Licensed Materials - Property of IBM (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2009, 2013 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 6.3.3 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 5.1.2 APARs incorporated into 6.3.1 5.1.3 APARs incorporated into 6.3.1.1 5.1.4 APARs incorporated into 6.3.2 5.1.5 APARs incorporated into 6.3.3 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 Authorized Program Analysis Reports (APARs) 5.1.1 APARs incorporated into 6.3 The following APARs are incorporated into IBM Systems Director 6.3 IC69779 Agent Manager not Fully Configured on Windows Install IC70378 AEM 4.3 Uninstall causes Director Server to go into Inactive IC70381 Install errors during install of Director Server when password with Special characters is specified IC70610 Contextually incorrect instructions in console mode for WPAR Manager install and uninstall IC70762 IBM systems Director Server can restart even if user selects "NO" in the WPAR Manager Install Wizard IC71184 Director leaves lock file /var/run/lwi if not properly shut down IC71518 Director 6.2 install fails with "... unzip command not found" IC72145 IBM System Director (ISD) LWI Console showing excessive wasted file open attempts IC72282 IBM Systems Director indented view may not refresh correctly IC72292 Discovery of Windows systems may miss supported protocols in IBM Systems Director IC72399 CAS service NOT stopped when RHEL is shutdown/restarted IC72409 Targeting thresholds for a group causes an Unexpected Thread Termination IC72422 Migration from IBM Systems Director 6.1.x Server to 6.2 does not migrate the data IC72425 Linux RHEL OS non-root userId's for smadmin group, do not migrate with IBM Systems Director 6.2 IC72460 IBM Systems Director Server 6.2.x installation may remove groups from root profile IC72516 UpdateXpress System Pack (UXSP) update fails to update on a VMware ESXi 4.1 system IC72616 After installing a RAID Firmware driver it still shows as needed IC72743 Windows Common Agent Systems occasionally go offline due to Java crashes: Faulting Modules is J9JIT24.DLL IC73000 Only one IP address can be used for event action - "Send an SNMP trap to an IP host" IC73103 When applying an update to a remote AIX system using the install updates wizard, the following error is displayed: "ATKUPD094W - The advanced options could not be retrieved for ... " IC73153 Request access failure to IBM Systems Director Common Agent IC73225 IBM-SYSTEM-STORAGE-MIB has incorrect descriptions for OperationStatus objects IC73454 Pre-installation Utility Fails on Port 9510 Availability IC73465 New Windows NT Event Log Types not in Event Filter Builder IC73586 Pre-installation Utility Fails on promotion validity IC73694 SMI-S RSAP (Remote Service Access Point) access is not locked after removing the Credentials IC73695 After updating Adaptec ServeRAID 8k successfully and collecting inventory, compliance still shows updates needed IC73761 IBM Systems Director Console hangs if communication errors with HMC occur IC73884 The /etc/resolv.conf file is created on a new virtual server when the user's environment does not use DNS IC73889 twgmonit.exe leaks memory when monitoring cluster resources IC73922 Pre-installation Utility does not flag Oracle Enterprise Linux as unsupported IC74010 SQL maintenance utilities cannot rebuild all ISD indices IC74017 Platform Agent not working, with side-by-side errors reported IC74077 Upgrade of CAS agent removes twgpmon.ini IC74095 twguser.ini has field length limitations IC74097 CAS Events including double byte characters can not be parsed by IBM Systems Director server IC74159 IBM Systems Director stays on the green triangle at startup IC74171 Servers lists under "Systems with Problems" Category after Ignoring the Problem for all resources IC74177 Mismatch between number of events on Status Manager and Scoreboard in IBM Systems Director IC74283 IBM Systems Director needs to be recycled to pick up HMC SSO Shared credentials IC74286 Security Credentials must be changed twice, in order for IBM Systems Director to recognize the change IC74299 Values in the USMi.properties file are ignored if they contain spaces IC74432 Port reverts to default on CAS agent version 6.2.1 when discovered IC74433 IBM Systems Director 6.2 documentation for 'Preparing the Oracle Database' needs clarifications IC74452 Deployment of appliances via VMControl may not be possible when HMC has multiple IP addresses IC74456 IBM Systems Director's nested group support documentation will be clarified IC74511 Event Filter Builder types are missing or not grouped properly IC74616 Getting an error ATKCOR031E while creating credentials for i-series management endpoint IC74686 Unable to log into the IBM Systems Director console for an AIX Director Server at 6.2.1 IC74699 LAN inventory can't be shown on console due to duplicate entries in MAC address IC74756 When compliance runs, the number of compliant systems increments and decrements in a confusing manner IC74780 Upgrade of CAS agents overwrites athresh.ini IC74886 The UID files can't be created for agentless systems after requesting access IC74889 IBM Systems Director SMSTOP/SMSTART script displays MegaRaid StorageManager stopping/starting if LSI MSM is installed IC74984 Agentless systems are removed from IBM Systems Director after request access completes IC74991 Special characters within the securityLDAP.properties file must be double escaped IC75128 SMCLI mkresmonthresh improperly sets monitor values of thresholds IC75245 An error ATKCOR031E occurs on ISD (IBM Systems Director) Console when accessing event log IC75265 SMCLI DCONSOLE command fails to display the serial console IC75266 IBM-Director-Alert-MIB has Notifications with same Object Identifiers IC75283 Event Filters do not work properly when Event Type Component Category contains "." IC75319 Director Server console does not display Thresholds which are created using the smcli for the '/' file system for Groups IC75325 The process monitor task removal by rmpmtask is not persistent across Director restarts IC75352 Thread ServiceAccessPointQueryThread terminates unexpectedly IC75386 ThreadDeathMetricDescription - com.ibm.seriesx.query.slp. QuerySLPQE.includeQueryAddressInHintLists IC75392 The management server encountered a software exception. Event type DiscoveryMEPListenerUtility:saveJobHistory:2113:CRITICAL IC75459 Performance issue when displaying the Threshold page for the first time IC75471 ServeRAID M5015 not listed as supported controller in InfoCenter IC75479 Alerts fail to be forwarded to Tivoli EIF probe IC75513 Garbled characters in Event Automation Plan (EAP) email on a Japanese client IC75532 IBM Systems Director Server takes a long time to shut down to an"ERROR" state IC75558 Instructions are needed for binding IBM Systems Director Platform Agent CIM server to single IP address IC75626 ISD Server is slow to update agent status when large numbers of agent systems change their status at the same time IC75635 IBM Systems Director queries offline SAN fabrics through TPC resulting in an Exception IC75672 Service and Support Manager opening duplicate service requests for a given serviceable event IC75674 The LDAP configuration documentation is not clear about when to define custom filters IC75698 Systems Director is requiring specific plug-ins for Bladecenter management but the plug-ins are not found IC75703 Slot Inventory is incorrect on AIX VIOS Systems IC75705 twgescli.exe application error when restarting IBM Systems Director Common Agent service or rebooting system IC75718 Platform Agent V6.x Low Disk Condition monitors cease to function properly IC75753 Director Server console displays "Disk % Space Used" for '/' file system for Linux/AIX IC75757 ISD Server is slow to detect endpoints that go offline IC75773 Usage of SMSERVER script to start DB2 instance and Systems Director Server automatically when rebooting AIX server IC75782 Hardware event repeatedly written to system event log 14 times IC75903 Some columns under navigate resources groups do not get sorted properly IC75935 Qlogic firmware still shows as updated needed after updating ESX 4.1 agents IC75938 Attempting to install an Update Group fails with an ATKCOR031E error IC75964 Installing Common Agent on Windows using the InstallShield wizzard documentation needs correction IC75983 Network switch critical status caused by LinkDown SNMP trap is not automatically cleared when LinkUp SNMP trap is received. IC75992 smcli dsh -i command fails for systems with multiple hostnames IC76017 In Japanese locales, event action logs are encoded in UTF-16 IC76061 Discovery attempted while multiple endpoint deletes/removals in process fail to discover valid endpoint IC76070 Info Center topic "Viewing detailed light-path-diagnostics information" requires clarification IC76124 IBM Systems Director (ISD) Server unable to discover ISD Common Agent endpoint as CAS after install/upgrade IC76136 IBM Systems Director Bladecenter management plug-ins are not found IC76159 Resync is not working properly for thresholds after Common Agent Service Agent upgrade IC76233 smcli chcred command issues on IBM Systems Director IC76240 IBM Systems Director (ISD) Inventory collection on storage devices is slow IC76241 Unexpected thread termination during inventory task IC76268 IBM Systems Director (ISD) Inventory collection on storage devices hangs IC76277 Users assigned to a customer created role are unable to add servers to existing groups (ATKGRP015E error) IC76292 IBM Systems Director web interface allows non-super users to modify any credential mappings IC76297 IBM Systems Director Server dynamic groups using the Device criterion Sensor lose members IC76300 SMMonitor role allows editing in IBM Systems Director Console IC76328 "Send an alphanumeric page(using TAP)" action removed from Director v6.x IC76383 IBM Systems Director (ISD) install fails when Windows automatic short file name generation is disabled IC76389 Activation Engine in zVM environment fails to apply the network on deployed Virtual Server during boot time IC76396 Check for updates fails with DNZULX014E ERROR EXECUTING THE REMO COMMAND IC76446 ThreadDeath, NullPointerException in ThresholdCollection.addNode IC76471 All smcli commands fail with error message - DNZCLI0131E : SERVER MIGHT NOT BE RUNNING. COULD NOT READ THE KEY FILE. IC76473 The IBM Systems Director Platform Agent module wmicpa may crash when simultaneous requests for profile based classes are made IC76477 Unable to install IBM Systems Director Common or Platform Agent 6.2.1x on Windows running Remote Desktop Session Host IC76514 Scheduled jobs fail to start when scheduled to do so IC76551 Servers listed under "Systems with Problems" group after an ignored problem recurs IC76569 Unable to change user properties within ISD (IBM Systems Director) console IC76572 Smcli dsh -n/N command fails for system with multiple hostnames IC76573 Group thresholds are not visible in IBM Systems Director console due to performance issues IC76591 CAS Offline event severity can not be modified using Event Action Plan IC76624 VM Control zoning unable to recognize multiple zones within a single switch IC76635 IBM Ethernet 4-Port GB Ethernet Switch Module v1 shows as Required - Not Installed IC76650 IBM Systems Director (ISD) Inventory console fails to launch IC76653 Inventory failure on VIOS system with large disk config IC76657 IBM Systems Director consistently hangs during restart IC76662 Request Access takes over 10 minutes to complete and times out IC76733 False blade server inserted/removed events appear after IBM Systems Director is migrated to 6.2.1 or follow-on version IC76812 Updating Agents using IBM System's Director selected oprating system as target, job status displays server objects at endpoint IC76813 Unrecognizable strings of numbers are displayed when creating an event filter or running "smcli lsevttype" IC76834 The smsave command fails with a Tivoli GUID null error on Windows x64 Edition IC76886 The details of a scheduled job in IBM Systems Director (ISD) sometimes returns no information IC76894 Enhance Infocenter document "Limitations of large tables" IC76915 Online/Offline status of endpoint is slow to update in IBM Systems Director (ISD) IC77007 VMControl deployments fail when importing a virtual appliance an causes a JAXRPCException: NullPointerException IC77053 Security issue for IBM Systems Director IC77115 Security issue for IBM Systems Director SSL communications IC77135 INFOCENTER information on iSeries CAS agent is incorrect IC77157 User assigned custom role can not view or collect inventory IC77178 Security issue for IBM Systems Director IC77209 Source field for event in event log shows "-1" for Esxi 4.1u1 in IBM Systems Director 6.2.1.2 IC77230 Security update for IBM Systems Director IC77242 Event Filter changes after saving IC77300 slpd.log grows without bounds IC77325 DB2 administrative password with special characters results in a failed connection during the install of IBM Systems Director IC77365 Event Filter changes after saving IC77373 ISD Server stop and startup issue for AIX IC77409 Icon for group may not display correctly in Resource Navigator IC77450 Smcli dsh -N/n/i command fails for systems with multiple IP addresses and CAS installed IC77483 Platform Agent cimserver accepts connections using weak SSL ciphers IC77568 IBM Systems Director Storage Control requires restart of DB2 Management Server before install IC77571 Security issue for IBM Systems Director IC77582 Inventory of agentless ESX 4.1 host is missing data when MEP is successfully unlocked with non-root account IC77583 AMM firmware update fails when using IBM Systems Director 6.2.1.2 due to AMM not restarting IC77596 Enablement of server non-stop service leads to installation problem IC77602 Incorrect values for Available Processing Units and Configurable Processing Units in the Virtualization Monitors view IC77648 Smreset does not remove CAS agents from the console IC77652 NullPointerException in ResourceCriteriaSimplifier.replaceFiltersWithClauses IC77657 ATKUPD822E The ECC servers reported an error IC77661 Update HTTP port 7618 firewall requirements for IBM Systems Director Server IC77674 OrderedProcessingThread.run() reports NullPointerException IC77675 ServiceAccessPointStatusListener.discoveryComplete Line 64 : NullPointerException IC77677 IBM Systems Director v6.2.0.1 with VMControl v2.3.0.1 results in a StackOverflow java exception IC77727 Sender name of blade server event is AMM IP Address instead of AMM name IC77750 Removing a Virtual Server MEP causes a null pointer exception when ISDNC is installed IC77783 Dynamic CIMListener is leaking handle/file descriptors if consumer load fails IC77798 Verifying connection to a Virtual Server MEP causes a null pointer exception IC77817 Performing a "revoke access" is deleting user imported private keys IC77820 Inventory of agentless ESX 4.1 host is missing data when MEP is unlocked with non-root account IC77822 Disk I/O errors with Platform Agent on VMware ESX cluster environments IC77823 The Common Agent install version 6.2.1 fails with an error that another install is running IC77835 The Threshold resend option creates a superfluous second Problems entry that is not cleared when the issue is resolved IC77862 Space allocation requirements to install IBM System Director are not documented IC77868 An excessive number of ATKSRV6211 events are logged in the ISD eventlog IC77897 IBM Systems Director can not display client storage mappings from a client LPAR to its underlying VIOS physical disk IC77903 Setting SSM as the default startup page cause issues rendering pages after server restart IC77933 Event Filter match fails when event should match IC77945 Unable to view current configuration for RSA2 IC77963 IBM Systems Director Pre-Install Utility incorrectly reports OS RHEL 5.6 is not supported IC77985 Performance Summary panel stalls on opening in IBM Systems Director with HMC IC78005 e-mail text characters(Internet SMTP) from IBM Systems Director Server on French Language incorrect IC78006 SDMC (Systems Director Management Console) fixes get applied but show up as needing to be installed IC78012 Undocumented SLP source ports for Common Agent managed systems IC78081 IBM Systems Director 6.3 is required in order to install the WPA v2.3 plug-in IC78088 Selecting "Actions" for an entry in the "Systems by VLAN and Subnet" view, results in errors IC78110 Event log of dynamic group failing with an Unknown Error message ATKCOR031E IC78142 Unknown critical event is logged when cooling module is removed from IBM Bladecenter IC78153 Error updating AIX using Update Manager in IBM Systems Director when AIX security is on IC78154 Show Monitors fails to show system monitor information IC78200 IBM Systems Director changes the method of getting HMC IP address when launching HMC console IC78277 VMControl creates /etc/resolv.conf file on NIM deploy when domain name and DNS are not provided IC78248 Request Access Status is not refreshed automatically IC78276 Monitor view of dynamic group failing with an Unknown Error messsage ATKCOR031E IC78355 Editing virtual server may cause disk mapping to disappear IC78366 Install of multiple HMC updates via a single Update Manager task may fail IC78393 A source of resent event is 0 (zero) when creating an event action with Type: Modify an event and send it IC78438 Can't create a new template with the same name IC78457 Thread death - NullPointerException when socket factory returns null IC78476 SMSTATUS command failes with Java errors IC78524 CIM protocol not present on managed endpoints IC78563 Endpoint disappears in IBM Systems Director after VMotion is used to move the virtual machine IC78578 Installing the Common Agent on to an existing ISD server causes the server to lose communication with the agent IC78598 Server Objects cannot be deleted after the associated Operating System object is deleted IC78662 Unrecognized I/O Plug-in Name of 1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1 IC78663 Documentation changes made to clarify the confusion from one doc in Information Center IC78678 Importing multiple UXSP updates at the same time may result in a ATKUPD231E error IC78697 SNMP traps for hardware events are sent out as generic events by Event Action Plan IC78758 Non IBM hardware showing up as IBM hardware in the IBM Systems Director server IC78865 Boot Option is missing from the boot sequence list in IBM System Director IC78882 Windows Installation for target systems without a C: drive may fail installation IC78909 Cimserver is generating segmentation fault while shutting down IC78991 Agent deploy fails after scheduled job edited IC78995 Fully qualified Director Server host name for EIF probe required IC79008 Agent install fails when pushed to Windows 2008 system IC79017 A Process Monitor task will not run, when the target is a group IC79018 The properties of a scheduled job in IBM Systems Director (ISD) cannot be edited IC79028 "Virtual Farm Events" are showing under "Relocation Manager Event" in director event log IC79032 Severity shows "Unknown" for relocation event in the event log IC79041 In Vmcontrol when columns adjusted 'VIOS Storage mapping view' and 'Client partition Storage mapping view' remain unchanged IC79044 Cannot properly inventory AIX Efixes IC79068 Concurrent firmware updates for Power systems IC79196 MS IPMI device driver and OSA mapping layer issue with Update Manager on Windows 2003 R2 PM30850 Service and Support Manager does not include telephone extension when generating service request 5.1.2 APARs incorporated into 6.3.1 Below is a list of APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director versions 6.3.1 IC73527 Sometimes domain server has wrong Icon, shows regular operating system Icon IC77877 SMMON users are not able to add Groups into Favorites groups IC78174 HMC/CEC/LPAR/MEPS offline, verify connection fails immediately in console IC78642 Storage Devices are in Partially Locked state IC78671 Missing boot options in Configuration Manager "Boot Sequence Configuration" and disappearing HS22 blade entry IC78991 Problem deploying agent to Windows system after scheduled agent deployment job edited IC79008 Agent partial installation when deploying Common Agent IC79017 A Process Monitor task will not run when the target is a group IC79044 Inventory fails or AIX EFIX data not properly collected IC79185 Scalable Objects cannot be deleted after the associated OS IC79224 Event Time and Time received 9 hours different IC79239 Port of Common Agent on AIX reverts back to default while deploy IC79373 Multiple repeat values shown when editing a scheduled job. IC79573 Systems Director console hangs while displaying navigator group IC79574 A reinstall of IBM Systems Director Platform Agent results in a C++ runtime error IC79677 Documentation for IP address discovery exclude list is incorrect IC79917 Platform Agent v6.2.1 still shows as needed after successfully installing on MEP IC80128 X-Series OSs and servers with 64-bit architecture are discovered and inventoried as 32-bit systems IC80150 Inventory causes corruption of KVM managed endpoints IC80169 Migrations to 6.3 managed DB2 may fail in DBCS Environments IC80219 LSI RAID event from xLinux endpoint not shown event log IC80246 Thread death - IncompatibleClassChangeError in UsmiCimClient.getIterator IC80400 Unable to edit server template in autorename IC80513 Launch in context for servRAID Manager crashes for non-supported language IC80598 The Auto Rename task in Director is missing the "Server" object IC80781 Threshold problem status does not work properly when the monitor name contains a dot (".") IC80834 Unable to export information using InternetExplorer IC80897 Intermittent failure of 'smcli lsevtlog' command while displaying events from Microsoft Windows OS event logger IC80938 Learn more about importing license keys' link is not working IC81047 IBM Systems Director Console screens fail after upgrade to 6.3 IC81098 Check for updates for individual systems does not complete for PowerIOFW IC81125 Updates to VIOS targets installs incorrect rpms IC81154 Documentation update to clarify database service pack compatibility with IBM Systems Director server IC81173 Default migration directory is not consistent on AIX IC81270 Firmware inventory is blank due to a CIM instance enumeration timeout IC81324 Users of smadmin group are not able to run smcli command IC81338 Incorrect disk drive information displayed in inventory IC81389 The instruction text for import license keys functionality is missing IBM Systems Director console IC81446 Installation of IBM Systems Director Server results in no AgentManager configured IC81569 SMSAVE may not backup file paths that contain '(' and ')' IC81647 Hardware log for Integrated Management Module (IMM) is not clearing the cache IC81705 IBM Systems Director Agent 6.3 installation results in CIMServer CPU Utilization IC81774 Upgrading the Platform Agent using Update Manager will fail when CAS is not on the C Drive IC81792 Incompatible fixes can be imported and updated into IBM Systems Director server IC81812 Auto Discovery option is not saved after editing an Auto Rename profile IC81827 Users may be unable to update ISD 6.3 IC81976 Director will not restart due to a thread deadlock IC82067 Incorrect cfgdbcmd.rsp file contents can cause db migration failures on Linux IC82068 Health summary page takes around 50 seconds to open IC82069 ISD Automation Manager summary page is slow to open IC82071 Auto Rename task completes successfully, but target is not renamed IC82206 Some power servers do not shut up in the power systems hosts group IC82269 Information center is missing /home 'filesystem requirement specification under Hardware and software Requirements section IC82282 IX UM staging failed when NIM Master firstly used by AIX UM IC82527 ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException causes ISD to crash IC82528 NullPointerException causes ISD Server to crash IC82529 Inventory UI page slow to open whan all systems selcted 5.1.3 APARs incorporated into 6.3.1.1 Below is a list of APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director versions 6.3.1.1 IC81964 "Use the local system time" option will cause the job scheduling GUI to hang IC82034 Activating a Group Threshold causes an Unexpected Thread Death IC82196 Automation plan to start a program on the management server fails Intermittently IC82421 Dashboard of Health Summary Page shows 'Error 500' IC82584 IBM Systems Director Active Status view can be flooded with Warnings IC82694 Agentreg registration process does not work with IBM Systems Director Server 6.3.0 IC82822 Group Thresholds disappear after a restart of IBM Systems Director Server IC83030 Unable to delete the status entries from active status view for targeted systems IC83105 Users are not receiving "Agent Started/Stopped" alerts from IBM Systems Director Common agent (CAS) IC83220 Distributed command execution is failing with error "Local Command Service can not be located on port 9510" IC83333 'Error 500' on Performance Summary Page with ClassCastException IC83480 configAgtMgr.sh does not create agentmanagerconfig.properties file IC83488 SSM fails to submit service request due to an "IllegalStateException: SerialNumber" error IC83534 Login takes a minute or more before the start screen is shown IC83570 ava exception causes IBM Systems Director server to crash IC83625 Inventory completes with error on HX5 scalable partition IC83640 A view of monitor can not be created properly when the monitor name contains an apostrophe( ' ) IC83649 Operating System Name Property Criterion is changed to DisplayName Property Criterion in Criteria Preview panel IC83653 Slow to delete an offline endpoint of IBM Systems Director Platform Agent IC83686 In-band Hardware Events Fail to Alert IBM Systems Director Server IC83724 NIC offline event is not released in the Problems view after a switchback event IC83845 Error 500 when viewing 'select column monitors' for a resource group IC83929 Unexpected thread termination because of unhandled NPE IC83933 View of Collect Inventory results very slow with dual role users IC84043 Java exception causes IBM Systems Director Server thread death requesting server restart IC84686 MM incorrectly categorized certain LEDs as critical IMM issue IC84708 Dashboard of Health Summary Page shows 'Error 500' IC84733 Enabling all logging to FINEST caused Director Server start up to hang IC84744 ISD fails to get in-band alerts from VMWare ESXi IC84853 Update Compliance task lists the history of every system in every systems history when it should only list history for the selected system IC84855 ESXi Alerts do not trigger a health status change IC85033 IBM Systems Director auto rename fails on resource group IC85129 Install Updates Job Steps not updating as expected IC85146 When managing xSeries blades, IBM Systems Director Server service may crash IC85157 MEP access unknown after discovering a large number of IMM server MEPs IC85182 Newly discovered IBM Director 5.20.1 agents not successfully requesting access 5.1.4 APARs incorporated into 6.3.2 IC80272 In IBM Systems Director, the "Physical Slot" in Hard Drive Events is the slot of the adapter IC81061 The install disk space check for Storage Control 4.2.1.1 needs to match the minimum requirements for disk storage IC81160 (DOC) The Common Agent CIM Remote Service Access Point will not Request Access on AIX endpoints IC81293 (DOC) Inventory Collection failure for ESXi hypervisors with SSH protocol enabled IC81343 (DOC) Documentation changes for the IBM Systems Director Common Agent installation steps on ESX systems IC81375 SSM unable to open service requests for some machine types IC81449 Director 6.2 on AIX 6.1 installation script causing a failure due to TPC using port 19510 IC81826 An attempt to run recoverEnv.sh, results in the following message : 0403-006 Execute permission denied IC81847 Group editor wizard criterion selection causes error 500 and can hang GUI interface IC81848 The command smstart completes but notes Exception IC81936 Director server custom installation with managed DB2 failed with user provided DB2 password IC82066 Incorrect cfgdbcmd.rsp file contents can cause db migration failure on AIX IC82202 ibmpsg_baseboard CIM instance contains an incorrect blade location IC82512 (DOC) IBM System Director doc "Updating the Web container properties" instructions for creating sslconfig file are incomplete IC82656 Service and Support Manager fails to send test service request IC82702 (DOC) Description about different status counts displayed on IBM Systems Director web console is currently missing/not complete IC82736 (DOC) Pre-requisite configuration information for install of IBM System Director CAS agent on IBM I system not documented IC82985 (DOC) Documentation update for configuring asset Information for managed systems from IBM Systems Director Server IC83024 'IBM i Management' task loading wrong URL IC83031 No data populated on performance summary page IC83039 (DOC) Documentation change for Metric Data Blank issue IC83042 (DOC) Message ATKLDT019I on console for Network Monitor is not documented IC83106 The cli function 'cfgaccess' does not always work in unlocking platform agent systems with RSA/x509 certificate authentication IC83171 Diag command must be run for CAS agents on AIX to clear failed components IC83262 (DOC) Tivoli Productivity Center (TPC) version supported by IBM Systems Director is not clear in Infocenter IC83378 Server capture fails due to VIOS sending xml control character in identifier field IC83474 (DOC) Documented steps to re-manage a CAS endpoint will not work on a IBM System i IC83488 SSM fails to submit service request due to an "IllegalStateException: SerialNumber" error IC83543 Unable to view the entire execution history for a scheduled task IC83559 Platform Agent process cimprovagt memory leak IC83586 (DOC) IBM Systems Director Storage Control installation requires DB2 Administrator userID privileges IC83650 Mapping of WPAR (Workload Partition) State to Operating State is incorrect for "Active" WPAR State and "Maintenance" Op State IC83727 (DOC) Inventory completes without errors on AMM but there is no inventory data IC83731 Auto Rename Task: Values not saved for System Chassis profile IC83736 Cluster creation fails in Power HA IC83819 Configuring Security Credentials fails for "Groups" IC83830 Unexpected CIM Server restart on Japanese Red Hat Linux IC83852 Duplicate disk drive information displayed in inventory IC83975 (DOC) Blade MEPs must be manually removed from IBM Systems Director server when the blade is permanently removed IC84054 IBM Systems Director inventory collection of a managed endpoint times out IC84062 Upgrading from ISD 6.2.x to ISD 6.3 fails to update one Update property file IC84641 (DOC) Documentation on SLP port usage with RSA devices inadequate IC84772 After installing IBM System Director CAS, Tivoli Provisioning Manager CAS no longer starts automatically IC84805 IBM Systems Dir 6.3 /var/adm/message fill up invalid reg request IC84890 CIM protocol missing from managed endpoints IC84919 (DOC) Instructions on configuring Agent Manager have errors IC84920 cimlistener is crashing because of handle leaks IC84968 IBM Systems Director agents transmit multicast packets IC84990 When provisioning AIX with a very large VM, it will fail with Error DNZVMP111E IC85035 cimlistener consumes excessive CPU IC85041 Executable path for IBM Systems Director Server service is not correct on Windows IC85061 icesnmp script missing from instructions for restarting Platform Agent daemons IC85093 (DOC) Documentation does not describe hostname change limitations IC85136 (DOC) The smcli lssys command may return different attribute results for scalable partitions IC85160 (DOC) The documentation for IPC encryption support is misleading IC85269 Some HX5 double-wide blades do not show up in the right hierarchy view IC85302 (DOC) Security Considerations Java JVM Attach API IC85310 cas.agent fills up the root file system IC85375 Systems Director inventory management controller id not updated IC85402 Serial console task encounters a Java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:licFramework.VtWebStart IC85426 BMC incorrectly displayed as IMM2 after inventory collection of OS MEP from IBM Systems Director server IC85450 The Create SNMP Community dialog windows do not appear in the center of viewable area on Internet Explorer IC85471 Lightpath task is not available in menu option on some endpoints IC85495 The selected gauge from dashboard of the health summary page fails to remove properly IC85510 Screen hung - Dashboard on Health Summary page does not display monitors metric data IC85576 Unable to set thresholds for Advanced Managers via smcli IC85582 Enable RXA logging for IBM Systems Director agentless system IC85587 Unrecognizable strings are displayed and the event source is 0 (zero) in an event log entry IC85612 Unexpected Error DNZEAP009E observed while creating Event Action Plan IC85686 Deployed SNMP v1 config template contents using IBM Systems Director v6.3.0 Configuration Manager failed to apply on IMM IC85689 AMM event 0x80070200 for Unsupported blade/blower combination is not correctly processed by Director server IC85691 checksum error while updating older versions of cas with cas-agent (1.4.2.45) IC85702 (DOC) Forwarding SNMP IBM Director event traps from IBM Systems Director Server to an external SNMP application IC85758 (DOC) All AIX iFixes of format .EPKG.Z must be installed using emgr command IC85855 IBM Director 5.20.x Agent goes to offline or unknown state IC85888 Installing endpoint man page breaks AIX thin server IC85908 (DOC) "Columns are empty in Resource Explorer" link missing in IBM Systems Director Information Center for 6.3 IC85961 ATKNAV014I message updated with information on how to modify default table row limit in GUI IC85964 A REST request for customization data does not return the properties "Order" and "Primarynetworkadapter" IC85990 (DOC) ISD SLP random source port information for verify connection IC85991 Incorrect Event Description in Windows Event log for Disk Drive Event IC85992 For a large group, blank page is observed for Monitor view on console IC85995 AIX updates that contain a CAS component as part of the update will fail since CAS agent fails to restart IC86028 Unable to delete Update Compliance task history for all systems once IC86332 (DOC) Non-root users will not be able to grab logs using Logcollector IC86430 An error is received when attempting to retrieve storage system pools IC86472 gatherwin.exe leaking memory on the agent machine IC86480 IBM Systems Director Server installation is failing with error "post(ibmcim-6.3-rhel5.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 255" IC86485 SBLIM_Data_Gatherer WMI errors getting logged in Application logs IC86515 IBM Systems Director MEP service and database data get out of sync IC86541 CIM Profile exception causes lite query to fail IC86550 Scanning tools detect anonymous ciphers in use on ports 61614 and 61617 IC86575 (DOC) Not able to install Common agent IC86584 (DOC) Command Automation allows privileged execution for non-privileged users IC86661 (DOC) IBM i Systems Director agent install needs /InstallShield access IC86673 Problems upgrading from IBM Systems Director Common Agent 6.2.x to 6.3 in Windows IC86711 Performance issue while creating 'Dynamic Groups' from IBM Systems Director Server web-console IC86732 Update manager ignores the 'automatic reboot' checkbox when updating an HMC IC86737 Inventory collection will fail after Lite-Query execution on an ESXi node IC86764 Systems added to existing automation plans do not send events IC86798 The count of the problems in the welcome banner area is not updated properly IC86804 Incorrect disk drive information displayed in inventory IC86847 Performance issue on inventory view with dual role users IC86882 Lightpath diagnostic LED information is not available for supported MEP IC86886 IBM-DIRECTOR-ALERT-MIB contains duplicate OIDs for SNMP traps IC86887 Accidental delete of Farm Object has no confirmation IC88534 Update managers fails to show updates needed PM64605 Steps to recreate SSM's "Send System Information to IBM" Job PM65875 (DOC) IBM systems Director fails to start after an upgrade of DB2 database PM68457 Proxy password deleted by "Getting Started with ESA" wizard 5.1.5 APARs incorporated into 6.3.2.1 IC86833 Numeric Sensor asserted event is not cleared in the Problems view after receiving de-asserted resolution event IC86246 Wrong permissions have been set to 'configure.properties' file of the common agent services (CAS) agent IC87093 Health Summary View hangs intermittently IC87071 Role must include all permissions to edit groups IC86962 Status entries are improperly reset in IBM Systems Director IC87222 A custom monitor set by the user disappears after rebooting IBM Systems Director Server IC87801 Clicking Edit Connection Settings when sizes.properties is corrupt gets HTTP 500 javax.faces.el.EvaluationException IC87659 Non-English text in Director SMTP mail body not correct IC88754 IBM Systems Director Server will fail when All Monitors function is selected IC89289 Distributed Shell(DSH) terminates abruptly IC89266 Distributed Shell (DSH) can not find a target whose name contains a leading or trailing whitespace IC89265 Distributed Shell(DSH) returns hostname unexpectedly for multiple-IP endpoints IC89264 Distributed Shell (DSH) can not find an existing target IC89247 Addition of IP address to the certification expired message IC89162 'Create Socket failed due to SSLHandshakeException' message does not have IP mentioned IC89121 "The logical partition [xxx] was created." events are posted in the IBM Systems Director Problems view 5.1.6 APARs incorporated into 6.3.3 IC86775 LED Service feature update overwrites config files IC88110 "In Add Criterion Panel OCTypeValue drop down list is not sorted" IC88723 The value shown in 'Host Server' field on the storage to server view is incorrect. IC88917 IBM Systems Director Server reports a non-IBM system as IBM hardware IC89222 Repeated errors in logs: CIM2002W Connection failed with URL... IC89270 cimprovagt segfaults reported when trace file name rolls over IC89335 6.3.2 Install issues when adjusting the instance path and data path in the dirserv.rsp file or cfgdbcmd.rsp file (DOC) IC89359 (DOC) Update Manager Documentation Needs Updates to include Host OS Update Restrictions IC89370 Command output no longer displayed on the Remote Command Line console IC89468 A warning message may be logged during Common Agent (CA) 6.3.2 manual installation on IBM i system IC89470 Launch in context for HMC Managed System crashes for non-supported locale IC89489 (DOC) The Hitachi Data Systems storage devices listed in the IBM Information Center as supported in ISD 6.3.2 are unclear IC89560 Update Storage Control version in the IBM Systems Director welcome page GUI IC89571 Original mapping information of virtual volume is not deleted after virtual server relocation IC89612 IBM i Process count monitor for WRKSYSSTS value is missing after 6.3 to 6.3.2 server upgrade IC89624 Events are being created for Common Information Model (CIM) indications even though the hidden property is set to true IC89639 (DOC) IBM Systems Director Agent Installation Wizard fails on Windows Server 2012 endpoints with COPTDM155E IC89643 Incorrect Japanese messages during IBM Systems Director Server upgrade IC89766 IBM Systems Director manipulates MANPATH in /etc/environment on AIX IC89776 IBM i group PTF level unchanged in IBM Systems Director update task with no error message IC89787 IBM virtualization lifecycle operations fail for VMware vCenter systems IC89853 (DOC) The owner of the smcli dsh command output files is confusing IC89958 (DOC) Director Server upgrade install fails when using remote SQL database IC90003 AIX agent deploy fails due to insufficient space in /tmp (existing agent) IC90005 Importing IMM v1.33 MIB on IBM Systems Director Server completes with errors IC90036 Make Security task-Role visible to list in Task Finder IC90041 WPAR State shows incorrect status in IBM Systems Director Server IC90110 "Field ""%HostName%"" adds extra trailing whitespace to DisplayName property after discovery" IC90169 (DOC) Various IBM Systems Director LDAP documentation corrections IC90201 (DOC) Documentation on unassigning Service Partition on Flex System Manager is not available IC90204 The Event Types of an Event Filter display in a different locale than the one specified in the browser IC90243 "When any smcli command is executed without proper authority inappropriate error message is displayed" IC90249 (DOC) LPAR relocation requirements missing from FSM documentation IC90250 CN4093 or EN4093 or EN4093R Switch VLAN Configuration panel may take 10 minutes to display IC90253 (DOC) Shared processor pools not supported with VM Control IC90255 (DOC) VMControl Relocation Troubleshooting Documentation needed IC90267 (DOC) IBM Systems Director Common Agent Version Compatibility IC90313 Switch configuration template with VLAN configuration does not deploy on a switch IC90333 FSM users are unable to login after changing the expired password from SSH client IC90549 AIX Common Agent version 6.3.2 fails to start after reboot IC90558 Cannot upgrade IBM Systems Director (ISD) Server due to Pre-Installation Utility (PIU) port check failure IC90582 Duplicate firmware resources might cause compliance to fail IC90584 Inventory collection fails for virtual switch MEPs with ATKSRV642E IC90612 Event is not getting generated for expired certificate during verify connection IC90614 Server Crash due to deadlock in CIM call time out IC90639 "IBM Systems Director server startup can take longer than expected when managing a large number of retail system endpoint" IC90736 Installing VIOS update from FSM / ISD through Update Manager is not successful IC90746 Duplicate firmware resources might cause compliance to fail IC90763 Firmware update shows as needed but will not install on IBM i IC90807 Creating new User Management Configuration template for IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis results in error IC90818 Service and Support Manager settings tab incorrectly shows option to select system group IC91852 Service and Support Manager problems have incorrect time in Time Received Column IC91564 Service and Support Manager fails to collect DSA on Windows IC90823 IBM Systems Director Server fails to receive out of band alerts from IMMv1 IC90838 "Event Action of ""Start a program on the management server"" fails" IC90845 wmicpa.exe crashes in wmicpaprv.dll caused by NULL pointer IC90847 Cannot create KVM virtual server with SAN _ISO emulating CDROM IC90850 Edit KVM virtual server to add SAN _ISO volume emulating CDROM does not add the volume IC90913 VMControl uses two WWPNs for each NPIV FC adapter (DOC) IC90949 Unable to open web pages on first attempt when VMControl is the default 'My Startup Page' in Flex System Manager (FSM) IC90954 smcli debug log open error message too vague to identify and fix the error IC90971 smcli command with -c option does not cache password. IC90987 Flex System Manager always shows that LSI/SAS firmware is required even after applying it IC91033 Inventory View is failing or taking time for large number of agents. IC91159 Unnecessary duplicate query hurting performance during Inventory View IC91160 (DOC) FSM down after backup to local disk and restart IC91161 Unnecessary FFDC logging hurting performance during Inventory View IC91192 (DOC) Service and Support Manager doesn't monitor serviceable events from Director Agent IC91250 The manageV7000 command will not create an SSH RSAP for the associated Storage MEP  IC91325 (DOC) Port conflicts occur due to System Director's use of port 6987 IC91421 "While collecting the inventory for a large number of agents from Director Server console customer experienced a stack overflow." IC91423 Performance hit while collecting the inventory from director server console for large number of agents. IC91434 Director Common Agent fileset down-levels after AIX update IC91500 Event log messages show FSM OS MEP and underlying hypervisor MEP going offline/online IC91531 SoftwareInstallation SubCategory values are not always accurate IC91552 After CMM failover or update the Chassis shows 'Offline' or 'Unknown' state in Resource Explorer IC91853 "Backing devices with ""."" in name not shown in VMControl" IC92130 LPAR Memory settings revert after startup 5.2 Product enhancements Product enhancements are documented in the IBM Systems Director V6.3.x information center. 5.3 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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