Licensed Materials - Property of IBM (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2009, 2012 All Rights Reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplicate or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. ========================================================================= Readme file for IBM Systems Director Common Agent update Version 6.3.1 IBM Corp. ========================================================================= CONTENTS 1.0 Overview 2.0 Prerequisites and corequisites 3.0 Installation 3.1 Installing the Common Agent update 3.2 Necessary tasks after installation 3.3 Special instructions 4.0 Uninstallation 5.0 List of changes included 5.1 Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARs) 5.1.1 APARs incorporated into 6.3.0 5.1.1.1 APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director Platform Agent version 6.3.0 5.1.2 APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director 6.3.1 5.2 Product Enhancements 5.3 Troubleshooting and known issues 6.0 Copyright and trademark information 1.0 Overview This is an update for IBM Systems Director Common Agent. The Common Agent is a component of IBM Systems Director that is installed on a managed system to provide hardware-specific function that supports communication and administration of the managed system by IBM Systems Director. See section 5 for a list of items patched or updated. 2.0 Prerequisites and corequisites When this update is installed on the IBM Systems Director server system, the IBM Systems Director server update with the matching version must also be installed. 3.0 Installation 3.1 Installing the Common Agent update Perform the following steps to install this update. 1) Right-click on the system or system group to be updated and select Inventory > Collect Inventory. 2) Right-click on the system or system group to be updated and select Release Management > Show and Install Updates... 3) Select the update named 'IBM Systems Director Common Agent for ', then click Install... 3.2 Necessary tasks after installation None. 3.3 Special Instructions None. 4.0 Uninstallation Update Manager does not support the uninstallation of the Common Agent update. Contact IBM Systems support if you need to uninstall this update: www.ibm.com/systems/support/ 5.0 List of changes included 5.1 Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARs) Below is a list of APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director versions 6.3.0 and later. IBM Systems Director updates and patches are cumulative with respect to the APARs they contain. 5.1.1 APARs incorporated into 6.3.0 5.1.1.1 APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director Platform Agent version 6.3.0 5.1.2 APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director 6.3.1 5.2 Troubleshooting Search the support Knowledge Base for additional information about specific issues: http://www.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=eServerOnDemandKBRCH 6.0 Copyright and trademark information www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml The following terms are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both: IBM Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. 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