IBM Monitoring 6.3.0 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007 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 a cumulative interim fix for IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.3.0.7. It also enables supported agents to be connected to IBM Cloud App Management. See this link. for more details on integrating IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6 agents with IBM Cloud App Management.

It includes these component versions for IBM Tivoli Monitoring:

IBM Tivoli Monitoring Shared Libraries (ax) 06.30.07.07
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Shared Libraries (GL) 06.30.07.07
Tivoli Enterprise Management Agent Framework Update (tf) 06.30.07.07

  Note: The tf update includes the following:

• IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installer -> 06.30.07.05
• IBM GSKit Security Interface -> 08.00.50.88
• IBM Tivoli Enterprise-supplied JRE -> 07.10.30.00 (06.16.65.00 for HP-UX PA-Risc: hp11, hp116)

Platforms and prerequisites
This interim fix is supported on the following platforms:

None.

This interim fix should not be installed onto same CANDLEHOME where TEMS, TEPS or UE components are installed. This limitation will be addressed in a future interim fix

Prior to installation

1. Assign CANDLEHOME environment variable (UNIX/LINUX ONLY)
   
   Before installing this interim fix on Unix systems, make sure that the
   environment variable $CANDLEHOME is set to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring
   installation directory.
   
   Note: The directory /opt/IBM/ITM is the default installation directory.
   
   For example:
   > CANDLEHOME=/opt/IBM/ITM
   > export CANDLEHOME



2. Determine the acrhitecture of the target system.
   
   For Linux and Unix, you need to determine the install architecture of the target
   system so that you can select the correct platform file to apply to the system.
   To do this execute the following command in the terminal
   window on your target system.
   
   For Linux and Unix:
   $CANDLEHOME/bin/cinfo -p ui
   
   Record the platform code that is listed next to the "Current machine" which appears in the output.

Installing

Local interim fix installation

1. Transfer the appropriate archive file:
   
   6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007.tar.gz or 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0007-TEMA-IF0007.zip to a temporary directory on the system that contains the code to be updated. For the purpose of this README, the symbol <TEMP> represents the fully qualified path to this directory.
   
   Note: On Windows, this includes the drive letter.


2. Expand the archive file using the tar command on UNIX systems or an unzip utility on Windows systems. This creates a directory structure that contains fixes for all of the supported platforms.


3. For Unix/Linux installs:
   
   cd <TEMP>/6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007
./install.sh -h $CANDLEHOME -q -p `pwd`/unix/tf<PLAT>.txt
   
   where <PLAT> is the architecuture you recorded above (i.e. lx8266)


4. For Windows installs:
   
   cd <TEMP>/6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007/WINDOWS
setup.exe /w /z"/sf%cd%\deploy\TF_Silent_Install.txt" /s /f2"%CANDLE_HOME%\INSTALLITM\Silent_KTF.log"

1. Transfer the appropriate archive file (6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007.tar.gz or .zip) to a temporary directory on the system that contains the code to be updated. For the purpose of this README, the symbol <TEMP> represents the fully qualified path to this directory.
   Note: On Windows, this includes the drive letter.


2. Expand the archive file using the tar command on UNIX systems or an unzip utility on Windows systems. This creates a directory structure that contains fixes for all of the supported platforms.


3. Add the interim fix to the TEMS Depot by executing the following command:
   
   For Unix and Linux packages
   
   cd <TEMP>/6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007/unix
tacmd addbundles -i . -t tf
   
   For Windows packages
   
   cd <TEMP>/6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007/WINDOWS/Deploy
tacmd addbundles -i . -t tf
   


4. Record the "Version" number that is displayed as output from executing the addbundles command in step 3 above.
   
   Example:
   
   Type : Component
Product Code : tf
Deployable : True
Version : 063007007 <=== Record this value
Description : 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007
Host Type : aix523
Host Version : aix523,aix533
Prerequisites:


5. Distribute the interim to the target machines requiring this update by executing the following command on the HUB TEMS for Unix Systems
   
   $CANDLEHOME/bin/tacmd updateframework -n <Managed System Node Name:KUX> -v XXXXXXXXX
   
   and for Linux Systems
   
   $CANDLEHOME/bin/tacmd updateframework -n <Managed System Node Name:LZ> -v XXXXXXXXX
   
   and for Windows Systems
   
   %Candle_Home%/bin/tacmd updateframework -n <Managed System Node Name:NT> -v XXXXXXXXXX
   
   Note: You must be have previously issued the command to log onto the HUB TEMS prior to executing the above commands.
   Note: Where XXXXXXXXX is the Version value recorded from step 4 above.

• $CANDLEHOME/bin/cinfo -t ax

• kincinfo -i

• GL Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent Framework
WINNT Version: 06.30.07.07 Build: 201811301504


• GL Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent Framework
WIX64 Version: 06.30.07.07 Build: 201811301504

Performing the necessary tasks after installation

None

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_8.1.3/com.ibm.pm.doc/install/trouble_intro.htm

Uninstalling if necessary

If you encounter an issue with the interim fix and need to back it out then contact IBM support for assistance. Please refer to Backing up "IBM Tivoli Monitoring" information guide for addtional information on how to backup your installation before applying updates.
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFXA_6.3.0.2/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3fp2/install/backup.htm

The Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1) checksum of the image files is as follows:
SHA1(6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007.tar.gz)= ebe60dac2b11e199fbc9b2a8f3a05c87d4593938
SHA1(6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007.zip)= 2427b753af5e4c8f307228c7d0b36a007f13f380

Image Contents
The following files implement this fix:
- 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007.readme.html - This README file
- 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007.tar.gz - For extracting interim fix files using tar utility
- 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007.zip - For extracting interim fix files using unzip utility

Extracting either of the above bundles (tar or zip) creates the following directories and files:

6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0007
|-- DeployLnk.sh
|-- install.sh
|-- kcirunas.cfg
|-- license
|-- notices
|-- README.TXT
|-- silent_config.txt
|-- silent_install.txt
|-- unix
`-- WINDOWS

New Features

The following changes are included in IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0.7 Interim Fix 7:

• Defect fixes and other stability improvements

The following problems are addressed by this interim fix.

APARs

• IV84599: LINUX AGENT OCCASIONALLY ABENDS
• IV85368: Diagnostics for pipe_listener SUSPEND / RESUME logic
• IV92927: TACMD CONFIGURESYSTEM CANNOT SET WIN32_STARTUP
• IV95024: DELETED INSTANCES RETURN IN BOOT SCRIPT AFTER
• IV95269: SIMULTANEOUS ASI REQUESTS MAY ABORT AGENTS
• IJ00337: ON AIX, THE UNIX OS AGENT RANDOMLY HANGS ON START-UP.
• IJ00828: EXTEND ENHANCEMENT IV79101 FOR UNIX/LINUX AND WINDOWS MONITORIN
• IJ01062: LARGE VOLUME OF KT1 REQUESTS DURING AN ITM-BASED TADDM
• IJ02368: TADDM DISCOVERIES THROUGH ITM TAKE TOO LONG TO COMPLETE AND
• IJ02662: TADDM DISCOVERIES VIA ITM MONOPOLISE THE HUB'S SOAP THREADS AND
• IJ03527: WINDOWS OS AGENT CONFIGURATION NOT WORKING FOR PRIMARY TEMS
• IJ04321: KNOWLEDGE CENTER DOCUMENTATION FOR STATE ATTRIBUTE IN ASM
• IJ06326: UPLIFT JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONEMENT (JRE)
• IJ07339: ITM_SAVE_* VARIABLES ARE SET TO EMPTY STRING DURING UPGRADE
• IJ07905: SITUATION DATA ROWS EXCEED RPC TRANSPORT LIMIT
• IJ08957: DISABLE_HTTP SETTINGS NOT PRESERVED
• IJ08972: INVALID AAGP.XML CONTENTS RESULTS IN AGENT FUNCTIONAL FAILURES
• IJ09666: UPLIFT JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONEMENT (JRE)
• IJ11029: DB2 AGENT INSTANCE DB2INST1 CRASHES DURING AGENT STARTUP.

• None.

• Enables supported agents to be connected to IBM Cloud App Management.

• 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0006
• 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0005
• 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0004
• 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM_TEMA-IF0003

• 2787: Update 32-bit TEMA only if already installed.
• 3585: UpdateFramework remote deploy fails
• 3812: MQ agent crash while processing private situations.
• 3950: Linux pdcollect omits localconfig files for multi-instance agents.
• 4262: SubNode data is not being processed by TCS
• 4311: Enable agent HTTPS connectivity to IBM Cloud App Managment Server
• IV88888: EXPAT XML PARSER PSIRT ADVISORY 6432
• IV93367: EMBEDED SITUATIONS MEMORY LEAK
• IV94012: SWEET32 PSIRT REMEDIATION(CVE-2016-2183)
• IV97602: OPEN SOURCE ZLIB VULNERABILITIES IN ITM
• IJ07434: UPLIFT JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT (JRE)
• IJ04522: UPLIFT IBM GLOBAL SECURITY KIT (GSKIT)