Patch-ID# 112539-04
Keywords: Sun Fire 15K dstop dsmd
Synopsis: SMS 1.2: DSMD patch
Date: Apr/30/2003

Install Requirements: See Special Install Instructions                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8 9

SunOS Release: 5.8 5.9

Unbundled Product: System Management Services

Unbundled Release: 1.2

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Topic: SMS 1.2: DSMD patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4513721 4526770 4657760 4752068 4772226

Changes incorporated in this version: 4752068

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/etc/opt/SUNWSMS/SMS1.2/config/dsmd_tuning.txt
/opt/SUNWSMS/SMS1.2/bin/dsmd

Problem Description:

4752068 heartbeat while CP degraded causes Dstop with no dump
 
(from 112539-03)
 
4657760 dsmd should avoid taking continuous Rstop dumps due to the same faulty HW
4772226 incorrectly handle Enable Backoff RSTOP policy after it restored Default Policy
 
(from 112539-02)
 
4526770 DSMD resets a domain unnecessarily due to false timeouts
 
(from 112539-01)
 
4513721 DSMD should increase POST level automatically to handle repeated failures

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 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 7-8 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts 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:
 
        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.
 
See Also:  System Management Services (SMS) 1.2 Installation Guide and
           Release Notes, Part No. 816-2529-10
           Chapter 1, Patches

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
Follow these steps when installing on the SC:
1. Record which SC is the main SC.
2. Disable failover on MAIN SC (setfailover off).
3. Stop the SMS processes on both SC's simultaneously.
        /etc/init.d/sms stop
4. Install the patch on both SC's.
5. Start the SMS processes on the previous main SC first.
        /etc/init.d/sms start
6. After all the sms processes have started (i.e. you're able to run the
   showenvironment command and get all the system's status),
   start the SMS processes on the Spare SC next.
7. Enable failover on MAIN SC (setfailover on).

README -- Last modified date:  Wednesday, April 30, 2003