Patch-ID# 105463-10 Keywords: SPARCstorage Array Sun Enterprise Network Array SUNWvxvm Synopsis: SEVM 2.5: Sun Enterprise Network Array Date: Sep/01/2000 Install Requirements: None Solaris Release: 2.5 2.5.1 2.6 SunOS Release: 5.5 5.5.1 5.6 Unbundled Product: Sun Enterprise Volume Manager Unbundled Release: 2.5 Xref: Topic: Relevant Architectures: sparc BugId's fixed with this patch: 1237738 1245355 4012494 4032809 4050209 4060973 4076643 4080565 4080780 4088029 4094063 4098302 4098475 4100195 4100466 4100943 4101645 4108388 4129601 4140623 4151667 4151813 4153253 4155764 4155783 4158166 4174360 4175871 4186909 4187714 4190362 4193938 4200282 4203247 4215252 4216620 4221077 4222961 4246217 4246992 4252063 4253026 4275218 4286490 4288490 Changes incorporated in this version: 4158166 4151667 4155783 4153253 4100466 4151813 4155764 4174360 4129601 4203247 4012494 4098475 4187714 4186909 4215252 4216620 4222961 4252063 4253026 4175871 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 106191-01 107146-01 107773-01 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: Files included with this patch: /etc/init.d/vxvm-reconfig /etc/init.d/vxvm-recover /etc/init.d/vxvm-startup1 /etc/init.d/vxvm-startup2 /etc/init.d/vxvm-sysboot /etc/vx/elm/98.lic /kernel/drv/vxdmp.SunOS_5.5 /kernel/drv/vxdmp.SunOS_5.5.1 /kernel/drv/vxdmp.SunOS_5.6 /kernel/drv/vxdmp.conf /kernel/drv/vxio.SunOS_5.5 /kernel/drv/vxio.SunOS_5.5.1 /kernel/drv/vxio.SunOS_5.6 /kernel/drv/vxio.conf /kernel/drv/vxspec.SunOS_5.5 /kernel/drv/vxspec.SunOS_5.5.1 /kernel/drv/vxspec.SunOS_5.6 /kernel/drv/vxspec.conf /opt/SUNWvxva/app-defaults/Vxva /opt/SUNWvxva/app-defaults/Vxva-color /opt/SUNWvxva/bin/vxva /opt/SUNWvxva/bin/vxva.dl /opt/SUNWvxva/bin/vxva_sdasetup /opt/SUNWvxva/bin/vxva_setup /opt/SUNWvxva/bin/vxva_watch /opt/SUNWvxva/bin/vxvalog2txt /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/bad_battery_bmp /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/bad_ctlr_bmp /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/bad_fan_bmp /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/battery_bmp /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/ctlr_bmp /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/fan_bmp /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/smcc.logo /opt/SUNWvxva/bitmaps/stripe4 /opt/SUNWvxva/help/addMirror.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/advDisk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/advOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/analParmF.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/analStatF.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/analysis.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/cmdInfo.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/cmdReady.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/colors.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/concat.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/crtRaid5.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/crtSimple.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/crtStrip.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/crtVolFS.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/ctlrpm.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dgAdddsk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dgDeport.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dgImport.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dgInit.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dgOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dgRmdsk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/diskAdd.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/diskEvac.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/diskGrp.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/diskRepl.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dmpDiskEntryForm.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dmpMenu.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/dmpPathForm.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/drvStripe.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/drvpm.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/ezSnapshot.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/ezVcreate.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/ezVresize.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/forms.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/freeSd.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/freeSpc.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsFsck.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsMake.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsMenu.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsMount.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsResize.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsSnap.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/fsSnapCrt.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/help.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/helpIndex.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/iconM.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/iconProj.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/icons.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/logSd.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/logStartF.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/loggingM.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/mirror.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/optionsM.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/part.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/partProp.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/pdisk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/pdiskProp.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/plex.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/plexCreat.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/plexOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/plexProp.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/projM.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/pulldown.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/raid5.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/resources.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/rootWin.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdCreate.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdProp.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdSplit.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdSplit2.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdSplitM.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaAnal.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaCmd.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaCtlr.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaDisk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaProj.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaSFW.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaStat.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdaTray.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sdadgOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/showCmd.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/simpleDisk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/simpleOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/simpleVol.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/sizeFor.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/stripe.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/stripeGap.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/subdisk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/trayStart.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/trayStop.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/usetype.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/vdisk.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/vdiskDef.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/vdiskInit.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/vdiskOnln.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/vdiskProp.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/viewCreatF.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/viewM.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/viewRemF.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/viewRenF.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/views.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volCreate.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volInit.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volOps.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volProp.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volSnap.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volStart.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volStop.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/help/volume.hlp /opt/SUNWvxva/man/man1m/vxva.1m /opt/SUNWvxva/man/man1m/vxva_watch.1m /opt/SUNWvxva/man/man1m/vxvalog2txt.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxapslice.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxassist.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxbootsetup.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxconfigd.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxdctl.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxdg.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxdisk.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxdiskadd.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxdiskadm.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxdisksetup.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxedit.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxencap.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxevac.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxinfo.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxintro.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxiod.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxlicense.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxmake.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxmend.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxmirror.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxnotify.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxplex.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxprint.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxr5check.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxreattach.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxrecover.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxrelocd.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxresize.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxrootmir.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxsd.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxserial.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxsparecheck.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxstat.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxtrace.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxunroot.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man1m/vxvol.1m /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man4/vol_pattern.4 /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man4/vxmake.4 /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man7/vxconfig.7 /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man7/vxdmp.7 /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man7/vxinfo.7 /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man7/vxio.7 /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man7/vxiod.7 /opt/SUNWvxvm/man/man7/vxtrace.7 /sbin/vxconfigd.SunOS_5.5 /sbin/vxconfigd.SunOS_5.5.1 /sbin/vxconfigd.SunOS_5.6 /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/egettxt /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/strtovoff /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxapslice /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxbadcxcld /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxbaddxcld /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxbootsetup /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxcap-part /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxcap-vol /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxcheckda /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxchksundev /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxckdiskrm /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxcntrllist /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxcxcld /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdevlist /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdiskrm /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdisksetup /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdiskunsetup /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdmpadm /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdxcld /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxedvtoc /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxeeprom /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxencap /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxevac /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxmirror /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxmkboot /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxmksdpart /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxnewdmname /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxparms /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxpartadd /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxpartinfo /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxpartrm /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxpartrmall /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxprtvtoc /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxr5check /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxr5vrfy /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxreattach /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxrelocd /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxresize /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxroot /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxrootmir /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxslicer /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxspare /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxsparecheck /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxswapreloc /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxtaginfo /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxunroot /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/config.d/vxautoconfig.SunOS_5.5 /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/config.d/vxautoconfig.SunOS_5.5.1 /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/config.d/vxautoconfig.SunOS_5.6 /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/macros.d/dmp /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/macros.d/dmp_dev_list /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/macros.d/dmp_dev_list_next /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/macros.d/dmp_next /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/macros.d/dmp_path_dnext /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/macros.d/dmp_path_next /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/macros.d/dmpio /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxconfigdump /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxdevwalk /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxdmpdebug /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxdmpinq /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxkprint /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxprivutil /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxsetup /usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxstartup /usr/lib/vxvm/lib/vxcommon /usr/lib/vxvm/lib/vxroot.files /usr/lib/vxvm/type/fsgen/fs.d/vxfs/vxsync /usr/lib/vxvm/type/fsgen/vxplex /usr/lib/vxvm/type/gen/vxinfo /usr/lib/vxvm/type/gen/vxmake /usr/lib/vxvm/type/gen/vxmend /usr/lib/vxvm/type/gen/vxplex /usr/lib/vxvm/type/gen/vxsd /usr/lib/vxvm/type/gen/vxvol /usr/lib/vxvm/type/raid5/vxmake /usr/lib/vxvm/type/raid5/vxmend /usr/lib/vxvm/type/raid5/vxplex /usr/lib/vxvm/type/raid5/vxsd /usr/lib/vxvm/type/raid5/vxvol /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.ckinit /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.deport /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.doinit /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.encap /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.hot-off /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.hot-on /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.import /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.init /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.k-rm /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.list /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.menu /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.mirror /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.offline /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.online /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.repl /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.rm /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/disk.vmove /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/inst.allcap /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/inst.allinit /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/inst.custom /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/inst.one /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/inst.quick /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/bin/inst.top /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.deport.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.encap.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.hot-off.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.hot-on.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.hotadd.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.import.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.init.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.k-rm.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.list.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.menu.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.mirror.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.nameadd.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.offline.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.online.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.repl.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.rm.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/disk.vmove.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.boot.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.custom.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.dmname.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.inst.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.one.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.pend.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.quick.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.shut.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/inst.top.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/vxadm.info /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/yorn.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/yorn_batch_elem.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/yorn_batch_list.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/help/yorn_batch_single.help /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/lib/vxadm_lib.sh /usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/lib/vxadm_syslib.sh /usr/sbin/vxassist /usr/sbin/vxdctl /usr/sbin/vxdg /usr/sbin/vxdisk /usr/sbin/vxdiskadd /usr/sbin/vxdiskadm /usr/sbin/vxedit /usr/sbin/vxinfo /usr/sbin/vxinstall /usr/sbin/vxiod /usr/sbin/vxlicense /usr/sbin/vxmake /usr/sbin/vxmend /usr/sbin/vxnotify /usr/sbin/vxplex /usr/sbin/vxprint /usr/sbin/vxrecover /usr/sbin/vxsd /usr/sbin/vxstat /usr/sbin/vxtrace /usr/sbin/vxvol Problem Description: 105463-09 is a BADPATCH. So 105463-10 is the replacement of the patch 105463-09. ( from 105463-09) 4050209 vxconfigd dies : vxvm:vxconfigd: FATAL ERROR: Interprocess communication failure 4140623 notice: vxvm: vxio: cannot open disk ROOTDISK: kernel error 6 canot mount root on /psuedo/vxio:0:0 fstype ufs panic cpu0: cannot mount root. 4193938 SEVM 2.6 vxdiskadm option 4 fails with vxvm:vxconfigd: error in temp database 4221077 ''vxrecover -s'' times out turing startup of volumes 4246217 SEVM 2.5 hang in vxconfigd after reboot 4286490 sol251, VM25, A5000, oracle data corruption was detected after many detached 4275218 VxVM''s comparison of the device name space against libvxvm fails SunCluster 4246992 UFS panic when trying to access the EMC disk that has 2 VM disk instances 4288490 VXVM license expires with only A5100''s and/or A5200''s attached. (from 105463-08) 4252063 README of 106606 and 107735 are incomplete 4253026 Patch 105463-07 backout script applies 5.5.1:vxio,vxspec,vxconfigd to 5.6 system 4215252 faux failure messages on reboot encapsulation of ap disk 4216620 System panic during SEVM 2.6 installation 4222961 All the I/O layer is hung, Oracle and vxio hung. (from 105463-07) 4190362 E10k hangs in VXFS. 4200282 System couldn''t bootup with SEVM 2.5 + 105463-06. 4203247 vxinstall hangs when DMP is disabled. 4155764 Mirror plex data mismatch under certain cercuimstances following hardware fault 4012494 RAID5 volumes can give bogus message when starting 4098475 vxdiskadm complain line too long on Starfire/20TB 4187714 file descriptor leak in vxconfigd if DMP disabled 4186909 vxio symbol inconsistency between /dev/ksyms and savecore unix.n namelists (from 105463-06) 4175871 machine hangs during shutdown waiting on umount command 4158166 vxadd/vxdiskadm: can only see half of the disks on the A5000 4151667 vxvm 2.5 only sees 2 disks in tobasco tray system sees all the disks 4155783 Volume Manager leaves layered opens outstanding, when disk fails 4153253 vxinstall does not create the automatic A5000 hardware license 4100466 vxapslice creates overlaping partition in vtoc: does not manage vtoc correctly 4151813 vxio I/O kernel driver coredumps on heavy VxVM stress 4174360 sevm volume looses changes of the rdpol during deport/import 4129601 the DMP driver could panic due to a failed small memory allocation (from 105463-05) 4098302 System halts when booting from stale disk. 4101645 VXVM:vxinstall unable to detect the logical controllers for photon disk on FC PC 4080780 After hotspare is deployed, DRL is left in bad state. 4108388 VXVM, sync - Giving up on sync. 4094063 "vxsd mv" from a striped volume consumes vast amounts of memory. (from 105463-01) 4100195 can''t install vxdmp on Starfire/Solaris 2.5.1 hw2 & hw3 4100943 Can''t use both SSA and Photon with patch 105463-03 (from 107773-01) 1237738 VXVM does not put the correct "devalias" for an SSA device in the eeprom. 4032809 VxVM allows the use of a disk already in use & owned by another host. 4060973 Veritas 2.4 can not configure disk controllers > 4 on Tazmo. 4076643 vxinstall does not find disks when you choose quick install 1245355 vxdg -s import fails if group is initially created private then deported. (from 107146-01) 4088029 Vxva: Segmentation Fault - core dumped using right-most button in rootdg window (from 106191-01) 4080565 Vm 2.5 cannot see all the photon enclosures connected to a host Patch Installation Instructions: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Solaris 2.5-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic ''installpatch'' and ''backoutpatch'' scripts provided with each patch. For Solaris 7 release, refer to the man pages for instructions on using ''patchadd'' and ''patchrm'' commands provided with Solaris. Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be described below as special instructions. The following example installs a patch to a standalone machine, where the patch to be installed resides in the /var/spool/patch directory: example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02 The following example removes a patch from a standalone system: example# patchrm 104945-02 For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages. Special Install Instructions: ----------------------------- The system must be rebooted (after patch installation) for this patch to take effect. Note: The system must be rebooted (after patch installation) for this patch to take effect. When to apply: This patch should be applied only to systems running Solaris 2.5 thru 2.6 and using SEVM 2.5. Volume Manager License Note: "Volume Manager licenses which are automatically generated by the existence of a SPARCstorage Array or an A5x00 Array behave differently now than in previous versions of Volume Manager. Previously, a "rolling" 14-day license was used for these arrays. The ''vxserial'' command would always state that the expiration date was approximately 14 days away, but as long as the hardware was present, the license would continually "push out" and never expire. Now, the ''vxserial'' (or new ''vxlicense'') command shows "no expiration date" for these automatically generated licenses. If the array is ever physically removed from the system, Volume Manager will continue to function (ie, new volumes can be created, ....) until 100 "license checks" are run. A "license check" is automatically run any time ''vxconfigd'', ''vxassist,'' ''vmsa'', ... are run. After 100 license checks are performed, the license will expire. License files (in /etc/vx/elm) used to be named by their license identifier (ie, "99", "86", ...). Now, the string ".lic" has been appended to the file (ie 99.lic"). The license manager can read the old license keys, but is not backwards compatible. In addition, the ''vxserial'' and ''vxlicense'' commands will print the license twice if both files exist. If both exist, you can remove the old license file." README -- Last modified date: Monday, October 14, 2002