IBM Platform Symphony 6.1.1 Fix Patch #226541 Readme File

Description

This fix patch applies only to the following platform:

· Linux 64-bit

· Windows 64-bit

This patch only includes bug fixes for Symphony daemon vemkd.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 6.1.1

Update Name: Fix pack

Fix ID: sym-6.1.1-build226541

Publication date: 31^st December 2013

Last modified date: 31^st December 2013

Contents:

1. Download location

2. Products or components affected

3. System requirements

4. Installation and configuration

5. List of fixes

6. List of files

7. Copyright and trademark information

1. Download location

Search Fix ID in http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

2. Products or components affected

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/vemkd, Linux 64-bit/Windows 64-bit, sym-6.1.1-build226541

3. System requirements

None

4. Installation and configuration

4.1 Before installation

1. Stop the cluster:

Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:

For Linux 64-bit:

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> egosh service stop all

> sudo egosh ego shutdown

For Windows 64-bit:

C:\> egosh ego shutdown

2. Back up the following files on all management hosts if you want to be able to roll back the change:

For Linux 64-bit: $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/vemkd

For Windows 64-bit: %EGO_TOP%\1.2.8\etc\vemkd.exe and %EGO_TOP%\1.2.8\etc\vemkd.pdb

4.2      Installation steps

1. Copy the binaries to the following directory on all management hosts:

For Linux 64-bit: $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/vemkd

For Windows 64-bit: %EGO_TOP%\1.2.8\etc\vemkd.exe and %EGO_TOP%\1.2.8\etc\vemkd.pdb

2. Configure environment variables in $EGO_TOP/kernel/conf/ego.conf as follow:

EGO_SKIP_BAD_ALLOCATION_RECORD=Y

4.3 After installation

1.   Verify the installation

Run the vemkd -V commands, you should see the following output:

For Linux 64-bit:

Platform EGO 1.2.8.0 build 226541, Dec 11 2013

Copyright International Business Machines Corp, 1992-2013.

For Windows 64-bit:

Platform EGO 1.2.8.0 build 219499, Jul 12 2013

Copyright International Business Machines Corp, 1992-2013.

2. Start the upgraded cluster

Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:

For Linux 64-bit:

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> sudo egosh ego start

For Windows 64-bit:

C:\> egosh ego start

4.4 Uninstalling

1. Stop the cluster

Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:

For Linux 64-bit:

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> egosh service stop all

> sudo egosh ego shutdown

For Windows 64-bit:

C:\> egosh ego shutdown

2. Restore the following files on all management hosts with the backed-up files:

$EGO_TOP/1.2.5/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/vemkd

3. Remove the environment variable from $EGO_TOP/kernel/conf/ego.conf

EGO_SKIP_BAD_ALLOCATION_RECORD=Y

4. Start the cluster 

Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:

For Linux 64-bit:

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> sudo egosh ego start

For Windows 64-bit:

C:\> egosh ego start

5. List of fixes

SUP_BY_SYM#223477: vemkd repeatedly core dump due to wrong allocation status

SUP_BY_SYM#225447: vemkd repeatedly core dump due to wrong allocation status

6. List of files

For Linux 64-bit:

- Vemkd

For Windows 64-bit:

- Vemkd.exe

- Vemkd.pdb

7. Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2013

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