For use with Version 8 Release 8.6.0 Service Pack 1

Date: 12 May 2017

Contents

The information in this Readme contains the fix list and other package information about the Hardware Management Console.

• PTF MH01698
• Package information
• Enhancements and new function
• List of fixes
• Installation
• Additional information

This package includes fixes for HMC Version 8 Release 8.6.0 Service Pack 1. You can reference this package by APAR MB04084 and PTF MH01698. This image must be installed on top of HMC Version 8 Release 8.6.0 Service Pack 1 (PTF MH01656)  with or without additional fixes.

Note: This PTF supersedes MH01695.

General fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the chhmc command to enable or disable jumbo frames to always fail.
  
• Fixed a problem causing the HMC backup critical console data operation to fail with one of the following errors: "HSCLA500 An internal error occurred. Try the operation again. If the operation continues to fail, contact your service representative." or "Backup of table data from database has failed. HSCP0108".  With this fix, if the user requested to include Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) data in the backup and the backup of that data fails, the GUI will display a warning message, and if the user ran the bkconsdata command to perform the backup, the command will fail.  If the user requested to not include PCM data in the backup, failures to connect to the PCM database will not cause the backup operation to fail.
  
• Fixed another issue that prevented a system user with the name operator from being removed and an HMC user with the name operator from being created.
  
• Changed the default font used in the restricted shell terminal window so that it is more readable.  If a different font is desired, follow these steps in the restricted shell terminal window to change the font:
  
  1. Ctrl+right mouse click on the terminal window
  2. Select the Font tab
  3. Click the Select button on the row that starts with "Font name"
  4. Select the font desired
  5. Click Apply then click OK
  6. Click Save&Exit on the Font tab window
• Fixed a problem that prevented a change to the HMC date or time from being persisted after an HMC reboot.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused SRC E212E13D to be generated and called home due to a full /var/hsc/log file system on the HMC. This problem can occur when there is frequent login and logout activity on the HMC.
  
• Suppressed the logging of the mkauthkeys -g command in the console event log.
  
• Fixed a remote restart validation issue that caused the remote restart partition being validated to lose contact with its configured virtual fibre channel device and hang.  This problem only occurs if the partition has virtual fibre channel adapters and the remote restart validation is done while the partition is running.  With this fix, virtual fibre channel configuration is no longer validated during remote restart validation when the partition is running.  To validate a partition's virtual fibre channel configuration, you must perform the remote restart validation when the partition is shutdown.
  
• Fixed a rare issue where HMC performance degrades over time until the command server and/or web servers hang requiring an HMC reboot to resolve.  Logs will show a large number of partition surveillance events and blocked threads and may also include out of memory errors.  This issue can occur when network connectivity issues repeatedly occur between the HMC and large numbers of partitions over a short period of time. 
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented customer notification (email and SNMP trap) from occurring for serviceable events with a "Notification type" of "Service Action (Customer notification) Required".  "Call Home Required" events were not impacted. 
  
  
  

Installation instructions for HMC Version 8 upgrades and corrective service can be found at these locations:

Upgrading or restoring HMC Version 8

Installation methods for HMC Version 8 fixes

Instructions and images for upgrading via a remote network install can be found here:

HMC V8 network installation images and installation instructions

Notes:

1. The Install Corrective Service task now allows you to install corrective service updates from the ISO image files of these updates. You can download these ISO image files for the HMC, and then use the ISO image file to install the corrective service update. You no longer need to burn CD-R or DVD-R media to use the ISO image file to install corrective service.
2. This image requires DVD -R media.
3. To install updates over the network, select the *.iso file on the "Select Service Package" panel of the Install Corrective Service task. The HMC application extracts the files needed to install the corrective service. If you are using USB flash media, copy the *.iso file to the flash media, and then select the file when prompted.
4. The updhmc command line command has also been modified to use the *.iso file. To use the command, follow the syntax in this example:
   updhmc -t s -h <myservername> -f </home/updates/corrrective_service.iso> -u <HMC_username> -i

In all cases, the HMC application extracts the files needed to install the corrective service.