Patch-ID# 105086-01
Keywords: AIL errors GUI attach EG red icon
Synopsis: Symon 1.4: AIl errors and network hangs
Date: Aug/14/97

Solaris Release: 2.4 2.5 2.5.1 2.6

SunOS Release: 5.4 5.5 5.5.1 5.6 

Unbundled Product: Solstice SyMON

Unbundled Release: 1.4

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4038960 4056273

Changes incorporated in this version: 

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: 

SUNWsymon/lib/libaip.so.1
SUNWsymon/sbin/sm_symond
SUNWsymon/bin/symon

Problem Description: 

 4056273 red icon misbehavior involving EV
 4056369 GUI doesn't attach to event generator
 4038960 AIL error in /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/sm_symond                                       

Patch Installation Instructions: 
-------------------------------- 
Refer to the Install.info file for instructions on using the
generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with
each patch.  Any other special or non-generic installation
instructions should be described below as special instructions.

Special Install Instructions: 
----------------------------- 

Specifying the event host explicitly

    If you choose to have a system act as the event host for more than
    one system, there is a risk that SyMON functioning will be
    compromised on all systems that will receive events from the event
    host.

    This occurs if any one of the systems contributing events
    experiences significant failure. This failure must be severe enough
    that the failing system does not respond to rpc requests in a
    timely manner.

    You must take the following actions to forestall this possible
    situation.
    
    As a result of configuring SyMON a file exists called:
    
    /etc/opt/SUNWsymon/sm_symond.conf
    
    The procedure to configure an event host is documented in Chapter 2
    "Installing Solstice SyMON" of the Solstice SyMON User's Guide.
    Here are typical contents of this file when an event host
    (eventhost in this example) has been chosen and configured.

    # Editing of sm_symon.conf file
    # should only be done by a symon expert
    ######################################
    /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/sm_krd -i 10
    /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/sm_configd -i 10
    /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/sm_logscand
    eventhost:EventGenerator*
    
    The step you must take is to add the correct hostname of the system
    receiving events in place of the * in the last line of this file.

    If the event host is in a different domain than the monitored host
    it is necessary to include the domain for the event host machine on
    the EventGenerator line.

    For this example let the event host be a machine named eventhost
    and the server be named dbserver.  If the event host is in the east
    domain and the server being monitored is in the west domain, the
    correct EventGenerator line would be:

    eventhost.east:EventGenerator_dbserve

Patch for 2.5.1

	On 2.5.1 systems patch 103612-23 must be installed.



