PTF MH01886 and MH01887 Readme

Hardware Management Console Readme

For use with HMC Version 9 Release 1 M942

Date: 09 April 2021
(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corp., 2021 All rights reserved.

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

PTF MH01886
PTF MH01887
Package information
General and Security fixes
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 MH01886 HMC V9 R1.942.2 - for 7042 Machine Types or vHMC for x86 hypervisors (5765-HMW)

This package includes an interim fix for the HMC V9 R1 M942 service pack. You can also reference this package by PTF MH01886 and APAR MB04278. This interim fix can be installed on an existing HMC Version 9 Release 1 M942 Service Pack (PTF MH01876) installation with or without additional fix packs.

NOTE: This PTF supersedes MH01879.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MH01886_x86.iso	4188729344	9d274b07483bc66eaa8aff652df94fb798346c77	MB04278	MH01886
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
"version= Version: 9 Release: 1 Service Pack: 942 HMC Build level 2103310752 MH01876 - HMC V9R1 M942 MH01886 - iFix for HMC V9R1 M942 ","base_version=V9R1 "

PTF MH01887 HMC V9 R1.942.2 - for 7063 Machine Types or vHMC for PowerVM (5765-HMB)

This package includes an interim fix for the HMC V9 R1.942.0 service pack. You can also reference this package by PTF MH01886 and APAR MB04271. This image can be installed on an existing HMC Version 9 Release 1 M942 Service Pack (PTF MH01877) installation with or without additional fix packs.

NOTE: This PTF supersedes MH01880.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MH01887_ppc.iso	4169879552	534f63b10c02561c6a9fc0dab944c0be681690cd	MB04280	MH01887
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
"version= Version: 9 Release: 1 Service Pack: 942 HMC Build level 2103310752 MH01877 - HMC V9R1 M942 MH01887 - iFix for HMC V9R1 M942 ","base_version=V9R1 "

General fixes

Fixed issues with viewing PCM settings or dashboard due to incomplete installation of postgress with incorrect file permissions.
Fixed an issue that caused the lshwres command for listing SR-IOV logical ports to fail with "HSCL8016 An unknown error occurred while trying to perform this command." The command only failed when run with the -F option on Power9 systems with FW930 or earlier and on Power7 and Power8 systems.
Fixed additional rpm command hang issues in ppc HMC. Symptoms include hangs running pedbg collection and backup console data (bkconsdata). 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.
The timeout value for the time allowed from launching the Open Terminal Window task to connecting the vterm application is increased to 2 minutes
Fixed an issue that caused the Create System Plan GUI task and the mksysplan command to fail with "not a hexadecimal character" when a virtual switch name contains a forward slash ‘/’ character.
Fixed an issue to prevent the HMC from calling home with SRC E212E161
Fixed an issue that caused a startup failure of the postgres database everytime HMC was rebooted. Symptoms include call home reporting of SRC E35A0020 and error "javax.ws.rs.ext.MessageBodyReader” when navigating to the PCM GUI panels.
Fixed an issue with the REST call "/rest/api/uom/ManagedSystem?hwinventory=true" that does not return the results of the PowerSupplies and FANs for servers at FW950.
Circumvented a rare issue that caused the GUI and command line to become unresponsive on an HMC that is the master HMC for a Power enterprise pool

Security fix

IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition Quarterly update

Previously released fixes also included in this PTF:

MH01879/MH01880
02/12/21

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

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