Patch Name: PHSS_18699 Patch Description: s700_800 10.X OV OB3.00 patch - SAP packet Creation Date: 99/10/26 Post Date: 99/10/29 Hardware Platforms - OS Releases: s700: 10.00 10.01 10.10 10.20 s800: 10.00 10.01 10.10 10.20 Products: OmniBackII A.03.00 Filesets: OMNIBACK-II.OMNI-SAP-P Automatic Reboot?: No Status: General Release Critical: No Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700_800/10.X/PHSS_18699 Symptoms: PHSS_18699: Id = HSLco13744, NSMbb24358 Poor performance is seen during the backup of EMC disks, if more than one backup process reads from the same EMC disk. Id = NSMex02616 Files bigger than 4GB are not backed up properly. Defect Description: PHSS_18699: Id = HSLco13744, NSMbb24358 Poor performance is seen during the backup of EMC disks, if more than one backup process reads from the same EMC disk. Part of the SSPUX300_066. Resolution: Disk Balancing, a special type of Manual Balancing, is introduced for setups with SAP running on EMC disks. Check the file /opt/omni/sbin/utilns/balance_disk.pl on the SAP client (after installing the patch and redistributing the SAP integration package) for detailed instructions on configuring and using the Disk Balancing functionality. Id = NSMex02616 Backint does not handle files bigger than 4GB properly. Part of the SSPUX300_083. Resolution: Fix implemented in backint. SR: 0000000000 Patch Files: /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/hp-ux/A.03.00/ packet.Z /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/hp-ux-10/A.03.00/ packet.Z /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/hp-ux-1020/A.03.00/ packet.Z /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/ibm/rs6000/aix/A.03.00/ packet.Z /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/ibm/rs6000/aix-42/A.03.00/ packet.Z what(1) Output: /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/hp-ux/A.03.00/ packet.Z: None /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/hp-ux-10/A.03.00/ packet.Z: None /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/hp-ux-1020/A.03.00/ packet.Z: None /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/ibm/rs6000/aix/A.03.00/ packet.Z: None /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/ibm/rs6000/aix-42/A.03.00/ packet.Z: None cksum(1) Output: 2093360969 789369 /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/ hp-ux/A.03.00/packet.Z 3847103916 820195 /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/ hp-ux-10/A.03.00/packet.Z 3964921814 843743 /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/hp/s800/ hp-ux-1020/A.03.00/packet.Z 3498558064 670269 /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/ibm/rs6000/ aix/A.03.00/packet.Z 782560812 695191 /opt/omni/databases/vendor/sap/ibm/rs6000/ aix-42/A.03.00/packet.Z Patch Conflicts: None Patch Dependencies: None Hardware Dependencies: None Other Dependencies: None Supersedes: None Equivalent Patches: PHSS_18700: s700: 11.00 s800: 11.00 Patch Package Size: 3790 KBytes Installation Instructions: Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms and conditions for precautions, scope of license, restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties, before installing this patch. ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Back up your system before installing a patch. 2. Login as root. 3. Copy the patch to the /tmp directory. 4. Move to the /tmp directory and unshar the patch: cd /tmp sh PHSS_18699 5a. For a standalone system, run swinstall to install the patch: swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true \ -s /tmp/PHSS_18699.depot By default swinstall will archive the original software in /var/adm/sw/patch/PHSS_18699. If you do not wish to retain a copy of the original software, you can create an empty file named /var/adm/sw/patch/PATCH_NOSAVE. WARNING: If this file exists when a patch is installed, the patch cannot be deinstalled. Please be careful when using this feature. It is recommended that you move the PHSS_18699.text file to /var/adm/sw/patch for future reference. To put this patch on a magnetic tape and install from the tape drive, use the command: dd if=/tmp/PHSS_18699.depot of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2k Special Installation Instructions: PHSS_18699: NOTE! Patch has to be installed on the Installation Server host. The SAP packets must be redistributed to the SAP client system(s) afterwards to get the fixes into effect. For distribution of the SAP client, refer to the OmnibackII Installation Guide. NOTE! This patch introduces the Disk Balancing as a new special type of a Manual Load Balancing. See the file /opt/omni/sbin/utilns/balance_disk.pl on the SAP client system for detailed instructions on configuring and using this functionality. With this patch the following versions of SAP are supported: - 4.0B (64-bit) - 4.5B (32-bit and 64-bit) - 4.0B (32-bit) with EMC TimeFinder mode Known problem: 1. Full restore/recovery and automatic recovery from the SAPDBA 4.5B 64bit interface fails with OmniBackII 3.00 integration. Solution: In order to solve the restore problem please contact SAP Support or install the latest SAPDBA patch, which will be available from SAP in the beginning of November 1999. The patch includes the following Site Specific Patches: SSPUX300_066 SSPUX300_083