Licensed Materials - Property of IBM (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 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 Platform Agent Version 6.3.6 Platform Agent Software Installable: SysDir6_3_6_Platform_Agent_AIX.zip IBM Corp. 03 Feb 2014 ========================================================================= CONTENTS 1.0 Overview 2.0 Prerequisites and co-requisites 3.0 Installation Information 3.1 Prior to installation 3.2 Install 3.3 Perform the necessary tasks after installation 3.4 Troubleshoot Installation from Support Site 4.0 Uninstalling 5.0 List of changes included 5.1 Product Enhancements 5.2 Known Issues 6.0 Copyright and trademark information 1.0 Overview This is an update release for IBM Systems Director Platform Agent. Platform 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 Server. See section 5 for a list of items updated. 2.0 Prerequisites and co-requisites There are no IBM Systems Director component pre-requisites. For hardware and operating system pre-requisites reference the IBM Systems Director infocenter center on the Web at the section titled "Hardware and software requirements": http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.plan.helps.doc/fqm0_r_supported_hardware_and_software_requirements.html 3.0 Installation information 3.1 Prior to installation If you downloaded from ibm.com, you must import the update before you can install it using Update Manager. If you acquired the files using Update Manager, the update has already been imported. To import the update from the command-line, use the following IBM Systems Director infocenter center on the Web at the section titled Acquiring and installing updates with the install needed command: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.updates.helps.doc/fqm0_t_updating_with_the_installneeded_command.html To import the update from the IBM Systems Director Web interface, perform these steps: 1. In navigation area, expand Release Management and click Updates. The Update Summary page displays. 2. In the Common Tasks section, click Import updates. The Import Updates page is displayed. 3. Type the directory of the update files on the management server in the Path field. All updates in the specified directory will be copied to the update library. You cannot select specific updates from this directory. 4. Click OK. The scheduler is displayed. Choose to run the task now or schedule it to run in the future. For a complete reference to the Update Manager procedures, see the IBM Systems Director information center on the Web for the section titled "Updating systems": http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.updates.helps.doc/fqm0_t_um_updating_systems.html 3.2 Install To install the update from the command-line, use the following IBM Systems Director infocenter center on the Web at the section titled Acquiring and installing updates with the install needed command: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.updates.helps.doc%2Ffqm0_t_updating_with_the_installneeded_command.html To install the update from the IBM Systems Director Web interface, perform these steps: 1. In navigation area, expand Release Management and click Updates. The Update Summary page displays. 2. In the Common Tasks section, click Install updates. The Install Wizard is displayed. 3. Follow the steps in the Install Wizard to install the update. 3.3 Perform the necessary tasks after install Restart the management server or managed systems on which the update has been applied. 3.4 Troubleshooting the installation For information about troubleshooting problems you encounter during installation, see the IBM Systems Director information center on the Web at: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.tbs.helps.doc/fqm0_r_tbs_installation.html For additional information on known problems and workarounds see the section below: 5.4 Known Issues 4.0 Uninstalling The update cannot be uninstalled from the command-line. To uninstall the IBM Systems Director Platform Agent, refer to the IBM Systems Director information center on the Web for instructions in the section "Uninstalling IBM Systems Director": http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.install.helps.doc/fqm0_t_uninstalling_ibm_director.html 5.0 List of changes included 5.1 Product enhancements The following list provides information about new features and enhancements in IBM Systems Director Platform Agent 6.3.4: Platform Agent 6.3.4 contains: LSI MR CIM Provider QLogic CNA CIM Provider Brocade CNA Adapter CIM Provider Aristos (Adaptec) RSSM CIM Provider HCL (Adaptec) ServeRAID CIM Provider Emulex FC CIM Provider Emulex UCNA CIM Provider 5.2 Known Issues http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/topic/com.ibm.director.tbs.helps.doc/fqm0_r_tbs_solving_problems.html 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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