IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.4.0 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-IF0001 Readme

IMPORTANT NOTE: To download this update, you must first login to IBM Fix Central. Once logged in, you may select from the individual download packages. When selecting fixes, ensure your download options are set to "Include requisites: Yes".
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Below is a list of components, platforms, and file names that apply to this Readme file.

General description
This is an interim fix for the OS Monitoring Agents provided with the IBM Cloud Application Performance Management version 8.1.4.0 family of products. It upgrades the OS Monitoring Agents to version 06.35.14.01

Platforms and prerequisites
The OS Monitoring Agents is supported on the platforms documented here.

The interim fix for the OS Monitoring Agents is intended to be applied to the OS Monitoring Agents which is provided with:

IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Base, Version 8.1.4.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management Advanced, Version 8.1.4.0

• Symptom: UX agent SDA file (kux_sda_6.3.5.1401.jar) may failed to upload to server. The following message can be seen on the UX agent log (_ux_kuxagent_*.log)
  (59D29475.0002-18:kraajson.cpp,563,"IRA_JSON_ExpandDataBuffer") Unable to object JSON object buffer storage - size 15231932
  (59D29475.0003-18:kraajson.cpp,683,"IRA_JSON_FormatDataCollection") Exit: 0x7
  (59D29475.0004-18:kraaomsg.cpp,952,"IRA_outputAgentMessage") *CA-INFO: Custom metadata file /opt/ibm/apm/agent/lfwain02/aix526/ux/support/kux_sda_6.3.5.1401.jar upload processing failed - Base64 encoding or JSON format error detected.
  
  Workaround: Increase the data ulimit and restart the agent.
  


• Symptom: The __fcp_daemon_logmonitoring_*.log may contains many messages "ERROR: tec_put_event failed, rc = -1". This occurred due to the agent trying to send EIF events even though there is no valid ServerLocation nor ServerPort had been set.
  
  Workaround: None. These messages can be ignore.
  

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Prior to installation

The OS Monitoring Agent must be installed before applying the agent interim fix.

Installing

Installing the agent interim fix

1. Download the patch bundle from Fix Central for each OS type where your agent is installed:
   
   • If the agent is installed on AIX, download 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-AIX-IF0001.tar
     
   • If the agent is installed on Linux for Power Systems (Little Endian), download 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-PLINUXLE-IF0001.tar
     
   • If the agent is installed on Linux for System x, download 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-XLINUX-IF0001.tar
     
   • If the agent is installed on Linux for System z, download 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-ZLINUX-IF0001.tar
     
   
   
2. If you are installing the patch on AIX as a non-root user, you must clear unused shared libraries from the kernel and library memory before you install the patch by following these steps:
   
   
   • Stop the agent
     
   • Login as root, and run the slibclean command
     
   • Login as the non-root user who installed the agent(s) and continue with the patch installation
     
   
   
3. Unpack the patch bundle on each computer system where the agent is already installed by using the tar utility on Linux/AIX.
   
   e.g.
   tar -xf 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-AIX-IF0001.tar
   
   
4. Enter the created directory



5. Run the apmpatch.sh/bat tool as the same user who installed the agent:
   
   Linux/AIX:
   
   ./apmpatch.sh <APM-AGENT-HOME>
   
   
   where the <APM-AGENT-HOME> value specifies the directory where the agent is installed. For Linux and AIX, it only needs to be provided if the agent is installed in a non-default directory.
   

Performing the necessary tasks after installation

A successful installation modifies the OS Monitoring Agents version to 06.35.14.01.

Troubleshooting installation problems from the Support site

For more detailed information, refer to the Troubleshooting and support Guide:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHLNR_8.1.4/com.ibm.pm.doc/install/trouble_intro.htm

Uninstalling if necessary

This agent maintenance package cannot be rolled back. If necessary you can uninstall and reinstall the monitoring agent and all appropriate patches.

For detailed instructions to Uninstall monitoring agents, please refer to the IBM Cloud Application Performance Management guide, here:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHLNR_8.1.4/com.ibm.pm.doc/install/uninstall_agents.htm

The Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) checksum of each image image is as follows:
SHA1(8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-AIX-IF0001.TAR)= 2bcf86c6edffbcf9d8a5e940c58166026b23cdab
SHA1(8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-PLINUXLE-IF0001.TAR)= c42418e0f5474909f40dbaf870f090ab9cee774b
SHA1(8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-XLINUX-IF0001.TAR)= f5737ddfd34992f881b8d8a8849382ebe2028de8
SHA1(8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-ZLINUX-IF0001.TAR)= bf12bc9475c2c2f5c8f6d10332596cefb4fa1c4d

Image Contents
The following files implement this fix:
- 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-IF0001.readme.html - This README file

- 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-AIX-IF0001.tar - For extracting patch files use the tar utility

Extracting the above bundle (.tar) creates the following directory and patch files:

8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-AIX-IF0001/
|-- apmpatch.sh
|-- patches
|-- patch.properties

- 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-PLINUXLE-IF0001.tar - For extracting patch files use the tar utility

Extracting the above bundle (.tar) creates the following directory and patch files:

8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-PLINUXLE-IF0001/
|-- apmpatch.sh
|-- patches
|-- patch.properties

- 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-XLINUX-IF0001.tar - For extracting patch files use the tar utility

Extracting the above bundle (.tar) creates the following directory and patch files:

8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-XLINUX-IF0001/
|-- apmpatch.sh
|-- patches
|-- patch.properties

- 8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-ZLINUX-IF0001.tar - For extracting patch files use the tar utility

Extracting the above bundle (.tar) creates the following directory and patch files:

8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-OS-AGENT-ZLINUX-IF0001/
|-- apmpatch.sh
|-- patches
|-- patch.properties

New Features

The following changes are included in the IBM OS Monitoring Agents 8.1.4.0 Interim Fix 01:

• Defect fixes and other stability improvements

The following problems are addressed by this interim fix.

APARs

• IV96363: FCP daemon may crash when closing log

• 121741: Bundle the OS agents UI configuration as part of the agent SDA file
• 124210: Linux OS agent should upload memory metrics every minute
• 124211: Windows OS agent should upload memory metrics every minute
• 124212: Unix OS agent should upload memory metrics every minute
• 125619: High amount of KUMP_MonitoredFileInt messages in the fcp_daemon logs
• 126065: Display IP address in status overview and add host IP address to summary ui page
• 126188: Filter out Kubernetes pods from docker list
• 126263: Some Docker stats are wildly inflated in Linux OS agent
• 127010: Unresponsive errors in browser when page doesn't complete render

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