Hardware Management Console Readme *Version 10 Release 2 Maintenance 1031 (V10 R1 M1031) README* Updated: 05 May 2023 (C) Copyright International Business Machines Corp., 2023 All rights reserved. Contents <#ibm-content> The information in this Readme contains the fix list and other package information about the Hardware Management Console. * Terminology <#term> * PTF MF70728 HMC V10 R1M1031.0 – for vHMC for x86_64 hypervisors (5765-VHX) <#MF70728> * PTF MF70729 HMC V10 R1M1031.0 – for 7063 Hardware or vHMC for PowerVM (5765-HMB) <#MF70729> * List of fixes <#fixes> * Known issues and limitations <#known> * Best Practices <#best> * Installation <#install> Terminology *x86* - This term is used to reference the Intel hypervisors (KVM, VMWare, Xen) on which Virtual HMC can be installed. *Note:* HMC V10R2 release for x86 is not supported on bare metal (7042 hardware appliances). * ppc64 or ppc64le* - describes the Linux code that is compiled to run on Power-based servers or LPARS (Logical Partitions) PTF MF70728 HMC V10 R2 M1031 – for vHMC for x86_64 hypervisors (5765-VHX) This package represents a service pack image that can be used to update the HMC from HMC V10 R2 M1030 release. You can also reference this package by APAR MB04343 and PTF MF70729. This image can be installed on top of HMC V10 R2 M1030. * Service packs are cumulative and as such will include all the fixes for the PTFs released up to and including the last service pack(s) for this HMC version. Please read the individual Readme files for each PTF to see the list of fixes. /Package information/ Package name Size Checksum (sha1sum) APAR# PTF# HMC_Update_V10R2M1031_x86.iso 4721459200 e10acde3f134a320ed0c9042933203d27dadca01 MB04389 MF70728 Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output) "version= Version: 10 Release: 2 Service Pack: 1031 HMC Build level 2303040701 MF70728 - HMC V10R2 M1031 ","base_version=V10R2 " PTF MF70729 HMC V10 R2 M1031 – for 7063 Hardware or vHMC for PowerVM (5765-HMB) This package represents a service pack image that can be used to update the HMC from HMC V10 R2 M1030 release. You can also reference this package by APAR MB04343 and PTF MF70729. This image can be installed on top of HMC V10 R2 M1030. * Service packs are cumulative and will include all the interim fixes for the PTFs released up to and including the last service pack(s) for this HMC version. Please read the individual Readme files for each PTF to see the list of fixes. /Package information/ Package name Size Checksum (sha1sum) APAR# PTF# HMC_Update_V10R2M1031_ppc.iso 4711809024 7e5c71881ab5e4ccbda7eba3f801b46cac703a44 MB04390 MF70729 Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output) "version= Version: 10 Release: 2 Service Pack: 1031 HMC Build level 2303040701 MF70729 - HMC V10R2 M1031 ","base_version=V10R2 " List of fixes * * *General fixes* * Added the columns Permanent CPU, Permanent memory, Available CPU, CoD CPU capable and CoD memory capable to the Systems table Resources view in the new GUI dashboard. * Fixed an issue that caused the number of virtual IO Servers column in the Systems table "All view" to always display zero when there are Virtual I/O servers but no other partitions in the managed system. * Fixed an issue that causes an empty folder to be left in the /home/padmin directory on the VIOS following the creation of a full VIOS backup that includes NIMOL resources on the HMC. * Corrected the NFS examples in the *cpviosbk*, *cpviosimg*, *cpviosupd *and *updvios *man pages. * Fixed an issue that caused the *chhmc -c network* command to add and set a custom DHCP server address range for an HMC ethernet interface to appear to succeed but failed to set a static IP address for the range. * Fixed an issue that caused SRC E35F0013 to erroneously be generated and called home after updating the HMC. * Fixed an issue that prevented a user from using the GUI or REST API to assign a partition to a shared processor pool or modify the processor settings of a partition in a shared processor pool when the shared processor pool name has a space in it, resulting in error message: /Error: REST019C Value ' shared_proc_pool_name=xxx ' is not valid for option ' attributes './ * Fixed a save upgrade data failure with the error "/Upgrade partition is full/" when managing many systems and partitions where backups of profile data exceeded the space. * Fixed an issue to that caused the import or export of VIOS backups to fail with the error message "/HSCLA500 An internal error occurred. Try the operation again. If the operation continues to fail, contact your service representative."/ when a space was included in the Remote Directory name on the GUI. * Changed the View Impacted Lpars task when doing a concurrent system firmware update to show no Lpars. * Fixed an issue that caused SRCs E35A0083 and E332FFFF to be reported and PCM aggregated metrics to no longer be generated after DST ended. * Changed the VIOS Validate Maintenance Readiness and Prepare task to return a warning message indicating that the HMC cannot compute vFC storage redundancy accurately for IBM i partitions. * Fixed a timing issue that caused system firmware update to fail for some systems with the error message: "T/here are one or more systems without updates available that will be skipped/". This error can occur only when multiple systems are selected and a mounted repository such as USB or DVD is used. * Fixed an issue with the Partition Migration Validation GUI task where after running Validate then Modify MSP to change the MSP selections, the selected MSPs are not saved after clicking OK to exit the Modify MSP panel. * When a partition migration operation fails due to issues with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a detailed message was added to indicate that the failure was caused by TPM issues. * Fixed an issue that caused the HMC GUI to stop responding and to generate SRC E35A0053. * Fixed a rare timing issue that caused custom task role assignments for all HMC users except root, hscroot, and hscpe, to be set to "Undefined" after the HMC was restarted. * Fixed an HMC performance issue causing general slowness across HMCs that have Performance and Capacity Monitoring (PCM) enabled. * Increase timeout when trying to arbitrate primary monitoring HMC for managed server in dual-HMC environment to avoid repeated call home SRC E3325009 * Fixed an issue where after upgrading to HMC V10R2M1030 any HMC scheduled operations that existed prior to the upgrade will fail to run and will cause SRC E35F0010 to be generated and called home each time they try to run. Note that just after the HMC is restarted to apply the update with this fix, there will still be one SRC E35F0010 generated and called home. * Added support for PowerSC 2.1.0.4. * Fixed another issue that can still cause the save upgrade data process to continue to fail due to lack of space when run after the previous attempt also failed due to lack of space when the space requirements were reduced. * Fixed an issue that caused SRC E3020000 to be generated and called home when the lslic -c command was run and the HMC’s repository contained a mix of EC levels. * Fixed an issue that caused some scheduled operations, and some transmit service information operations to run much more frequently than scheduled. This issue occurs if the HMC time zone is changed after the scheduled operation or transmit service information operation is initially scheduled. * Fixed an intermittent issue that caused an Enterprise BMC based managed system powered on with a system profile to transition into Incomplete state. * Fixed an issue that causes 0x0314 error with the message /"Return code type: Failure (hard stop or user intervention required).// //Message:// //The partition does not support a required management console capability level.// //Corrective action:// //Update the partition to the latest PTF level."/ This happens when RV CM operation is performed on a machine with a MEX attached and the MEX resources are in use by IBM i partitions the first time after the system has been powered up. * Fixed another issue causing the generation and call home of SRCs E23D040A, E2FF4600, E2FF1409 and E2FF4406. *Security fix* * Fixed a security issue on the HMC. Known issues and limitations * Please ignore below warning message during update of HMC. This warning doesn’t impact HMC update or functions. /warning: ibm-java-sdk-17.0.5.0-x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 9bce9629: NOKEY / * The *updlic *command may fail when the "*-l latest*" option is specified when upgrading the firmware on an Enterprise BMC-based managed system to a new release. To work around this issue, specify the release level using *-l*. * SRC E320F817 will be reported and called home after a successful firmware update on a single-FSP system. The SRC can be ignored. * In HMC M1020 and higher a new Event Notification field was introduced with 3 scheduled operations settings: o None o All scheduled operations o Failed scheduled operations The prior setting, if it was selected, of "All scheduled operations"ť is not persisted across updates to V10R1M1020 or greater nor upgrades to V10R2M1030. Instead the setting defaults to the None option. *Workaround:* Re-save the desired setting after update or upgrade to receive notifications of scheduled operations. * If the *chhmcencr *command has been used to remove any TLS 1.3 ciphers from the HMC Web user interface, those changes are lost when the HMC is updated or upgraded and will need to be made again after the HMC update or upgrade. * The reset of an expired password of a Kerberos user is not supported in multi-realm configuration setups since release V9 R2 950. When such users try to login using GUI, they will get message as Invalid credential. Upon login from CLI, users may see below or similar messages. /Password:// //Password expired. Change your password now.// //Current password:// //Current Password:// //Password change failed. Server message: Old password not accepted.// //Current Password:// //Password change failed. Server message: Old password not accepted.// //Current Password:// //New password:// //Retype new password:// //Password change failed. Server message: Old password not accepted./ *Circumvention**:* Change or reset the password first, then log into HMC. Best Practices * User sessions - The following best practices helps avoid performance degradations gradually over a period of time due to increased login sessions as well as security vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access to the active HMC sessions. o It is a best practice to logoff from HMC UI and then close the browser tab instead of directly closing the tab o Set Idle session timeout for all the users and not leave the timeout as '0' which leaves it as no timeout. Installation Installation instructions for HMC Version 10 upgrades and corrective service can be found at these locations: Upgrading the HMC from Version V9R2 or V10R1M1010 to V10R2M1030 Updating,upgrading, and migrating your HMC machine code Update(s) for HMC V10R2M1030 Back to top