Licensed Materials - Property of IBM (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2009, 2014 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 VMControl update version 2.4.5 IBM Corp. ========================================================================= CONTENTS 1.0 Overview 2.0 Prerequisites and corequisites 3.0 Installation 3.1 Updating IBM Systems Director 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 IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4.5 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 Server VMControl.  See section 5 for a list of specific items patched or updated. 2.0 Prerequisites and corequisites When this update is installed, the IBM Systems Director update and Common Agent update with the corresponding version must also be installed. 3.0 Installation 3.1 Updating IBM Systems Director For information about updating IBM Systems Director, see the IBM Systems Director information center on the Web at: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.updates.helps.doc/fqm0_t_um_updating_director_features.html 3.2 Necessary tasks after installation Restart the IBM System Director server on which the update has been applied. 3.3 Special Instructions None. 4.0 Uninstallation Update Manager does not support the uninstallation of this update. Contact IBM Systems support at the following location if you need to uninstall this update: http://www.ibm.com/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 VMControl versions 2.4.5. IBM Systems Director updates and patches are cumulative with respect to the APARs they contain. 5.1.1 APARs incorporated into IBM Systems Director VMControl 2.4.5 ic98158 - add thin provisioned storage pool support for storage control ic98388 - problem summary: bug in svs causes npiv capable storage ic94384 - error code dnzlop004e capturing aix partition using vmcontrol ic98079 - vmc deploy of a remote restartable vs will fail on a system with ams memory pools defined ic98059 - vmcontrol fails when adding a second vnic to a virtual server using rest ic98846 - virtual server delete fails with SVSException: DNZVMP050E ic98887 - An HMC fail to respond to IBM System Director, when all SSH connections resources are exhausted iC97321 - When deploying a virtual server to an IBM Power 5 system using IBM System Director VMControl the deploy fails with DNZVMP054 5.2 Product Enhancements Information about product enhancements is available in the Info Center at: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.vim.helps.doc/fsd0_vim_main.html 5.3 Troubleshooting and known issues 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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