IP address isn't removed when IPMultiNICB resource goes down unexpectedly on sol11

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Article ID: 100032057

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Description

Error Message

There are two error cases.
For example. when one node (node A) was halt or panicked, then service group would failover to another node(node B).

Case 1)  IPMultiNICB Resource fails to online on node B with below error.

    V-16-10001-5013 IPMultiNICB:ipmnicb1:online:This IP address is configured elsewhere. Will not online

    During service group is going to online on node B, node A booted up, and IP address that defined in IPMultiNICB Resource would be up.

Case 2)  Duplicate address warning message are logged on node A.

     WARNING: ipmp0 has duplicate address xx.xx.xx.xx (in use by 00:14:4f:fb:7d:f9); disabled.

    After service group failover to node B, node A booted up, then OS reported duplicate address with node B,

Cause

IPMultiNICB executed  "ipadm create-addr" command without -t (--temporary) flag that specifies that the configured address is temporary and changes apply only to the active configuration.

Resolution

We added the -t (--temporary) flag in the "ipadm create-addr" command.
Private Hotfix are created, so if you need this hotfix please contact Veritas Technical Support.
 
VRTSvcsag versionPrivate Hotfix
6.2.16.2.1.004
7.07.0.0.001
7.0.17.0.1.001


Issue/Introduction

When a node having an online IPMultiNICB resource goes down unexpectedly, the IP Address plumbed on the node is not  unplumbed.

Effected Version : 6.2.1 and 7.x
Effected platforms: Solaris 11