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VM65881: SEVERAL UPDATES TO CMA LIBERTY (FIX PACK 2)

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Several updates are included for problems reported against CMA
    Liberty by external customer use and internal testing.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: All users of z/VM Cloud Manager Appliance    *
    *                 (CMA) - Liberty are affected by this change. *
    *                 Refer to the description of this APAR in the *
    *                 CMA120 FILE for information on what is       *
    *                 changed and how to apply this service to     *
    *                 your CMA system.                             *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION: APPLY PTF                                    *
    ****************************************************************
    Fixing several minor problems uncovered in both internal testing
    and by external customers.
    

Problem conclusion

  • This APAR provides a fix pack update for CMA Liberty on z/VM
    which includes the following changes:
    
       1. support for boot from volume for SLES 12
       2. updates for OpenStack packages
       3. endpoint support for https enablement.
          Refer to https://ibm.biz/BdrLMc for information on
          enabling this support.
       4. support for setting administrator password
       5. correct a problem where services stopped writing log
          information after logrotate runs
       6. correctly detect the default network exists and do not
          try to recreate the default network
       7. correct start function error on discovery
       8. allow certain non-alphanumeric characters in passwords
       9. provide minor updates to process for applying APAR TARBIN
          files
      10. avoid granting instances access to the internal VSWITCH
      11. the support for replacing the default SSL certificates
          with external CA-signed certificates.
          Refer to https://ibm.biz/BdrLMc for more information on
          this support.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    VM65881

  • Reported component name

    VM CMS

  • Reported component ID

    568411201

  • Reported release

    630

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2016-08-16

  • Closed date

    2016-09-20

  • Last modified date

    2016-09-30

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

    UM34873

Modules/Macros

  • CMA120   VM65881
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    VM CMS

  • Fixed component ID

    568411201

Applicable component levels

  • R630 PSY UM34873

       UP16/09/30 I 1000

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 September 2016