* * * READ ME * * *
                       * * * InfoScale 7.1 * * *
                         * * * Patch 100 * * *
                         Patch Date: 2016-10-20

NOTE:
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*** The rpms of this patch were signed on Dec. 22, 2016 per requested.

*** The installer of this patch is updated on Dec. 05, 2016 to fix the following issue.
Incident: 3906226
SYMPTOM:
The VRTSaslapm RPM is not installed during the installation of version 7.1 
along with the patch infoscale-rhel7.3_x86_64-Patch-7.1.0.100.

DESCRIPTION:
The installer fails to install the VRTSaslapm RPM during the installation of  
version 7.1 along with the patch infoscale-rhel7.3_x86_64-Patch-7.1.0.100.

RESOLUTION:
The installer code is now modified to install the RPM at the time of 
installation.


*** The installer of this patch is updated on Nov. 24, 2016 to fix the following issue.
Incident: 3905495
SYMPTOM:
The installer fails to install the patch infoscale-rhel7.3_x86_64-Patch-7.1.0.100 
 on Oracle Linux 7 Update 3.
DESCRIPTION:
The installer aborts the installation of infoscale-rhel7.3_x86_64-Patch-7.1.0.100
 on Oracle Linux 7 Update 3 with the error message 'No pkg object defined for pkg
 VRTSaslapm71 and padv OL7x8664'.
RESOLUTION:
The code of the installer is modified to support the installation of the patch 
infoscale-rhel7.3_x86_64-Patch-7.1.0.100 on Oracle Linux 7 Update 3.


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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InfoScale 7.1 Patch 100


OPERATING SYSTEMS SUPPORTED BY THE PATCH
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RHEL7 x86-64


PACKAGES AFFECTED BY THE PATCH
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VRTSamf
VRTSaslapm
VRTSdbac
VRTSgab
VRTSllt
VRTSvxfen
VRTSvxfs
VRTSvxvm


BASE PRODUCT VERSIONS FOR THE PATCH
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   * InfoScale Availability 7.1
   * InfoScale Enterprise 7.1
   * InfoScale Foundation 7.1
   * InfoScale Storage 7.1


SUMMARY OF INCIDENTS FIXED BY THE PATCH
---------------------------------------
Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.1.0.100-RHEL7
* 3902841 (3902851) VxVM module failed to load on RHEL7.3.
Patch ID: VRTSvxfs-7.1.0.100-RHEL7
* 3902041 (3901318) VxFS module failed to load on RHEL7.3.
Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.1.0.300-RHEL7
* 3901438 (3896877) Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).
Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.1.0.100-RHEL7
* 3879189 (3878333) In SCSI-3 mode, I/O fencing fails to automatically refresh 
registrations on coordination disks.
Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.1.0.100-RHEL7
* 3899850 (3896877) Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).
Patch ID: VRTSllt-7.1.0.300-RHEL7
* 3898106 (3896877) Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).
Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.1.0.300-RHEL7
* 3901437 (3896877) Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).
Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.1.0.100-RHEL7
* 3893802 (3893801) In some cases, when a node joins a large cluster, few GAB
directed messages are delivered in the wrong order.
Patch ID: VRTSdbac-7.1.0.100-RHEL7
* 3901580 (3896877) Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 
Update 3(RHEL7.3).
Patch ID: VRTSaslapm-7.1.0.100-RHEL7
* 3904051 (3904050) While VRTSaslapm package installation for RHEL7.3, APM (array policy modules) are not loading
properly.


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

Patch ID: VRTSvxvm-7.1.0.100-RHEL7

* 3902841 (Tracking ID: 3902851)

SYMPTOM:
VxVM module failed to load on RHEL7.3.

DESCRIPTION:
Since RHEL7.3 is new release therefore VxVM module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Added VxVM support for RHEL7.3.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfs-7.1.0.100-RHEL7

* 3902041 (Tracking ID: 3901318)

SYMPTOM:
VxFS module failed to load on RHEL7.3.

DESCRIPTION:
Since RHEL7.3 is new release therefore VxFS module failed to load
on it.

RESOLUTION:
Added VxFS support for RHEL7.3.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.1.0.300-RHEL7

* 3901438 (Tracking ID: 3896877)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support RHEL versions later than RHEL7
Update 2.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3) is now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSvxfen-7.1.0.100-RHEL7

* 3879189 (Tracking ID: 3878333)

SYMPTOM:
With I/O fencing in SCSI-3 mode, if you enable the auto-refresh feature on the 
CoordPoint agent, then I/O fencing fails to automatically refresh registrations 
on the coordination points. This results in vxfen group to remain in faulted 
state.

DESCRIPTION:
Even to refresh registration on coordination disks, the vxfenswap script 
expects inputs about coordination disk groups from the CoordPoint agent. The 
CoordPoint agent does not provide this information to the vxfenswap script.
This causes the vxfenswap script to fail and the vxfen group remains faulted 
until it is manually cleared.

RESOLUTION:
The I/O fencing program is modified such that in SCSI3 mode fencing, the 
vxfenswap script does not explicitly require the coordination disk group 
information for refreshing registration keys on disks.

Patch ID: VRTSamf-7.1.0.100-RHEL7

* 3899850 (Tracking ID: 3896877)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support RHEL versions later than RHEL7
Update 2.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3) is now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSllt-7.1.0.300-RHEL7

* 3898106 (Tracking ID: 3896877)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support RHEL versions later than RHEL7
Update 2.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3) is now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.1.0.300-RHEL7

* 3901437 (Tracking ID: 3896877)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support RHEL versions later than RHEL7
Update 2.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
(RHEL7.3) is now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSgab-7.1.0.100-RHEL7

* 3893802 (Tracking ID: 3893801)

SYMPTOM:
In large clusters, a node join for a gab port gets stuck.

DESCRIPTION:
When a node joins a cluster, a few GAB directed messages might be
delivered in the incorrect order to the GAB clients. This incorrect 
message order is because of a bug in code where the messages are added to the
GAB delivery queue in incorrect order.

RESOLUTION:
The program is modified to ensure that during a node join scenario,
the GAB directed messages are inserted in the various GAB queues in the correct
order.

Patch ID: VRTSdbac-7.1.0.100-RHEL7

* 3901580 (Tracking ID: 3896877)

SYMPTOM:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 
Update 3(RHEL7.3).

DESCRIPTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
versions later than RHEL7 Update 2.

RESOLUTION:
Veritas Infoscale Availability support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 
3(RHEL7.3) is now introduced.

Patch ID: VRTSaslapm-7.1.0.100-RHEL7

* 3904051 (Tracking ID: 3904050)

SYMPTOM:
lsmod is not showing the required APM modules loaded.

DESCRIPTION:
For supporting RHEL7.3 update, dmp module is recompiled with latest RHEL7.3 kernel version.
During post install of the package the APM modules fails to load due to mismatch in dmp and
additional APM module kernel
version.

RESOLUTION:
ASLAPM package is recompiled with RHEL7.3 kernel.



INSTALLING THE PATCH
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Run the Installer script to automatically install the patch:
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Please be noted that the installation of this P-Patch will cause downtime.

This patch supports RHEL7 Update 3, to fresh install InfoScale product on your system,
you can ONLY install this patch together with InfoScale 7.1 base release using Install Bundles.
1. Download this patch and extract it to a directory
2. Change to the Veritas InfoScale 7.1 directory and invoke the installer script
   with -patch_path option where -patch_path should point to the patch directory
   # ./installer -patch_path [] [ ...]

If you already have InfoScale 7.1 product installed, and updated your OS to RHEL7 Update 3,
you can install the patch with the following steps:
1. Download this patch and extract it to a directory
2. Change to the patch directory and invoke the installer script
   # ./installVRTSinfoscale710P100 [ ...]


Install the patch manually:
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o Before-the-upgrade:
  (a) Stop I/Os to all the VxVM volumes.
  (b) Umount any filesystems with VxVM volumes.
  (c) Stop applications using any VxVM volumes. 
o Select the appropriate RPMs for your system, and upgrade to the new patch. 
  # rpm -Uhv 
o Start the applications


REMOVING THE PATCH
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This patch cannot be uninstalled.


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
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NONE


OTHERS
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NONE