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CPI hotfix was designed to be used with command line option, '-require ' as it normally used for installation or upgrade product.  But some customer want to use 'installer' to stop and start product during maintenance window for kernel patch.

For example, below CPI_6.2.1_P14.pl is required for SF6.2 installer to stop vxcloud, and command line used like following to stop all the processes:

/opt/VRTS/install/installsfcfsha62 -require CPI_6.2.1_P14.pl -stop

But, this CPI hotfix cannot be installed, and above '-require ' always should be used. 

To install the CPI hotfix permanently on the server, you can create a hidden directory and copy the CPI hotfix like following:

# mkdir /opt/VRTS/install/.cpihotfix

# cp CPI_6.2.1_P14.pl /opt/VRTS/install/.cpihotfix/6.2.1_RHEL7x8664.pl

# /opt/VRTS/install/installsfcfsha62 -stop

Note) The hotfix filename can be anything as long as extention has .pl

In fact, this hidden directory is used for downloading existing hotfix from Veritas support website.  If the server is connencted to internet, the required hotfix will be automatically downloaded, and hotfix will be executed silently.