Service Pack 1 (8.2.01)


The following topics contain information about fixes and updates in this service pack, and provides instructions for downloading and installing the service pack.

Updates

This service pack provides full support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (x64) in standalone and clustered instances on the following platforms:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R1 Enterprise and Standard Editions (x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Standard Editions (x64)
Warning

Note:

An updated version of the BMC Database Automation media prep utility that includes support for SQL Server 2012 can be downloaded from EPD (see additional utilities)

Corrected issues

The following issues have been corrected in this service pack:

Tracking ID

Description

13339

Improved process for determining OS release to properly handle empty or invalid output from lsb_release.

14094  

Updated to improve performance for Multi-Manager configurations. Reduced the time it takes for nodes to fail over or return to their primary manager after a failover.

14434

Updated to provide dmanager_conn_test binary on Solaris for testing Manager/Agent communication.

14435

Updated to provide dmanager_conn_test binary on IBM AIX for testing Manager/Agent communication.

14748

Updated to provide checks for the oraInst.loc file in the home before running lsinventory on Oracle 11gR2.

14769

Updated the Edit Action wizard to populate the Container field before loading is complete.

14793

Updated to fix permissions on Oracle Base on remote nodes while upgrading the Oracle 11gR2 Real Applications Cluster (RAC) Grid.

14798

Added the Fix Permissions option to the Upgrade Oracle 11.2 Cluster wizard.

14800

Updated the 11.2.0.2 Oracle RAC database upgrade to display the Oracle 11.2.0.3 Home as an available destination home.

14829

Updated so that an Upgrade 11.2.0.2 RAC database job no longer fails at job creation.

14834

Updated to add information about adding, editing, and deleting Action categories to the User-Level Audit log.

14863

Updated access controls so that global capabilities are no longer enabled when a user does not have grants on.

14867

Added a message to GUI that indicates that capabilities in the create, edit, and delete categories are global capabilities.

14868

Updated so that an invalid database in a cluster, but not associated with a node, no longer disrupts Sybase patch candidates.

14886

Updated so that when patching candidates on two or more different nodes, Activity::Sybase::ApplyPatch no longer fails the SYBASE_VERIFY_PATCH_ARCH and SYBASE_VERIFY_PATCH_OS verification tests.

14913

Updated to preserve the Run as Install User Action setting after importing an Action using the GUI.

14946

Updated so that importing certain Actions no longer results in a support bundle error.

14959

Updated to use a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate in its communication with BMC Atrium Orchestrator, when configured to do so.

14976

Updated so that a user that has been granted the Run Action capability in either the container or available to domain can no longer see objects from both domains on the Candidates page.

14995

Updated so that when creating an Oracle 11gR2 cluster with Automatic Storage Management (ASM) support, the ASM system identification (SID) not appearing in the output of commands run during the job (such as crsctl status resource -p) no longer causes the job to fail. 

15008

Updated the Oracle 11gR2 Cluster Ready Services (CRS) Upgrade wizard to remove the Rolling option. 

15009

Updated so that running OraFilesCollector no longer causes dagent to run out of memory and exit.

15022

Updated so that a user that has been granted any Action-related capability in either the container or available to domain can no longer see objects from both domains on the Candidates page. 

15029

Updated to include Actions in the repository when a user has been granted the Run Action capability on a subdomain of the available to or container domain.

15054

Updated so that command line parsing in the clarity_backup.pl script is functioning correctly.

15104

Updated the SID prefix and SID maximum character lengths. The new values are:

  • SID prefix maximum character lengths:
    •   RAC database: 8 characters
    •   11gR2 restart: 10 characters
  • SID maxmimum character lengths:
    • 11gR1/11gR2 single instance: 12 characters
    • Version previous to 11gR1 single instance: 8 characters

15105

Updated so that being unable to discover OS release no longer prevents support bundle from being generated.

15113

Updated the reconfigure_dagent.sh script to run dmanager_conn_test in order to identify Manager/Agent communication issues.

15118

Updated the import_action_archive.pl script to inform user when a manifest.xml file is missing.

15121

Updated so that an Upgrade 11gR2 Restart Cluster job no longer fails at job creation.

15125  

Updated GA::Provisioning::Dispatcher::MssqlQuery::get_windows_resources_to_drives to spend less time attempting to map drives for mounted volumes.

15127  

Updated GA::MiddleTier::Ops::Sync::WizardData::Mssql::get_mscs_groups to improve performance surrounding Agent call.

15137

Updated the import_template_archive.pl script so that running the script using the with domain and pkgdomain options imports templates correctly.

15146

Updated the export_action_archive.pl script to add the domain information to the import_manifest.xml file, if the --pkgdomain option is used.

15151

Updated import_action.pl to create menu categories when they do not exist comparable to importing via the GUI.

15251

Updated so that the GA_RUN_STATE is now set to PRE-SCRIPT or POST-SCRIPT in an Upgrade job.

15275

Updated so that an exception is no longer thrown if Date::Parse::str2time fails to pass the opatch install date.

Downloading the service pack

For download instructions, see Obtaining-the-installation-files.

Installing the service pack

For instructions on installing the service pack, see Applying-maintenance-patches-or-fixes.

Related topic

Known-and-corrected-issues

 

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