Is MD5 checksum HASH Available for Virtual Appliance?

Products

• CA Identity Suite

Issue/Introduction

I don't see a page to get an MD5 Hash value, that I can use to validate a clean download.  Can\Does Virtual Appliance use md5 checksum?

 

Environment

Release : 14.3

Component : CA IDENTITY SUITE (VIRTUAL APPLIANCE)

Resolution

Each Cumulative Patch is provided in an encrypted compressed tarball format (tar.gz). The utility (patch_vapp) that is available on the Virtual Appliance, will automatically apply the patch when run.

 

To apply a Cumulative Patch, follow these steps:

 

Copy the Cumulative Patch into the Virtual Appliance using SCP software. SCP is available by default on most Mac/Linux systems. You can download WinSCP for Windows platform.

 

For example, the command to copy the patch from a Mac/Linux system into the Virtual Appliance is:

 

scp CP_VA_140300_0001.tar.gpg config@###.#.##.##.

 

SSH into the Virtual Appliance.

For example:

 

ssh config@###.#.##.##

 

Generate the MD5 checksum for the Cumulative Patch and compare with the checksum documented in the Cumulative Patch tables for each component in the following sections.

 

md5sum <Cumulative Patch>

 

For example:

md5sum CP_VA_140300_0001.tar.gpg

 

Apply the Cumulative Patch.

patch_vapp <Cumulative Patch>

 

For example:

patch_vapp CP_VA_140300_0001.tar.gpg

 

(Optional - Rollback): If there is a need to rollback a Cumulative Patch or a Service Pack after it has been applied, log in via SSH/CLI into the Virtual Appliance as shown in Step 2 and run

"rollback_vapp".

 

If the external database in use is Oracle, ensure that you reboot the machine after the patch is applied successfully.

Additional Information

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/symantec-security-software/identity-security/identity-suite/14-3/release-notes/Virtual-Appliance-Release-Notes/Latest-cumulative-patches-for-download.html