For use with HMC Version 9 Release 1 M942

Contents

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

• PTF MH01879
• PTF MH01880
• Package information
• General and Security fixes
• Installation

General fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused call home SRCs E212E136 and E332FFFF Symptoms include performance degradation leading to one or more of the HMC services no longer responding. Other possible SRCs after longer run time are E212E161 and E212E114,
  
• Fix rare rpm command hang issue in ppc HMC . Symptoms include hangs installing HMC corrective service PTFs, running pedbg collection and installing server firmware updates. If this issue is encountered during this PTF installation, the workaround is to cancel the hung task (or reboot hmc) then log in as user hscpe with role hmcpe and execute "runsig -s 700" to clear the rpm lock. Then reattempt the install.
  
• Fix error while formatting USB device from GUI  resulting in Error!! Format USB flash memory drive was not completed successfully. The CLI formatmedia option would succeed
  
• Fix for PCM getting disabled when managed system is power recycled requiring manual renablement of PCM for the system.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the PCM service to report SRC E35A0083 repeatedly indicating it has exceeded the memory threshold.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the used bond interfaces to be incorrectly listed under list of Available Adapters while creating/editing bond interface.
  
• Fix to retain the label e for the USB memory device when formatted using Japanese language.
  
• Fixed an issue with HMC backup and update functionalities when the SFTP password contains spaces resulting in error message: An incorrect user ID and password or key combination was entered. Specify a valid user ID and password or key and try the command again.
  
• Fixed the NullPointerException issue when connection drops due to a network glitch while handling NVRAM change eventually resulting in callhome SRC E3550046.
  
• Fixed the chlickey command to handle an extra newline at the end of license key file resulting in error message: "The file lickeyfile.txt contains license key information that is not valid."
  
• Improved error message to be more meaningful (HSCL1584) when Live Update fails due to user’s access restrictions to resources resulting in  message: "HSCL8016 An unknown error occurred while trying to perform this command.  Retry the command.  If the error persists, contact your software support representative."
• Fixed an issue that doesn’t allow editing the load sharing option when the failover is already enabled before launching  Edit Network Bridge Window.
• Fix NullPointerException observed when firewall is enabled in bond configuration when all ethernet interfaces are consumed for creating network bonds.
  
• Fix for 'Backup Management Console data' which shows running on task panel even after the user then selected to restore the data and rebooted the console.
  
• Latest Cloud Connector has been included for  compatible with CMC.

Security fixes

• Addressed the BIND vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-8622, CVE-2020-8623 and CVE-2020-8624
  
• Addressed the openSSL vulnerabilities:  CVE-2020-1971

Known Issue

• Sometimes in HMCs with several managed systems connected (around 30+), gaps are seen on PCM Dashboard as well as CMC graphs.
  
  

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: