Patch-ID# 115076-01
Keywords: ha oracle
Synopsis: Sun Cluster 3.1: HA-Oracle Patch
Date: Oct/31/2003


Install Requirements: Additional instructions may be listed below                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: Sun Cluster

Unbundled Release: 3.1

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Topic: Sun Cluster 3.1: HA-Oracle Patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4746700 4751451 4755709 4755716 4781133 4815385 4822021 4833000 4852046 4852208 4864349 4867838 4887743 4892110 4892343 4893104 4893120 4893717 4894550 4901447 4902303

Changes incorporated in this version: 4852046 4901447 4902303

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 115288-03

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_listener/bin/oracle_listener_manage
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_listener/bin/oracle_listener_monitor_start
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_listener/bin/oracle_listener_monitor_stop
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_listener/bin/oracle_listener_start
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_listener/bin/oracle_listener_stop
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_listener/bin/oracle_listener_validate
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/monitor_action_check
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_manage
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_monitor
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_monitor64
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_monitor64_v9
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_monitor_start
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_monitor_stop
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_monitor_v9
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_pmf_action
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_start
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_stop
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_update
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/bin/oracle_server_validate
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/etc/SUNW.oracle_server
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/man/sman4/custom_action_file.4
/opt/SUNWscor/oracle_server/man/sman5/SUNW.oracle_server.5

Problem Description:

4852046 Unable to install Resource Group correctly
4901447 oracle_server_monitor dumps core when carrying out action=STOP in action file
4902303 monitor processing more than one entry in action file for a given logged alert
 
   NOTE: This patch revision accumulates feature point patch 115288-03.
 
(from 115288-03)
 
4864349 oracle_server start method timeout when null password in connect_string
4892110 msg "setup error" should be removed now that we allow custom action file
4892343 monitor_action_check core dumps depending on # of entries after bad entry
4893104 monitor_action_check core dumps when {} is defined as an entry
4893120 "Line starting" message is misleading
4893717 error msg for SCAN_LOG errors is not printed correctly
4894550 Invalid expressions specified in action file may cause core dump
4887743 Incorporate review comments on man pages for FBC 1224
 
(from 115288-02)
 
4751451 Need supported mechanism for customers to override default agent actions
4815385 rfe: ha-dbms should syslog if Probe too close to timeout
4755709 Event/Alert mechanism when archive-log-destination is full
4755716 Intelligent fault monitoring for archive logs
4746700 ha-dbms faultmonitor triggers failover on busy/loaded database
4833000 oracle_server_monitor not started and agent does not detect problem
4867838 oracle_listener_validate may ignore setup errors when USER_ENV is set
 
(from 115288-01)
 
4781133 oracle monitor_stop methods fail to verify monitor stopped before returning 0
4852208 Unable to add listener resource to the Resource group
4822021 oracle_server_monitor fails after changing permissions of $ORACLE_HOME directory

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
There are three (3) possible procedures for installing patches on Sun
Cluster 3.1.  The proper method to use and any additional instructions,
for this patch are specified below in the "Special Install Instructions"
section.
 
Refer to the chapter entitled "Patching Sun Cluster Software and
Firmware" in the "Sun Cluster 3.1 System Administration Guide" for a
description of the different install processes and instructions on how
to install Sun Cluster 3.1 patches.
 
Refer to the man pages for instructions on using 'patchadd' and
'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris, to install and remove patches.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
Install this patch using the patch install procedure for a
"Non Rebooting Sun Cluster Patch" as described in the "Patching
Sun Cluster Software and Firmware" chapter of the "Sun Cluster 3.1
System Administration Guide".
 
 
4751451
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In order to get the complete fix for this bug, you must perform
a Resource Type Upgrade as documented in the Sun Cluster 3.1 Data
Service for Oracle guide after applying this patch.
 
In order to back out the patch and roll back to the earlier version
of the Resource Type, you must perform a Resource Type Downgrade as
documented in the Sun Cluster 3.1 Data Service Planning and
Administration guide after removing the patch.

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, October 31, 2003

