For use with HMC Version 9 Release 1 M921

Date: 22 July 2019
(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corp., 2019 All rights reserved.

Contents

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

• PTF MH01808
• PTF MH01809
• Package information
• General and Security fixes
• Known issues
• Installation

This package includes a fix for  the HMC V9 R1.921.0 service pack.  You can also reference this package by PTF MH01808 and APAR MB04194.  This image can be installed on top of HMC Version 9 Release 1 M921 (PTF MH01789) with or without additional fixes.

NOTE: This PTF supersedes MH01800 and MH01804.

General fixes

• Added "restart" option to the chsvc command for Cloud Connector:  chsvc -s cloudconn -o restart
  
• Fixed an issue that caused lslic/updlic commands to fail with error E302F82D and return "unavailable" stats.
  
• Fixed an issue with task log where invalid date was displayed for code update failure task.
  
• Prevented multiple occurrences and logging of SRC E332FFFF. With this fix, SRC E332FFFF will be generated one-time to collect the relevant logs for analysis when needed.
  
• Added support for importing VIOS image via NFS using HMC GUI.
  
• Fixed an issue that can cause service event E2FF1800 and E2FF1801.
• Fixed an issue where 5250 login panel for IBMi partition displays incorrect characters for zh_TW locale.
  
• Fixed an issue where HMC UI is unable to access some USB flash drives.  Each error leaves a core file in /opt/ccfw which may eventually result in full file system resulting in call home SRC E212E136.
  
• Added a fix to allow adding files to VIOS media library that have periods in the file name.
  
• Added a fix to show a warning message when there is a 577D card in slot C4 and concurrently adding an adapter into slot C5 of a 5788 or 5702 IO drawer.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Power Management menu where launching the task may throw an "Error launching task" message on POWER9 servers
  
  

Security fixes

• Addressed krb5 vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-5730 and CVE-2018-5729
  
• Addressed GnuTLS vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-10845 and CVE-2018-10844
  
• Addressed openssl vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-0732, CVE-2018-0739 and CVE-2017-3735
  
• Addressed kernel vulnerability: CVE-2018-5391
  
• Fixed an issue where the certificate used by IBM i 5250 console service (port 2301) is not updated when a new certificate keystore repository is imported by the user. 
  

Known Issues

• IE browser does not have default support of Promises.  HMC symptoms include:

1. The Status of CEC being Powered On/OFF will not be updated automatically.
2. The Partition Activation status will sometimes fail to update automatically without a manual refresh.

• The custom task role "hmcclientliveupdate" includes a sub-set of tasks from per-defined "hmcsuperadmin" task role.  The "MigrateLPAR" task as listed in command line, "Migrate Partitions" in GUI, is missing by default in "hmcclientliveupdate" task role.  To allow completion of Live Kernel Update (LKU), a HMC super administrator can add any missing required tasks such as "MigrateLPAR" using HMC GUI or command line chaccfg.
  Another circumvention is the following.

1. If "hmcclientliveupdate" task role is not currently used by any the users on  the HMC, delete the "hmcclientliveupdate" task role. 
2. Update the HMC with this PTF or service pack.
   
   Once the update mandatory reboot completes successfully the "hmcclientliveupdate" will be automatically re-created with "MigarteLPAR" included.

Previously released fixes also included in this PTF:

MH01804/MH01805    01/17/19	Added support to allow administrators to specify the Client Adapter Id while attaching virtual storage using virtual fiber channel in order to allow for their desired mapping rules. Previously, only the next available adapter was possible. Fixed an issue that prevented users from adding additional VLAN to an existing load group using HMC GUI for systems that are not VSN (Virtual Server Network) capable. Fixed an issue where the Logical Partition list is missing in the Software Service Information Transmission. This occurs when the HMC is managing multiple systems and a few of the systems do not have any logical partitions. During Day Light Saving (DST), the timestamp in HMC's Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) dashboard and some of the HMC log files show one hour lag as compared to actual HMC’s system time.  Fixed the issue to synchronize the time in application server with the system time when DST change occurs. Fixed an issue where the user specified a Client adapter Id which was not honored and the SCSI mapping was created with the next available slot instead while associating a Virtual Optical Device to the partition.
MH01800/MH01801    11/21/18	Enabled support for concurrent repair of SMP cables for P9 System 9080-M9S Fixed an issue where applying a HMC update would reset the lpar_rmc_comm_ifs value to default.

Installation instructions for HMC Version 9 upgrades and corrective service can be found at these locations:

Upgrading or restoring HMC Version 9

Updating, upgrading, and migrating your HMC machine code

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

HMC V9 network installation images and installation instructions