IBM Platform Symphony 6.1.1 Fix Patch #229553 Readme File

Abstract

No warning or error logs logged when the kill system call in PEM fails to stop an EGO service.

Description

· Stop one of the EGO services and according to "egosh service list" the service is stuck in the DEALLOCATING STATE and RUN INIT_STATE.

· Check log for $EGO_TOP/kernel/log/pem.log.*; there is no warning or error logs logged to indicate the failure.

This fix patch applies only to the following platform:

· Linux 64-bit

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 6.1.1

Update Name: Fix pack

Fix ID: sym-6.1.1-build229553-ms

Publication date: 27^th Jan 2014

Last modified date: 27^th Jan 2014

Contents:

1. List of fixes

2. Download location

3. Products or components affected

4. System requirements

5. Installation and configuration

6. List of files

7. Copyright and trademark information

1. List of fixes

SUP_BY_SYM#228179

2. Download location

Download Fix #229553 from the following location

http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3. Products or components affected

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/pem, Linux 64-bit, sym-5.1-build229553-ms.

4. System requirements

N/A

5. Installation and configuration

5.1 Before installation

1. Shut down the cluster

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

> source cshrc.platform

> egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown

 2.  Back up file

Log on to each management host and back up the following binary that will be replaced by this patch:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/pem

5.2 Installation steps

1.  Apply the fix patch.

Log on to each management host and replace the old binary pem with the downloaded one in the following directory:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/pem

5.3 After installation

1. Verify the installation

>$EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/pem -V

Platform EGO 1.2.8.0 build 229553, Jan 26 2014

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binary type: linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

notes:

fixes:

2. Start the cluster

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

> egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin

> egosh ego start

> soamcontrol app enable application_name

5.4 Uninstalling

1. Shut down the cluster

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

> source cshrc.platform

> egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown

2. Restore the backup file

Log on to each management host and restore the backup file for the following binary:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/pem

3. Start the cluster

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

> egosh ego start

> soamcontrol app enable application_name

6. List of files

· pem

7. Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014

U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

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