Patch Name:  PHSS_5180

Patch Description: s700 8.X RemoteWatch environment settings cause malfunction

Creation Date: 95/01/19

Post Date:  95/01/30

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
        s700: 8.05 8.07 8.09

Products:
        HP Remote Watch version A.04.3.3

Filesets:
        WATCH-RUN

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Path Name:  /hp-ux_patches/s700/8.X/PHSS_5180

Symptoms:
        PHSS_5180:
        Portions of the RemoteWatch product may fail to operate.

Defect Description:
        PHSS_5180:
        The environment strings were not initialized before being
        used in the affected executables.

SR:
        4701278663

Patch Files:  
        /usr/remwatch/bin/disks/diskcheck
        /usr/remwatch/bin/disks/showdisk
        /usr/remwatch/bin/Mon/checklogs
        /usr/remwatch/bin/Mon/checkcore
        /usr/remwatch/bin/kernel/collect
        /usr/remwatch/bin/kernel/headmaster
        /usr/remwatch/bin/Han/collect
        /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/mixnmatch
        /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/bcdevsw
        /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/collect
        /usr/remwatch/bin/spu/collect
        /usr/remwatch/bin/wuname
        /usr/remwatch/bin/rwiDCOM

what(1) Output:
        /usr/remwatch/bin/disks/diskcheck:
                8.X: diskcheck.c  5.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/disks/showdisk:
                8.X: showdisk.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/fmon/checklogs:
                8.X: checklogs.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/fmon/checkcore:
                8.X: checkcore.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/kernel/collect:
                8.X: s3or7coll.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/kernel/readmaster:
                8.X: readmaster.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/lan/collect:
                8.X: collect.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/mixnmatch:
                8.X: mixnmatch.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/bcdevsw:
                8.X: bcdevsw.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/collect:
                8.X: collect.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/spu/collect:
                8.X: collect.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/wuname:
                8.X: wuname.c  3.0  95/01/24 PHSS_5168
        /usr/remwatch/bin/rwiDCOM:
                8.X: genericdc.c 3.0 95/01/24 PHSS_5168

sum(1) Output:
        12485 168 /usr/remwatch/bin/disks/diskcheck
        60330 184 /usr/remwatch/bin/disks/showdisk
        63885 120 /usr/remwatch/bin/fmon/checklogs
        10910 128 /usr/remwatch/bin/fmon/checkcore
        2194 80 /usr/remwatch/bin/kernel/collect
        32174 88 /usr/remwatch/bin/kernel/readmaster
        49188 144 /usr/remwatch/bin/lan/collect
        51058 72 /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/mixnmatch
        1449 56 /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/bcdevsw
        15057 72 /usr/remwatch/bin/slashdev/collect
        5735 96 /usr/remwatch/bin/spu/collect
        61778 56 /usr/remwatch/bin/wuname
        13464 120 /usr/remwatch/bin/rwiDCOM

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies:  None

Hardware Dependencies:  None

Other Dependencies:  None

Supersedes:  None

Equivalent Patches:
        PHSS_5107:
        s700: 9.01 9.03 9.05

        PHSS_5120:
        s300_400: 9.00 9.03

        PHSS_5168:
        s300_400: 8.00

        PHSS_5185:
        s800: 8.00 8.02 8.04 8.06 8.08

        PHSS_5136:
        s800: 9.00 9.04

Patch Package Size:  760 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. Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it:

                cd /tmp
                cp patch_source/PHSS_5180 .
                sh PHSS_5180

        3. Become root and run update:

                /etc/update

        4. Use the cursor keys to select "Change Source or
           Destination ->" and press [Return].

        5. Select "From Tape Device to Local System ..."
           in the Change window and

        6. Change "Source: /dev/rmt/0m" to
           "Source: /tmp/PHSS_5180.updt"

        7. Press "Done" (f4).

        8. Follow the standard directions for update.

        Update moves the original software to
        /system/PHSS_5180/orig.  Keep this file to recover from any
        potential problems.  You should move the .text file to
        /system/PHSS_5180 for future reference.

        To put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the
        tape drive, use dd:

                dd if=PHSS_5180.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048

Special Installation Instructions:  
        Do not install patch when any of the scheduled processes
        are due to be run.