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Hi Bob,<br>
<br>
The problem here is not with the patch (or Solaris).<br>
<br>
Without going down the finger-point route, the problem is a result
of EMC PowerPath using private interfaces in Solaris, Oracle
subsequently updating them and bang...<br>
Only customers running EMC PowerPath have currently confirmed they
have the issue. Oracle will not withdraw the Solaris 10 KU patch for
this.<br>
<br>
The following note is being added to 144500-19 to warn EMC customers
about the issue:<br>
<pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><pre> Do not install this patch on systems running EMC PowerPath, as all currently
released EMC PowerPath versions (as of August 18th 2011) are incompatible with
this patch.
EMC PowerPath is using a private Solaris structure which was modified in this
patch to fix a race condition. Applications should not use private Solaris
interfaces as they are subject to change.
EMC PowerPath Engineering is working on a 5.3 patch release to resolve this
issue and have published ETA emc275344 on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://powerlink.emc.com">https://powerlink.emc.com</a>, which
contains further information.
</pre>Best,
-Don
</span></pre>
On 18/08/11 16:50, Wickline, Bob (N-STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION)
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73, 125);">This may be a stupid question but wouldn’t
something like this warrant pulling/recalling the patch???<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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windowtext;"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pca-bounces@lists.univie.ac.at">pca-bounces@lists.univie.ac.at</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pca-bounces@lists.univie.ac.at">mailto:pca-bounces@lists.univie.ac.at</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Don O'Malley<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> PCA (Patch Check Advanced) Discussion<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:loris.serena@bnymellon.com">loris.serena@bnymellon.com</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org">sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> EXTERNAL: Re: [pca] [[slightly]
off-topic Warning]: Solaris 10 SPARC patch 144500-19 and
EMC PowerPath<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Loris/All,<br>
<br>
Firstly, apologies that you found this out the hard way. I am
in the process of getting a README note added to this KU to
warn customers of the issue.<br>
<br>
This is a late breaking issue that we are currently
investigating in partnership with EMC.<br>
The cause of this issue is that EMC PowerPath is using private
interfaces in Solaris, which Oracle have changed in the latest
KU deliverables. While it is not strictly an Oracle problem,
we are doing everything we can to find a good solution for our
customers that use EMC PowerPath.<br>
<br>
I will keep the PCA alias in the loop as I know more. Please
bear with us.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
-Don<br>
<br>
<br>
On 18/08/11 09:50, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Just FYI,</span>
<br>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Installing kernel
patch 144500-19 on a system with PowerPath will throw the
box in a CPU panic boot loop.</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">(learned this the
hard way)</span> <br>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";">Regards, </span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";">Loris</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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