Release Bulletin OpenSwitch™ 15.1 for Microsoft Windows and UNIX

 

Document ID: DC76342-01-1510-03

Last revised: July 29, 2011

• Electronic Bug Fix (EBF) downloads for security fixes

• Accessing current release bulletin information

• Product summary

• New and changed functionality

• Known limitations of mutually aware OpenSwitch

• Known problems

• Product compatibilities

• Technical support

• Other sources of information

• Accessibility features

 

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Electronic Bug Fix (EBF) downloads for security fixes

Due to possible security vulnerabilities, Sybase® strongly recommends that you use the appropriate EBF to fix these issues. For instructions, see Urgent Customer Notification Web Page.

Known issues described in this release bulletin may have been fixed in other EBFs released for this product. Get EBFs and maintenance reports describing latest fixes from the Sybase Support Page.

 

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Accessing current release bulletin information

A more recent version of this release bulletin may be available on the Web. To check for critical product or document information added after the product release, use the Sybase Product Documentation Web site.

Accessing release bulletins at the Sybase Product Documentation Web site

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Product summary

Enclosed is Sybase OpenSwitch™ 15.1, which is compatible with:

• HP-UX 11i v1 (11.11) – recommended operating system patches are:

  • PHCO_25841

  • PHKL_26269

  • PHKL_25760

• IBM AIX 5.2

• IBM Linux on POWER, RedHat AS release 3.0

• Linux RedHat AS release 3.0

• Sun Solaris 2.8 – patch level 108528-20 or later

• Windows 2000 version 5.0 – Service Pack 4 or later

• Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition – Service Pack 1 or later

If your operating system requires patches, install them before you install OpenSwitch components. See the OpenSwitch Installation Guide for your platform for more details.

For a complete list of patches, contact your operating system representative. Do not use a patch that is earlier than the version suggested for your operating system. Use the patch recommended by the operating system vendor, even if it supersedes the patch listed.

For a complete list of supported operating systems on each platform, see the Sybase platform certification site.

Sybase Software Asset Management 2.0

OpenSwitch 15.1 on IBM Linux on POWER 32-bit platform does not support Sybase Software Asset Management (SySAM) 2.0 for license administration and the asset management tasks.

 

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New and changed functionality

The OpenSwitch 15.1 New Features Guide describes new features and updated functionality in this version. You can view this guide on the Sybase Product Documentation Web site.

 

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Known limitations of mutually aware OpenSwitch

This section describes some known limitations with the mutually aware OpenSwitch feature.

Mutually aware support OpenSwitch does not propagate some functions

A mutually aware OpenSwitch does not propagate the following functions to its companion:

• rp_pool_addserver

• rp_pool_remserver

• rp_pool_addattrib

• rp_pool_remattrib

• rp_pool_cache

If you issue any of these commands on a companion server, manually repeat the commands on the other companion. In addition, check that your coordination module applications do not contain the equivalent of these commands. If they do, you must find a way to notify the administrator when the commands are called by the coordination module, so that the administrator can manually repeat the same commands on the other companion OpenSwitch.

Inconsistent mutually aware cluster setting causes error

• In a mutually aware cluster, all OpenSwitch servers in the cluster must have MUTUAL_AWARE set to 1. If one of the OpenSwitch companion servers does not have MUTUAL_AWARE set to 1, the other OpenSwitch companion server marks that server as “down.” This inconsistency is recorded in the error log.

• If both OpenSwitch servers are started with the -O option, the second OpenSwitch server does not start and the following error occurs:

  Can not start with override option when companion is already running.
  

  See “Using command line options,” in Chapter 4, “Starting and Stopping OpenSwitch and RCMs” in the OpenSwitch Administration Guide.

 

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Known problems

This section describes known problems.

Exception error in OpenSwitch Manager

[CR #486887] Windows only – OpenSwitch Manager displays java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException error and does not connect to the OpenSwitch server running on the Windows platform.

Workaround: None.

Running bcp through OpenSwitch can cause failures

[CR #462831, CR #427175] Using bcp in OpenSwitch causes these failures:

• Data may be corrupted when you use bcp in OpenSwitch to load data in tables defined with default values for columns.

• bcp cannot load image data with format file when executed through OpenSwitch.

Workaround: Invoke bcp directly against the backend Adaptive Server®.

Wide_dynamic.c sample program fails when executed in OpenSwitch

[CR #461354] With Open Client/Server™ 15.0 ESD#3 and later, a problem in the Client-Library samples causes the wide_dynamic.c sample program to fail when you execute it in OpenSwitch.

Workaround: None.

Inaccessible NFS-mounted device causes InstallShield to stop responding

[CR #402530] If you have an inaccessible NFS-mounted device, InstallShield may stop responding and display:

Performing install checks. Please wait ...

The console from which you executed the installation displays a message similar to:

NFS3 server not responding still trying

Verify this problem by attempting to execute df -P from a command prompt.

Workaround:

1. Stop the installation process.

2. Unmount the inaccessible device.

3. Retry the installation.

 

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Product compatibilities

OpenSwitch 15.1 is compatible with:

• Adaptive Server® Enterprise versions 12.0, 12.5, 12.5.x, and 15.0

• Replication Coordination Module versions 12.5, 12.5.1, and 15.0

RCM 15.1 is compatible with:

• OpenSwitch version 15.0

• Adaptive Server Enterprise versions 12.0, 12.5, 12.5.x, and 15.0

• Replication Server^® versions 12.0 through 12.6

 

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Technical support

Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you have any questions about this installation or if you need assistance during the installation process, ask the designated person to contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.

 

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Other sources of information

Use the Sybase Getting Started CD and the Sybase Product Documentation Web site to learn more about your product:

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• The Sybase Product Documentation Web site is accessible using a standard Web browser. In addition to product documentation, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.

  To access the Sybase Product Documentation Web site, go to Product Documentation.

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

Finding the latest information on product certifications

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Finding the latest information on component certifications

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Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

Finding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

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Accessibility features

This document is available in an HTML version that is specialized for accessibility. You can navigate the HTML with an adaptive technology such as a screen reader, or view it with a screen enlarger.

OpenSwitch version 15.1 and the HTML documentation have been tested for compliance with U.S. government Section 508 Accessibility requirements. Documents that comply with Section 508 generally also meet non-U.S. accessibility guidelines, such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines for Web sites.