. The ASL names for 5.0 may have changed from past releases.
Software disc cannot be ejected during installation
During installation, if any of the products that contain VxVM were configured and started, the software disc cannot be ejected. This will prevent further use of the disc drive. This would impact installation of packages from the language pack disc. This problem is not an issue if a product was installed or upgraded that required a system reboot to complete the installation.
To avoid this problem at install time:
1. Specify the -installonly option to the installation script in addition to any other options. This will install the packages only.
2. Eject the software disc
3. Run the appropriate installation script, which is in /opt/VRTS/install, with the -configure option specified
If the software disc cannot be ejected:
1. Use the fuser (1M) command to identify processes using the disc device. Note the process IDs for the vxcached, vxrelocd, and the respective vxnotify child processes. If fuser cannot identify them, use the ps (1M) command
2. Stop the event source daemon: # /usr/sbin/vxddladm stop eventsource
3. Kill the vxcached, vxrelocd, and vxnotify processes by using the kill -9 command with their process IDs, as determined in step 1
4. Eject the software disc
5. Restart the Volume Manager daemon processes:
# /usr/sbin/vxddladm start eventsource
# /etc/vx/bin/vxcached &
# /etc/vx/bin/vxrelocd &
Node and host name expansion
As part of the Software Pack (SPK) for HP-UX 11i v2 of May 2005, HP provided an optional Node and Host Name Expansion (NodeHostNameXpnd) product bundle, revision B.11.23.01. This product bundle enables the capability to create node and host names of up to 255 bytes. The current limitation is 8 bytes for node names and 64 bytes for host names. Installation of this product bundle does not automatically activate 255 byte length support for node and host names. The default OS configuration will still be 8 bytes for node names and 64 bytes for host names. You must enable a dynamic kernel tunable parameter, expanded_node_host_names, using the kctune command to allow the use of larger names on the system. Veritas 5.0 products for HP-UX were not tested with the Host Name Expansion bundle and therefore do not support node and host name expansion.
Mixed PA-RISC and Itanium clusters are not supported
Within a cluster, all systems must run on the same processor type and use the same operating system version and patch level.
Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) components not starting
If the components required by VEA do not start after installing 5.0, use this command to verify that the components have been configured:
# ./installer -configure
Storage Foundation HA installation failure on the 1205 release of HP-UX 11iv2 - e83837
Customers installing Storage Foundation HA on the 1205 release of HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23) may have the installation exit with a message similar to "VCS is not running on first target node". The workaround for this issue is to first install and configure Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) and then install Storage Foundation.
Updates to the Release Notes for all products that include Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
Remove ASL and APM packages before upgrading
The array support library (ASL) and array policy module (APM) packages provided with VxVM 5.0 are not installed correctly unless any existing pre 5.0 ASL and APM packages are removed from the system.
Workaround: Uninstall all existing ASL and APM packages on the system before upgrading to Storage Foundation 5.0
PGR keys are not cleared
Problem Description - With all primary paths inaccessible, the deport operation on a shared disk group fails to clear the PGR keys as the dynamic multipathing (DMP) database is not up-to-date. The deport operation succeeds but the PGR keys are not cleared as the DMP database is not updated to reflect the inaccessibility of failed primary paths.
Workaround - Running vxdisk scandisks before the disk group deport operation triggers DMP reconfiguration which updates the DMP database such that a disk is accessible through active paths.
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Cluster Server
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) issues
installvcs script, the installer does not update the types.cf file
If you upgrade VCS to 5.0 using the installvcs script, the installer does not update the types.cf file with the type definition for RemoteGroup agent.
Workaround: After upgrading VCS, you must manually add the type definition for the RemoteGroup agent from the /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/types.cf file to the updated types.cf file.
VCS used with large configuration with more than 2000 resources or more than 50 groups
When VCS is used with large configuration with more than 2000 resources or more than 50 groups , HA daemon may miss heartbeats to GAB if we offline all the groups together . In order to avoid such a performance impact, a user needs to move triggers (/opt/VRTSvcs/bin/triggers/*) into some other directory.
Configuring of security on single node cluster fails (622706)
The installvcs -security command fails with the following message: Veritas Cluster Server is not configured on <system_name>"
VCS configuration wizards do not start on HP-UX PA secure clusters.
Workaround:
1. Create a directory hpux32 in /opt/VRTSat/lib
2. Create the following soft link:
ln - s /opt/VRTSat/lib/AtWrapper.jar /opt/VRTSat/lib/hpux32/AtWrapper.jar
Cluster Management Console (CMC) issues
CMC_SERVICES domain does not get removed on uninstall.
Uninstalling the Cluster Management Console management server does not remove the CMC_SERVICES domain.
Workaround: Remove the domain manually:
1. Verify the domain exists:
vssat showpd --pdrtype ab --domain CMC_SERVICES
2. Remove all principals in the domain:
vssat deleteprpl --pdrtype ab --domain CMC_SERVICES --prplname [principal name]
3. Delete the domain:
vssat deletepd --pdrtype ab --domain CMC_SERVICES@[hostname, as shown by showpd]
Cluster Management Console does not display localized logs (620529)
If you install language packs on the management server and on VCS 5.0 cluster nodes, the Cluster Management Console does not initially show localized logs.
To resolve this issue:
1. On each on each node of the cluster, create the following symbolic link:
From /opt/VRTS/messages/ja to /opt/VRTSvcs/messages/ja
2. If the cluster is connected to the management server, disconnect and then reconnect the cluster
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS)
Documentation Errata - Installation Guide - Making the file systems clean
In the SFCFS Installation Guide, "Making the file systems clean" section on page 45 in between step 5 and 6, the following step is missing:
Type the following command on one upgraded node to enable membership:
# gabconfig -xc
In the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes, the "Support for SFCFS configurations larger than 16 nodes" issue in "Known issues" section should be ignored. This is a not a known issue.
In the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes, the "Support for 32 cluster nodes" feature in the "New features" section should instead have the following header and text:
Support for SFCFS configurations larger than 16 nodes
SFCFS 5.0 is capable of supporting cluster file systems with up to 32 nodes. Symantec has tested and qualified SFCFS 5.0 cluster file system configurations of up to 16 nodes at product release time. For the latest information on SFCFS support issues, refer back to this TechNote on a regular basis.
Version 4 and Version 5 disk layouts
In the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes, the "Version 4 and Version 5 disk layouts" feature in the "No longer supported and future support issues" should have the following first sentence instead of the existing first sentence: VxFS disk layout Version 4 and 5 are not supported for cluster mounts in SFCFS 5.0.
Documentation Errata for the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) 5.0 Installation Guide - Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0
Step 15 of the "Phased upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section on page 14 of the SFCFS Installation Guide is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -add CVMVxconfigd command, run the following command:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -modify CVMVxconfigd Operations OnOnly
Continue with the rest of the commands listed in this step
Step 17 of the "Phased upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section of the SFCFS Installation Guide on page 41 is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hastart command, run the following command on all nodes:
# echo 3.5 > /opt/VRTS/install/.SFCFS.upgrade
Step 13 of the "Full upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section of the SFCFS Installation Guide on page 44 is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -add CVMVxconfigd command, run the following command:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -modify CVMVxconfigd Operations OnOnly
Step 15 of the "Full upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section of the SFCFS Installation Guide on page 44 is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hastart command, run the following command on all the nodes:
# echo 3.5 > /opt/VRTS/install/.SFCFS.upgrade
Continue with the rest of the commands listed in this step.
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC (SFRAC)
HP-UX operating system may panic due to communication failure
The HP-UX operating system may panic if HAD fails to communicate with GAB within a predetermined interval.
Workaround: Verify whether you need to tune the operating system to accommodate the workload. Swap space, operating system, and application parameters are some of the tunable parameters that you can verify.
Software disc may not eject after SFRAC installation
The DVD may not eject after the SF Oracle RAC 5.0 installation is complete. You can eject the disk after you reboot the system at the end of the installation.
Adding disks to the coordinator disk group
Adding disks to the coordinator disk group is not allowed when the attribute coordinator is set to on. See TechNote 283974 in the Related Documents for more information.
SF RAC configuration program does not prompt to set up the VCS global cluster
If you use the installsfrac script to configure SFRAC, the configuration program does not prompt you to set up the VCS global cluster. Note that if you use the Veritas product installer, the configuration program prompts you to set up the VCS global cluster.
Workaround: If you want to set up a global cluster, refer to Chapter 19, "Configuring global clustering" in the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide.
Changes for the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide
In Chapter 22, the section "Upgrading from Veritas Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle with Database FlashSnap" is not applicable for SFRAC.
In Chapter 13, the section "Installing CRS" has incorrect instruction to install the init.cssd patch. The following step replaces step 9 in the "Installing CRS" section.
Before you run the root.sh script, you need to add the init.cssd.patch.
a. Open another window on the system where you are running the installer
b. Log in as superuser
c. Change to the directory where the patch is to be copied:
# cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch /init.cssd-10gR1.patch .
For Oracle 10gR2:
# cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch /init.cssd-10gR2.patch .
d. Run the following command to install the patch:
For Oracle 10gR1:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd
For Oracle 10gR2:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd
e. Run the root.sh script. For example:
# cd $CRS_HOME
# ./root.sh
This starts the CRS daemons on the node where you enter the command.
In Chapter 14, the section "Applying Oracle Patchset" for Oracle 10g does not include the instructions to patch the init.cssd script. Before you perform step 2 of applying an Oracle 10g patchset, do the following step: Make sure to patch the init.cssd script before you run root<xxx>.sh script
For Oracle 10gR1:
a. Change to the folder where you want to copy the init.cssd patch:
# cd /$CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch .
b. Run the following command to install the patch:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd
For Oracle 10gR2:
a. Change to the folder where you want to copy the init.cssd patch:
# cd /$CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch .
b. Run the following command to install the patch:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd
Oracle Validated Compatibility Matrix
See the reference to 280186 in the Related Documents section below for the Oracle Validated Compatibility Matrix for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Real Application Clusters
Related Documents
What is the latest release of Veritas Volume Manager for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/267017
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/272655
What is the latest release of Veritas File System for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/266996
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277349
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277350
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277351
What is the latest release of Veritas Volume Replicator for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277352
What is the latest release of Veritas Cluster Server for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277353
Late Breaking News (LBN) - Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 and 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 on HP-UX and cross references to product documentation http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/281875
Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 and 5.0 Maintenance Pack 2 (SFCFS for Oracle RAC for RHEL, SLES and OEL) http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283161
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Hardware TechNote for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283282
Oracle Validated Compatibility Matrix for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Real Application Clusters http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/280186
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions Documentation Disc HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283940
Veritas (tm) Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287634
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Fixed Incident List for HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/288911
Release Notes:
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle RAC 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287632
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287629
Veritas (tm) Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Getting Started Guide - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287628
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cluster File System 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287630
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287633
Veritas Cluster Server Enterprise Agent 5.0 for Oracle - Patch 1 README - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287842
Veritas (tm) Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions Getting Started Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283694
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283695
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283708
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cluster File System Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283716
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle RAC Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283741
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283745
Symantec Product Authentication Service (tm) Release Notes Linux, Microsoft Windows, and UNIX 4.3
http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283736
Installation and Configuration Guides:
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283696
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283709
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cluster File System Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283718
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283740
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283746
Veritas (tm) High Availability Agent for Sybase Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283703
Veritas (tm) High Availability Agent for Oracle Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283702
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Agents for Veritas Volume Replicator Configuration Guide 5.0 HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283758
Symantec Product Authentication Service (tm) Installation Guide Linux, Microsoft Windows, and UNIX 4.3 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283735
Veritas (tm) Array Integration Layer Array Configuration Guide AIX, HP-UX, Solaris 4.4 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283731
System Administration Guides:
Veritas (tm) Volume Manager Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283742
Veritas (tm) File System Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283704
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283720
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283747
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283719
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Web GUI Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283756
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Planning and Tuning Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283748
Veritas (tm) Volume Manager Troubleshooting Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283744
Veritas (tm) Volume Manager Migration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283743
Symantec Product Authentication Service (tm) Administrator's Guide Linux, Microsoft Windows, and UNIX 4.3 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283734
Veritas (tm) FlashSnap Point-In-Time Copy Solutions Administrator's Guide 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283714
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Intelligent Storage Provisioning Solutions Guide 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283713
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Intelligent Storage Provisioning Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283711
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cross-Platform Data Sharing Administrator's Guide 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283710
Veritas (tm) File System Programmers Reference Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283707
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Centralized Management Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283701
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283700
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Agent Developer's Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283699
Users Guides:
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Advisor Users Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283757
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Users Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283698
Veritas (tm) Enterprise Administrator Users Guide VEA Series 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283715
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Graphical User Interface Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283721
CSSD agent mandatory for SF Oracle RAC installations
You must configure the CSSD agent after installing Oracle Clusterware. The CSSD agent starts, stops, and monitors Oracle Clusterware. It ensures that the OCR, the voting disk, and the private IP address resources required by Oracle Clusterware are online before Oracle Clusterware starts. Using the CSSD agent with SF Oracle RAC installations thus ensures adequate handling of inter-dependencies and prevents premature startup of Oracle Clusterware.
During system startup, the Oracle Clusterware init scripts invoke the clsinfo script provided by Veritas software. The clsinfo script ensures that the OCR, the voting disk, and the private IP address resources are online before the cssd resource comes online. After the underlying resources come online, the CSSD agent starts Oracle Clusterware.
During system shutdown, the agent stops Oracle Clusterware before the OCR and voting disk resources are taken offline. This ensures that Oracle Clusterware does not panic the nodes in the cluster due to unavailability of the required resources.
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To locate the most current product patch releases including Maintenance Packs, Rolling Patches, and Hot Fixes visit https://vos.symantec.com/patch/matrix
This document is the Late Breaking News for 5.0 and 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 on HP-UX 11i v2
The Late Breaking News for 5.0 MP2 on HP-UX 11i v2 is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/319349
The Late Breaking News for 5.0 on HP-UX 11i v3 is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/293075
Documentation
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307506
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 MP1 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307507
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 for HP-UX Manual Pages http://support.veritas.com/docs/307656
Product documentation, man pages and error messages are available at http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/index.html
Downloads
5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287634
More patches are available on Patch Central https://vias.symantec.com/labs/patch
Tools
VIAS (Veritas Installation Assessment Service) https://vias.symantec.com
Health Check https://vias.symantec.com/labs/vhcs
Error Code Lookup https://vias.symantec.com/labs/vels
VIMS (Veritas Inventory Management Service) https://vias.symantec.com/labs/vims
Veritas Operations Services (VOS) Labs https://vias.symantec.com/labs
VRTSexplorer http://support.veritas.com/docs/243150
Storage Foundation Manager https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/storage-foundation-manager-20-new-release
Forums
Discuss support issues and find solutions in the Support Forums:
Storage Management Forums http://www.symantec.com/connect/storage-management/forums
Clustering and Replication Forums http://www.symantec.com/connect/clustering-and-replication/forums
System Panic with Veritas File System (VxFS) and Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (HDLM) 6.1.0-00 for HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2 without Logical Volume Manager (LVM) http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/340090
Recommendations on use of Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots in Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0
If you use Volume Manager mirroring, Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots are recommended for Oracle data volumes.
Keep the Fast Mirror Resync regionsize equal to the database block size to reduce the copy-on-write
(COW) overhead.
Reducing the regionsize increases the amount of Cache Object allocations leading to performance overheads.
Do not create Oracle redo log volumes on a space-optimized snapshot.
Use "third-mirror break-off" snapshots for cloning the Oracle redo log volumes.
Veritas Enterprise Administrator Patch 5.0 MP1 RP2
vea-hpux1123-5.0MP1RP2 is now available at https://vias.symantec.com/labs/patch/php/patchinfo.php?download=yes&release_id=1682
Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 for HP-UX 11i v2
Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 for HP-UX 11i v2 is now available at http://support.veritas.com/docs/317018
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC support for Oracle 11gR1 RAC
Oracle 11gR1 RAC (11.1.0.7) is now supported with the 5.0 MP1 RP2 (PVKL_03814) version of Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC for HPUX 11iv2.
Oracle 11gR1 RAC (11.1.0.6) is now supported with the 5.0 MP1 RP2 (PVKL_03814) version of Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC for HPUX 11iv2.
The following patches need to be installed for the correct working of Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC on HPUX 11iv2 with Oracle RAC 11gR1.
VRTSvxvm patch: 5.0 MP1 RP3 (PHCO_38187, PHKL_38188)
HP-UX OS patches: PHKL_35029, PHKL_36745, PHCO_36744, PHKL_31500, PHSS_33903, PHSS_36519, PHSS_37492, PHCO_36744, PHCO_38273, PHSS_38138, PHSS_38140
Oracle patch : 6849184
Please note that DBED checkpoint, DBED flashsnap, Deep Mapping are not supported with Oracle 11gR1 RAC with the 5.0MP1 version of Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC for HP-UX.
The complete support matrix for Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC is available at:
http://support.veritas.com/docs/280186
Volume Manager 5.0 MP1 RP5 for 11i v2 Patches Released
PHCO_38570 s700_800 11.23 VRTS 5.0 MP1RP5 VRTSvxvm Command Patch 05
PHKL_38571 s700_800 11.23 VRTSvxvm 5.0 MP1RP5 Kernel Patch 06
File System 5.0 MP1 RP4 for HP-UX 11i v2 Patches Released
PHKL_38763 s700_800 11.23 VRTS 5.0 MP1RP4 VRTSvxfs Kernel Patch
PHCO_39103 s700_800 11.23 VRTS 5.0 MP1RP4 VRTSvxfs Command Patch
The above patches are available on the HP IT Resource Center web site.
Veritas Installation Assessment Service
The Veritas Installation Assessment Service (VIAS) utility assists you in getting ready for a Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions installation or upgrade. The VIAS utility allows the pre installation evaluation of a configuration, to validate it prior to starting an installation or upgrade.
For more information and to download VIAS, please visit https://vias.symantec.com
Documentation
Product documentation, man pages and error messages for this release are now available at http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/index.html
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307506
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 MP1 Product Family Documentation http://support.veritas.com/docs/307507
Storage Foundation and High Availability 5.0 for HP-UX Manual Pages http://support.veritas.com/docs/307656
Recommendations on use of Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots in Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0
If you use Volume Manager mirroring, Space-Optimized (SO) snapshots are recommended for Oracle data volumes.
Keep the Fast Mirror Resync regionsize equal to the database block size to reduce the copy-on-write
(COW) overhead.
Reducing the regionsize increases the amount of Cache Object allocations leading to performance overheads.
Do not create Oracle redo log volumes on a space-optimized snapshot.
Use "third-mirror break-off" snapshots for cloning the Oracle redo log volumes.
Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) fail back behavior for non-Active/Active arrays
This describes the fail back behavior for non-Active/Active arrays in a CVM cluster. This behavior applies to A/P, A/PF, APG, A/A-A, and ALUA arrays.
When all of the Primary paths fail or are disabled in a non-Active/Active array in a CVM cluster, the cluster-wide failover is triggered. All hosts in the cluster start using the Secondary path to the array. When the Primary path is enabled, the hosts fail back to the Primary path.
However, suppose that one of the hosts in the cluster is shut down or disabled while the Primary path is disabled. If the Primary path is then enabled, it does not trigger failback. The remaining hosts in the cluster continue to use the Secondary path. When the disabled host is rebooted and rejoins the cluster, all of the hosts in the cluster will continue using the Secondary path. This is expected behavior.
If the disabled host is rebooted and rejoins the cluster before the Primary path is enabled, enabling the path does trigger the failback. In this case, all of the hosts in the cluster will fail back to the Primary path. [e1441769]
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) Support
VCS requires that all nodes in the cluster use the same processor architecture and
run the same operating system version. All cluster nodes must be at the same
patch level.
Veritas Cluster Server Agent Support Matrix
The Veritas Cluster Server Agents Support Matrix is available at http://www.symantec.com/business/products/agents_options.jsp?pcid=psc_disaster_recov&pvid=20_1
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Support for Oracle 10g Release 2
Oracle 10gR2 RAC (10.2.0.4) is now supported with the 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 (5.0MP1 RP2) of Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC for HP-UX 11iv2.
5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 2 is available for download at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/305507
The complete support matrix for Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC is available at http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/280186
5.0 MP1 RP3 for Volume Manager Patches and 5.0 MP1 RP2 for File System Patches are now Available
Volume Manager 5.0 MP1 RP3: PHKL_38188, PHCO_38187 and PHCO_37085
File System 5.0 MP1 RP2: PHKL_37113 and PHCO_37114
The above patches are now available from the HP Support web site at http://www.itrc.hp.com
Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 1
Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Rolling Patch 1 (5.0 MP1 RP1) is now available at http://support.veritas.com/docs/297464
VEA service takes a long time to start
VEA service takes a long time to start if the configuration contains large number of LUNs (1403191)
In configurations with large numbers of LUNS which need to be discovered, the VEA service may take a long time to start. The long start-up time may cause the boot time to be longer than is allowed.
Workaround:
The solution is to start the VEA service in the background, so that the boot continues while the LUNs are discovered.
To start the VEA service in the background:
1. Edit the VEA start-up script.
For Storage Foundation 5.x, use the following command:
# edit shell script /opt/VRTSobc/pal33/bin/vxpalctrl
2. In the start_agent() function, add the following line:
exit 0
Before the lines:
max=10
count=0
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0 for HP-UX 11i v2 Patching init.cssd during Oracle Clusterware (CRS) installation (1267229)
Installing CRS for Oracle 10g base release
When you install Oracle CRS, do the following to patch the init.cssd script before you run the root.sh script:
a) Login as oracle user
b) Change to the directory where you want to copy the patch:
Oracle 10g R1:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd.patch
Oracle 10g R2:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd.patch
c) Run the following command to install the patch:
$ patch < init.cssd.patch init.cssd
Applying Oracle Patchsets
When you apply an Oracle patchset to Oracle CRS, do the following to patch the init.cssd script before you run the root<xxx>.sh script:
a) Login as oracle user
b) Change to the directory where you want to copy the patch:
Oracle 10g R1:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd.patch
Oracle 10g R2:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd.patch
c) Run the following command to install the patch:
$ patch < init.cssd.patch init.cssd
Applying Oracle Bundled Patches
When you apply an Oracle bundled patch to Oracle CRS, do the following to patch the init.cssd script before you run the postrootpatch.sh script:
a) Login as oracle user
b) Change to the directory where you want to copy the patch:
Oracle 10g R1:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd.patch
Oracle 10g R2:
$ cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
$ cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd.patch
c) Run the following command to install the patch:
$ patch < init.cssd.patch init.cssd
Permission issues while applying Oracle Bundled Patches
While applying an Oracle bundled patch to Oracle Clusterware (CRS),
at the step when you execute prepatch.sh script with oracle user,
the following error is displayed.
chmod: can't change <ORA_CRS_HOME>/css/admin/init.cssd: Not owner
Workaround:
The solution is to change the owner of init.cssd file as oracle user
before applying Oracle bundled patches to Oracle Clusterware.
$ chown <oracle user>:<oracle group> <ORA_CRS_HOME>/css/admin/init.cssd
Veritas Storage Mapping commands (vxstorage_stats and dbed_analyzer) do not work in the Storage Foundation Oracle RAC environment (1266059)
The Veritas Storage Mapping feature available with SF Oracle RAC enables you to map datafiles to physical devices. However, the vxstorage_stats and dbed_analyzer commands are not functioning for SF Oracle RAC. Ignore any details of these commands mentioned in the 'Investigating I/O performance for SF Oracle RAC: Storage Mapping" chapter of the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide.
Daylight Savings Time Change
For information about Daylight Savings Time issues, refer to http://support.veritas.com/docs/286461
The VRTSjre Patch for Daylight Savings Time is available at http://support.veritas.com/docs/290709
Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Patch 5.0MP1CP1 - PVKL_03769 is Now Available
For more information, see
http://support.veritas.com/docs/290461
VRTSvsvc is Obsolete and can be Removed
Incident 1099152 and 1087985 - The VRTSvsvc component can cause the vxpal.StorageAgent to core dump. This will prevent the Storage Foundation Java GUI and Web GUI from working for the specific managed host.
Use this command to remove the VRTSvsvc package:
# swremove VRTSvsvc
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 (MP1) is now available. For more information, see http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287634 and http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287628
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Issues
If the mount command for the product software disc in the product documentation results in all upper case file names, use this command to mount the disc:
# mount -F cdfs -r -o cdcase /dev/dsk/c#t#d# /cdrom
The Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 5.0 MP1 README file describes a patch required to support the ./installsfrac -security command and the patch is now available. For more information, see http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/288493
Incident E901010 - When a CLARiiON array is configured in A/PF mode, after introducing a new path, the vxdisk scandisks command might take more than an hour to complete.
Resolution: A fix for the issue is expected to be available when the 5.0 MP1RP2 patch is released.
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Issues
Cross references to product documentation
See the Related Documents section below for the cross references to product documentation
Searching the Support Web Site for product messages
You can search the Symantec Support Web site for product messages using a link that includes the product universal message identifier. For example: www.support.veritas.com/umi/v-2-1
Run the fsck command before upgrading
Before upgrading to 5.0, make sure that all the file systems are clean by running the fsck command
Documentation Errata: Veritas Cluster Server Agent Developers Guide
The following content replaces the description of the LogFileSize attribute in the Veritas Cluster Server Agent Developers Guide.
LogFileSize
Sets the size of an agent log file. Value must be specified in bytes. Minimum is 65536 bytes (64KB). Maximum is 134217728 bytes (128MB). Default is 33554432 bytes (32MB).
For example,
hatype -modify FileOnOff LogFileSize 2097152
Values specified less than the minimum acceptable value are changed to 65536 bytes. Values specified greater than the maximum acceptable value are changed to 134217728 bytes. Therefore, out-of-range values displayed for the command:
hatype -display restype -attribute LogFileSize
are those entered with the -modify option, not the actual values. The LogFileSize attribute value cannot be overridden.
Veritas 5.0 Storage Foundation Cluster File System Documentation Issues
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS)
Documentation Errata - Installation Guide
In the SFCFS Installation Guide the following section is missing in the upgrade chapter.
Disk layout Version 6 is not supported on SFCFS 3.5 or 4.0; you cannot upgrade the file system to disk layout Version 6 or 7 with SFCFS 3.5 or 4.0. Perform the following procedure to upgrade SFCFS to 5.0.
Upgrading from SFCFS 3.5 or 4.0 to SFCFS 5.0
1) Upgrade SFCFS to 5.0 using the installsfcfs script.
2) Mount each CFS file system as a local VxFS non-cluster file system
on one of the nodes.
# mount -F vxfs <device> <mount_point>
3) Perform an online upgrade of the local mounted disk layout Version 4 or 5
file systems to disk layout Version 7.
# vxupgrade -n 7 <mount_point>
4) After the disk layout version is successfully upgraded, unmount the
file system.
# umount <mount_point>
5) Cluster mount the file systems using either the '-o cluster' mount option
or using the cfsmntadm and cfsmount commands.
See the mount_vxfs(1M), cfsmntadm(1M) and cfsmount(1M) manual pages.
For Veritas 5.0 Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes the following known issue is missing:
If a large message of the day or other notification is present the installation scripts might be unable to complete the OS detect and therefore fail.
Workaround: Minimize or remove the large message of the day or other notification that is present on your system and try the installation script again.
For Veritas 5.0 Storage Foundation Cluster File System Administrator's Guide step 6 in the "Setting up the disk group for coordinator disks" section on page 45 is incorrect.
It should read as follows:
6) Add the other two disks to the disk group.
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg set coordinator=off
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg adddisk c2t1d0
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg adddisk c3t1d0
# vxdg -g vxfencoorddg set coordinator=on
See the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator's Guide.
Mixed platform remote and cluster installation and uninstallation are not supported
VCS requires that all nodes in the cluster use the same processor architecture and run the same operating system version. All cluster nodes must be at the same patch level. See the Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide for supported operating systems. See the Symantec Hardware Compatibility List for supported hardware.
Patch Bundles
The EnableVXFS5.0 and FEATURE11i patch bundles are now available from the HP Support Web site. Click on the "Receive for Free" button on the bottom of the page to get the required patch bundles for this release: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=EnableVxFS
Note: Verify that the EnableVXFS bundle has revision B.11.23.04 or later after installing the latest patches.
The HP-UX 11iv2 June 2006 release may require changing the default swinstall options to install the EnableVXFS5.0 and FEATURE11i patch bundles.
Perform the following steps using the swinstall utility:
1. Under the options menu:
- check "Reinstall file sets even if same revision exists"
- check "Reinstall files even if same one already there"
- uncheck "Autoselect dependencies when marking software"
- uncheck "Enforce dependency analysis errors in agent"
2. Mark EnableVxFS and FEATURE11i
3. Install both patch bundles
New Veritas Files System (VxFS) and Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) patches are now recommended for use with all products
The following patches have been released by HP and are available on itrc.hp.com
s700_800 11.23 VxFS 5.0 Command Cumulative patch 1 PHCO_35304
s700_800 11.23 VxFS 5.0 Kernel Cumulative patch 1 PHKL_35088
s700_800 11.23 VxVM DMP 5.0 Command Patch 1 PHCO_35129
s700_800 11.23 VxVM DMP 5.0 Kernel Patch 1 PHKL_35130
See the references to 285160, 285840, 285841, and 285844 in the Related Documents section for more information
For more information on downloading and installing patches from the ITRC HP Web site, see DocId: KBRC00014314 on the HP Support Web site
Array Support Library (ASL) Software Packages for Volume Manager (VxVM)
VxVM provides support for disk arrays in the form of Array Support Library (ASL) software packages. You can obtain ASL packages from the VxVM release package on the 5.0 software disc. The ASL names for 5.0 may have changed from past releases.
Software disc cannot be ejected during installation
During installation, if any of the products that contain VxVM were configured and started, the software disc cannot be ejected. This will prevent further use of the disc drive. This would impact installation of packages from the language pack disc. This problem is not an issue if a product was installed or upgraded that required a system reboot to complete the installation.
To avoid this problem at install time:
1. Specify the -installonly option to the installation script in addition to any other options. This will install the packages only.
2. Eject the software disc
3. Run the appropriate installation script, which is in /opt/VRTS/install, with the -configure option specified
If the software disc cannot be ejected:
1. Use the fuser (1M) command to identify processes using the disc device. Note the process IDs for the vxcached, vxrelocd, and the respective vxnotify child processes. If fuser cannot identify them, use the ps (1M) command
2. Stop the event source daemon: # /usr/sbin/vxddladm stop eventsource
3. Kill the vxcached, vxrelocd, and vxnotify processes by using the kill -9 command with their process IDs, as determined in step 1
4. Eject the software disc
5. Restart the Volume Manager daemon processes:
# /usr/sbin/vxddladm start eventsource
# /etc/vx/bin/vxcached &
# /etc/vx/bin/vxrelocd &
Node and host name expansion
As part of the Software Pack (SPK) for HP-UX 11i v2 of May 2005, HP provided an optional Node and Host Name Expansion (NodeHostNameXpnd) product bundle, revision B.11.23.01. This product bundle enables the capability to create node and host names of up to 255 bytes. The current limitation is 8 bytes for node names and 64 bytes for host names. Installation of this product bundle does not automatically activate 255 byte length support for node and host names. The default OS configuration will still be 8 bytes for node names and 64 bytes for host names. You must enable a dynamic kernel tunable parameter, expanded_node_host_names, using the kctune command to allow the use of larger names on the system. Veritas 5.0 products for HP-UX were not tested with the Host Name Expansion bundle and therefore do not support node and host name expansion.
Mixed PA-RISC and Itanium clusters are not supported
Within a cluster, all systems must run on the same processor type and use the same operating system version and patch level.
Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) components not starting
If the components required by VEA do not start after installing 5.0, use this command to verify that the components have been configured:
# ./installer -configure
Storage Foundation HA installation failure on the 1205 release of HP-UX 11iv2 - e83837
Customers installing Storage Foundation HA on the 1205 release of HP-UX 11iv2 (11.23) may have the installation exit with a message similar to "VCS is not running on first target node". The workaround for this issue is to first install and configure Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) and then install Storage Foundation.
Updates to the Release Notes for all products that include Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
Remove ASL and APM packages before upgrading
The array support library (ASL) and array policy module (APM) packages provided with VxVM 5.0 are not installed correctly unless any existing pre 5.0 ASL and APM packages are removed from the system.
Workaround: Uninstall all existing ASL and APM packages on the system before upgrading to Storage Foundation 5.0
PGR keys are not cleared
Problem Description - With all primary paths inaccessible, the deport operation on a shared disk group fails to clear the PGR keys as the dynamic multipathing (DMP) database is not up-to-date. The deport operation succeeds but the PGR keys are not cleared as the DMP database is not updated to reflect the inaccessibility of failed primary paths.
Workaround - Running vxdisk scandisks before the disk group deport operation triggers DMP reconfiguration which updates the DMP database such that a disk is accessible through active paths.
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Cluster Server
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) issues
installvcs script, the installer does not update the types.cf file
If you upgrade VCS to 5.0 using the installvcs script, the installer does not update the types.cf file with the type definition for RemoteGroup agent.
Workaround: After upgrading VCS, you must manually add the type definition for the RemoteGroup agent from the /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/types.cf file to the updated types.cf file.
VCS used with large configuration with more than 2000 resources or more than 50 groups
When VCS is used with large configuration with more than 2000 resources or more than 50 groups , HA daemon may miss heartbeats to GAB if we offline all the groups together . In order to avoid such a performance impact, a user needs to move triggers (/opt/VRTSvcs/bin/triggers/*) into some other directory.
Configuring of security on single node cluster fails (622706)
The installvcs -security command fails with the following message: Veritas Cluster Server is not configured on <system_name>"
VCS configuration wizards do not start on HP-UX PA secure clusters.
Workaround:
1. Create a directory hpux32 in /opt/VRTSat/lib
2. Create the following soft link:
ln - s /opt/VRTSat/lib/AtWrapper.jar /opt/VRTSat/lib/hpux32/AtWrapper.jar
Cluster Management Console (CMC) issues
CMC_SERVICES domain does not get removed on uninstall.
Uninstalling the Cluster Management Console management server does not remove the CMC_SERVICES domain.
Workaround: Remove the domain manually:
1. Verify the domain exists:
vssat showpd --pdrtype ab --domain CMC_SERVICES
2. Remove all principals in the domain:
vssat deleteprpl --pdrtype ab --domain CMC_SERVICES --prplname [principal name]
3. Delete the domain:
vssat deletepd --pdrtype ab --domain CMC_SERVICES@[hostname, as shown by showpd]
Cluster Management Console does not display localized logs (620529)
If you install language packs on the management server and on VCS 5.0 cluster nodes, the Cluster Management Console does not initially show localized logs.
To resolve this issue:
1. On each on each node of the cluster, create the following symbolic link:
From /opt/VRTS/messages/ja to /opt/VRTSvcs/messages/ja
2. If the cluster is connected to the management server, disconnect and then reconnect the cluster
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS)
Documentation Errata - Installation Guide - Making the file systems clean
In the SFCFS Installation Guide, "Making the file systems clean" section on page 45 in between step 5 and 6, the following step is missing:
Type the following command on one upgraded node to enable membership:
# gabconfig -xc
In the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes, the "Support for SFCFS configurations larger than 16 nodes" issue in "Known issues" section should be ignored. This is a not a known issue.
In the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes, the "Support for 32 cluster nodes" feature in the "New features" section should instead have the following header and text:
Support for SFCFS configurations larger than 16 nodes
SFCFS 5.0 is capable of supporting cluster file systems with up to 32 nodes. Symantec has tested and qualified SFCFS 5.0 cluster file system configurations of up to 16 nodes at product release time. For the latest information on SFCFS support issues, refer back to this TechNote on a regular basis.
Version 4 and Version 5 disk layouts
In the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Release Notes, the "Version 4 and Version 5 disk layouts" feature in the "No longer supported and future support issues" should have the following first sentence instead of the existing first sentence: VxFS disk layout Version 4 and 5 are not supported for cluster mounts in SFCFS 5.0.
Documentation Errata for the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) 5.0 Installation Guide - Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0
Step 15 of the "Phased upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section on page 14 of the SFCFS Installation Guide is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -add CVMVxconfigd command, run the following command:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -modify CVMVxconfigd Operations OnOnly
Continue with the rest of the commands listed in this step
Step 17 of the "Phased upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section of the SFCFS Installation Guide on page 41 is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hastart command, run the following command on all nodes:
# echo 3.5 > /opt/VRTS/install/.SFCFS.upgrade
Step 13 of the "Full upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section of the SFCFS Installation Guide on page 44 is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -add CVMVxconfigd command, run the following command:
# /opt/VRTS/bin/hatype -modify CVMVxconfigd Operations OnOnly
Step 15 of the "Full upgrade" procedure in the "Upgrading from 3.5 to 5.0" section of the SFCFS Installation Guide on page 44 is missing a command. After running the /opt/VRTS/bin/hastart command, run the following command on all the nodes:
# echo 3.5 > /opt/VRTS/install/.SFCFS.upgrade
Continue with the rest of the commands listed in this step.
Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC (SFRAC)
- · The VxDBA utility is now called SFBD utility.
· SF Oracle RAC does not support the Veritas Storage Foundation GUI.
HP-UX operating system may panic due to communication failure
The HP-UX operating system may panic if HAD fails to communicate with GAB within a predetermined interval.
Workaround: Verify whether you need to tune the operating system to accommodate the workload. Swap space, operating system, and application parameters are some of the tunable parameters that you can verify.
Software disc may not eject after SFRAC installation
The DVD may not eject after the SF Oracle RAC 5.0 installation is complete. You can eject the disk after you reboot the system at the end of the installation.
Adding disks to the coordinator disk group
Adding disks to the coordinator disk group is not allowed when the attribute coordinator is set to on. See TechNote 283974 in the Related Documents for more information.
SF RAC configuration program does not prompt to set up the VCS global cluster
If you use the installsfrac script to configure SFRAC, the configuration program does not prompt you to set up the VCS global cluster. Note that if you use the Veritas product installer, the configuration program prompts you to set up the VCS global cluster.
Workaround: If you want to set up a global cluster, refer to Chapter 19, "Configuring global clustering" in the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide.
Changes for the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide
In Chapter 22, the section "Upgrading from Veritas Database Edition 3.5 for Oracle with Database FlashSnap" is not applicable for SFRAC.
In Chapter 13, the section "Installing CRS" has incorrect instruction to install the init.cssd patch. The following step replaces step 9 in the "Installing CRS" section.
Before you run the root.sh script, you need to add the init.cssd.patch.
a. Open another window on the system where you are running the installer
b. Log in as superuser
c. Change to the directory where the patch is to be copied:
# cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch /init.cssd-10gR1.patch .
For Oracle 10gR2:
# cd $CRS_HOME/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch /init.cssd-10gR2.patch .
d. Run the following command to install the patch:
For Oracle 10gR1:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd
For Oracle 10gR2:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd
e. Run the root.sh script. For example:
# cd $CRS_HOME
# ./root.sh
This starts the CRS daemons on the node where you enter the command.
In Chapter 14, the section "Applying Oracle Patchset" for Oracle 10g does not include the instructions to patch the init.cssd script. Before you perform step 2 of applying an Oracle 10g patchset, do the following step: Make sure to patch the init.cssd script before you run root<xxx>.sh script
For Oracle 10gR1:
a. Change to the folder where you want to copy the init.cssd patch:
# cd /$CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR1.patch .
b. Run the following command to install the patch:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR1.patch init.cssd
For Oracle 10gR2:
a. Change to the folder where you want to copy the init.cssd patch:
# cd /$CRS_HOME/install/patch<xxx>/css/admin
# cp /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/patch/init.cssd-10gR2.patch .
b. Run the following command to install the patch:
# patch < init.cssd-10gR2.patch init.cssd
Oracle Validated Compatibility Matrix
See the reference to 280186 in the Related Documents section below for the Oracle Validated Compatibility Matrix for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Real Application Clusters
Related Documents
What is the latest release of Veritas Volume Manager for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/267017
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/272655
What is the latest release of Veritas File System for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/266996
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277349
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277350
What is the latest release of Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277351
What is the latest release of Veritas Volume Replicator for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277352
What is the latest release of Veritas Cluster Server for HP-UX 11i v2? http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/277353
Late Breaking News (LBN) - Updates to the Release Notes for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 and 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 on HP-UX and cross references to product documentation http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/281875
Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 and 5.0 Maintenance Pack 2 (SFCFS for Oracle RAC for RHEL, SLES and OEL) http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283161
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Hardware TechNote for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283282
Oracle Validated Compatibility Matrix for Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Real Application Clusters http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/280186
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) and High Availability Solutions Documentation Disc HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283940
Veritas (tm) Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287634
Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Fixed Incident List for HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/288911
Release Notes:
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle RAC 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287632
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287629
Veritas (tm) Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Getting Started Guide - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287628
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cluster File System 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287630
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Release Notes - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287633
Veritas Cluster Server Enterprise Agent 5.0 for Oracle - Patch 1 README - HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/287842
Veritas (tm) Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions Getting Started Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283694
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283695
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283708
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cluster File System Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283716
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle RAC Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283741
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Release Notes HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283745
Symantec Product Authentication Service (tm) Release Notes Linux, Microsoft Windows, and UNIX 4.3
http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283736
Installation and Configuration Guides:
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283696
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283709
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cluster File System Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283718
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle RAC Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283740
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Installation Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283746
Veritas (tm) High Availability Agent for Sybase Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283703
Veritas (tm) High Availability Agent for Oracle Installation and Configuration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283702
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Agents for Veritas Volume Replicator Configuration Guide 5.0 HP-UX http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283758
Symantec Product Authentication Service (tm) Installation Guide Linux, Microsoft Windows, and UNIX 4.3 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283735
Veritas (tm) Array Integration Layer Array Configuration Guide AIX, HP-UX, Solaris 4.4 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283731
System Administration Guides:
Veritas (tm) Volume Manager Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283742
Veritas (tm) File System Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283704
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283720
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283747
Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283719
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Web GUI Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283756
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Planning and Tuning Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283748
Veritas (tm) Volume Manager Troubleshooting Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283744
Veritas (tm) Volume Manager Migration Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283743
Symantec Product Authentication Service (tm) Administrator's Guide Linux, Microsoft Windows, and UNIX 4.3 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283734
Veritas (tm) FlashSnap Point-In-Time Copy Solutions Administrator's Guide 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283714
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Intelligent Storage Provisioning Solutions Guide 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283713
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Intelligent Storage Provisioning Administrator's Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283711
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) Cross-Platform Data Sharing Administrator's Guide 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283710
Veritas (tm) File System Programmers Reference Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283707
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Centralized Management Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283701
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283700
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Agent Developer's Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283699
Users Guides:
Veritas (tm) Volume Replicator Advisor Users Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283757
Veritas (tm) Cluster Server Users Guide HP-UX 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283698
Veritas (tm) Enterprise Administrator Users Guide VEA Series 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283715
Veritas Storage Foundation (tm) for Oracle Graphical User Interface Guide AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris 5.0 http://entsupport.symantec.com/docs/283721
CSSD agent mandatory for SF Oracle RAC installations
You must configure the CSSD agent after installing Oracle Clusterware. The CSSD agent starts, stops, and monitors Oracle Clusterware. It ensures that the OCR, the voting disk, and the private IP address resources required by Oracle Clusterware are online before Oracle Clusterware starts. Using the CSSD agent with SF Oracle RAC installations thus ensures adequate handling of inter-dependencies and prevents premature startup of Oracle Clusterware.
During system startup, the Oracle Clusterware init scripts invoke the clsinfo script provided by Veritas software. The clsinfo script ensures that the OCR, the voting disk, and the private IP address resources are online before the cssd resource comes online. After the underlying resources come online, the CSSD agent starts Oracle Clusterware.
During system shutdown, the agent stops Oracle Clusterware before the OCR and voting disk resources are taken offline. This ensures that Oracle Clusterware does not panic the nodes in the cluster due to unavailability of the required resources.
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Related Documents:
http://support.veritas.com/docs/284715
http://support.veritas.com/docs/284730
http://support.veritas.com/docs/285160
http://support.veritas.com/docs/285840
http://support.veritas.com/docs/285841
http://support.veritas.com/docs/285844
http://support.veritas.com/docs/286461
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287628
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287629
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287630
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287632
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287633
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287634
http://support.veritas.com/docs/287842
http://support.veritas.com/docs/288493
http://support.veritas.com/docs/288503
http://support.veritas.com/docs/288911
http://support.veritas.com/docs/290461
http://support.veritas.com/docs/290709
http://support.veritas.com/docs/292585
http://support.veritas.com/docs/292597
http://support.veritas.com/docs/292598
http://support.veritas.com/docs/292599
http://support.veritas.com/docs/292600
http://support.veritas.com/docs/292601
http://support.veritas.com/docs/293036
http://support.veritas.com/docs/293037
http://support.veritas.com/docs/295499
http://support.veritas.com/docs/297327
http://support.veritas.com/docs/297464
http://support.veritas.com/docs/305507
http://support.veritas.com/docs/305510
http://support.veritas.com/docs/307506
http://support.veritas.com/docs/307507
http://support.veritas.com/docs/307656
http://support.veritas.com/docs/308158
http://support.veritas.com/docs/308183
http://support.veritas.com/docs/310872
http://support.veritas.com/docs/311939
http://support.veritas.com/docs/315350
http://support.veritas.com/docs/317018
http://support.veritas.com/docs/318208
http://support.veritas.com/docs/318338
http://support.veritas.com/docs/319349
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Products Applied:
Cluster Server for UNIX 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
File System for UNIX/Linux 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Clusters 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Volume Replicator 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Cluster Server for UNIX 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
File System for UNIX/Linux 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation for Oracle 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Clusters 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
Volume Replicator 5.0 (HP-UX), 5.0 MP1 (HP-UX)
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Cluster Server for UNIX
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
File System for UNIX/Linux
Application: Informational
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
HP-UX
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Storage Foundation Cluster File System
Application: Information, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Storage Foundation for Oracle
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Clusters
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Volume Replicator
Application: Informational
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Cluster Server for UNIX
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
File System for UNIX/Linux
Application: Informational
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
HP-UX
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Storage Foundation Cluster File System
Application: Information, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Storage Foundation for Oracle
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Clusters
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux
Application: Informational, Release Notes
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
Volume Replicator
Application: Informational
Publishing Status: Documentation, Manuals
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