TITLE: HP Tru64 UNIX: RDG used over LAN can cause inconsistencies Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: HP TruCluster Server [R] 5.1A SOURCE: Hewlett-Packard Company ECO INFORMATION: ECO Name: TCRKIT0020226-V51AB21-20031008 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 2.50MB Kit Applies To: HP TruCluster Server 5.1A PK4 (BL21) ECO Kit CHECKSUMS: /usr/bin/sum results: 06347 2560 /usr/bin/cksum results: 1503851365 2621440 MD5 results: 0c1a9bca0b76a02e548a51d430c351e8 SHA1 results: 82909865b67010ffbd3e4def33ed81e1a68ca1d3 ECO KIT SUMMARY: A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for HP TruCluster Server 5.1A that contains solutions to the following problem(s): When using the Reliable Datagram protocol (RDG) over the Local Area Network (LAN) cluster inconnect, it is possible, under certain circumstances, to get inconsistencies in the data being sent from one member to another thus causing the application to crash. The Patch Kit Installation Instructions and the Patch Summary and Release Notes documents provide patch kit installation and removal instructions and a summary of each patch. Please read these documents prior to installing patches on your system. INSTALLATION NOTES: 1) Install this kit with the dupatch utility that is included in the patch kit. You may need to baseline your system if you have manually changed system files on your system. The dupatch utility provides the baselining capability. 2) The patch in this ERP kit does not have any file intersections with any other ERP available at this time for this product version. 3) This ERP kit will NOT install over any Customer Specific Patches (CSPs) which have file intersections with this ERP kit. Contact your normal Service Provider for assistance if the installation of this ERP kit is blocked by any of your installed CSPs. INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES: You must have installed HP TruCluster Server 5.1A PK4 (BL21) prior to installing this Early Release Patch Kit. KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT: None. RELEASE NOTES FOR TCRKIT0020226-V51AB21-20031008: Release Notes This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the TruCluster Server V5.1A patches contained in this kit. For information about installing or removing patches, baselining, and general patch management, see the Patch Kit Installation Instructions document. 1 Release Notes This Customer-Specific Patch Kit Distribution contains: - fixes which are intended to resolve the problem(s) reported in: o KAOB71152 * for TruCluster Server V5.1A T64V51AB21AS0004-20030206.tar (BL21) WARNING! NOT FOR GENERAL USE. These patches are tailored for an individual system's hardware and software configuration. Use of this patch kit, or patches contained in this kit, on any other system may cause that system to be in an inconsistent and non-operational state. This patch kit, or its content, may not be posted on any network or bulletin boards. The Release Notes contain a summary of each patch in this kit. Patches in this kit are installed by running dupatch from the directory in which the kit was untarred. For example, as root on the target system: > mkdir -p /tmp/CSPkit1 > cd /tmp/CSPkit1 > > tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar > cd patch_kit > ./dupatch These patches have been tested and found to work correctly in the support engineering environment. However, it is possible that you may experience different results running these patches in your computing environment. Compaq recommends that you install these patches in a NON-Production (testing) computing environment to ensure there are no side-effects (due to your specific configurations) PRIOR to installing the patches in your production environment. 2 Special Instructions There are no special instructions for TruCluster Server V5.1A Patch C270.01 3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit TruCluster Server V5.1A PatchId Summary Of Fix ---------------------------------------- C270.01 Fix for IPMT case KAOB71152 4 Additional information from Engineering None 5 Affected system files This patch delivers the following files: TruCluster Server V5.1A Patch C270.01 ./usr/opt/TruCluster/sys/rdg.mod CHECKSUM: 34668 87 SUBSET: TCRBASE520 [R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2003. All Rights reserved. This software is proprietary to and embodies the confidential technology of Hewlett-Packard Company. Possession, use, or copying of this software and media is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Hewlett-Packard or an authorized sublicensor. This ECO has not been through an exhaustive field test process. Due to the experimental stage of this ECO/workaround, Hewlett-Packard makes no representations regarding its use or performance. The customer shall have the sole responsibility for adequate protection and back-up data used in conjunction with this ECO/workaround.