Veritas Storage Foundation RAC 5.0 Maintenance Pack 1 Hotfix for cssd-monitor issue

This Hotfix fixes an issue with cssd-monitor.

From the README:

* * * Storage Foundation For Oracle RAC (SFRAC) 5.0 (AIX)  
                  PATCH 5.0mp1+e1243787   * * *

                 Patch Date:  April 2008


  This README provides information on:

  * BEFORE GETTING STARTED
  * FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS SFRAC PATCH
  * FILE AFFECTED BY THIS SFRAC PATCH
  * VERIFYING CRC AND BYTE COUNT
  * INSTALLING THIS PATCH


BEFORE GETTING STARTED
----------------------
This patch is for SFRAC 5.0MP1 installation on  AIX 5.3 and
is required only in Oracle 10gR2(10.2.0.3) environment. Ensure that you are
running one of these supported configurations before applying this patch.


FIXES AND ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS SFRAC PATCH
---------------------------------------------------
1243787 : cssd-monitor resource will display "OFFLINE" state for Oracle 10gR2(10.2.0.3)  .


FILE AFFECTED BY THIS PATCH
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This patch will replace the following file in your environment:
 $VCS_HOME/rac/bin/cssd-monitor


VERIFYING CRC AND BYTE COUNT
----------------------------
Ensure that the CRC and byte count match the output shown below:

 # cd
  # cksum cssd-monitor
   426147622       4796    cssd-monitor

INSTALLING THIS PATCH
---------------------
To  install the patch:

1. Make the VCS configuration write-able:
      #haconf -makerw

2. Freeze the service group containing the cssd resource (typically,
"cvm" group):
      #hagrp -freeze cvm -persistent

3. On each node, backup the cssd-monitor file under /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/bin:
      # cd /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/bin
      # cp cssd-monitor cssd-monitor.orig

4. On each node, change directory to the patch location:
      # cd

5. On each node, copy the new cssd-monitor file to /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/bin:
      # cp cssd-monitor /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/bin

  Verify that the permissions of this file are set to 755

6. Unfreeze all the service groups (previously frozen in step 1):
      # hagrp -unfreeze cvm -persistent

7. Dump the VCS configuration and make it read-only:
      #haconf -dump -makero


UNINSTALLING THIS PATCH:
------------------------
To uninstall the patch:

1. Make the VCS configuration write-able:
      #haconf -makerw

2. Freeze the service group containing the cssd resource (typically,
"cvm" group):
      #hagrp -freeze cvm -persistent

3. On each node, restore the backed up file:
      # cd /opt/VRTSvcs/rac/bin
      # cp cssd-monitor.orig cssd-monitor

  Verify that the permissions of this file are set to 755

4. Unfreeze the service group (previously frozen in step 1):
      # hagrp -unfreeze cvm -persistent

5. Dump the VCS configuration and make it read-only:
      #haconf -dump -makero

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Installation Information

cksum information:
# cksum sfrac-aix-VCSOPS5.0MP1HF-patches_307892.tar.gz
1560797342      2741    sfrac-aix-VCSOPS5.0MP1HF-patches_307892.tar.gz


Directions for uncompressing and untarring:
# gunzip sfrac-aix-VCSOPS5.0MP1HF-patches_307892.tar.gz
# tar xf sfrac-aix-VCSOPS5.0MP1HF-patches_307892.tar