PTF MH01842 and MH01843 Readme

Hardware Management Console Readme

For use with HMC Version 9 Release 1 M940

Updated: 20 February 2020
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The information in this Readme contains the fix list and other package information about the Hardware Management Console.

PTF MH01842
PTF MH01843
Package information
General and Security fixes
Known issues
Installation

Terminology

x86 - This term is used to reference the legacy HMC that runs on x86/Intel/AMD hardware for both the 7042 Machine Type appliances and the Virtual HMC that can run on the Intel hypervisors (KVM, VMWare, Xen).

ppc64 or ppc64le - describes the Linux code that is compiled to run on Power-based servers or LPARS (Logical Partitions)

PTF MH01842 HMC V9 R1.940.1 - for 7042 Machine Types or vHMC for x86 hypervisors (5765-HMW)

This package includes a fix for the HMC V9 R1.940 service pack. You can also reference this package by PTF MH01842 and APAR MB04230. This interim fix can be installed on an existing HMC Version 9 Release 1.940.0 Service Pack (PTF MH01836) installation with or without additional fix packs.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MH01842_x86.iso	4064069632	2a44f9bc0e1380772694f898474809e5cfeb8adf	MB04230	MH01842
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
"version= Version: 9 Release: 1 Service Pack: 940 HMC Build level 2002070500 MH01836 - HMC V9R1 M940 MH01842 - iFix for HMC V9R1 M940 ","base_version=V9R1 "

PTF MH01843 HMC V9 R1.940.1 - for 7063 Machine Types or vHMC for PowerVM (5765-HMB)

This package includes a fix for the HMC V9 R1.940 service pack. You can also reference this package PTF MH01843 and APAR MB04213. This image can be installed on an existing HMC Version 9 Release 940.0 Service Pack (PTF MH01837) installation with or without additional fix packs.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MH01843_ppc.iso	4061212672	a0701be5cddf55f69f1ab4e819dd051b38a84f2e	MB04213	MH01843
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
"version= Version: 9 Release: 1 Service Pack: 940 HMC Build level 2002070500 MH01837 - HMC V9R1 M940 MH01843 - iFix for HMC V9R1 M940 ","base_version=V9R1 "

New features

Ability to force a remote restart operation after system transitions through Incomplete state
- After a system transitions through Incomplete state and reaches one of the supported states for remote restart, the --usecurrdata option can be used with the rrstartlpar command to perform the remote restart operation. The lsrrstartlpar command can be used to view the status & lpar configuration information stored in the HMC.
Ability to force a remote restart operation after HMC is rebooted
- If HMC is rebooted and a system connects back to the HMC and is in one of the supported remote restart states (except No connection), the --usecurrdata option can be used with the rrstartlpar command to perform the remote restart operation. The lsrrstartlpar command can be used to view the status & lpar configuration information stored in the HMC.

General fixes

Fixed a backward compatibility issue where a template captured at a release prior to V9R1M940 then deployed on V9R1M940 fails with an unmarshalling error.
Fixed the output returned from the lsrrstartlpar command with resource type of lpar and lparcfg to be consistent for the remote_restart_operation_state.
Fixed an issue where the DHCP server may not start during a HMC boot. Symptoms include managed systems dropping to No Connection every 15 minutes or not discovering new systems.
Suppressed email notifications for a deprecated 'Change Credentials Password' scheduled operation.
Fixed an issue with sftp operations including backup critical console data and license internal code updates and upgrades where the operation fails with invalid username/password when the sftp user password length is a multiple of 4.
Fixed an issue where HMC enhanced UI allows a user to attempt to add vFC adapters to a client partition over a non-NPIV capable fibre channel io card port. The operation would return "successful", but fail to map the adapter in the VIOS.
Fixed an issue for 7063-CR1 HMC consoles when attached to a Juniper switch fail to boot with "1901 HMC Startup aborted and Killing the JVM!!"

Security fix

Addressed openslp vulnerability: CVE-2019-5544

Known Issues

When collecting performance & capacity monitoring data on a managed system with a large number of configured SR-IOV logical ports, SR-IOV port utilization data might be missing in some samples.

Installation

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