IBM Platform Symphony 5.1 Interim Fix #233594 Readme File
Readme File
Abstract
The master host closes the scavenging host temporarily when the master host cannot get the "Scavenging Control" status from the scavenging host.
Description
The master host
will close the scavenging host temporarily when it cannot get the
"Scavenging Control" status. The master host then opens the
scavenging host when the "Scavenging control" status is successfully
reported from scavenging host. This issue is resolved by setting
EGO_SCAVENGINGCONTROL_CLOSE_UNAVAILABLE_HOST=Y in the ego.conf
file.
This interim fix applies only to the following platform:
Windows 64-bit
Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony
Product/Component Release: 5.1
Update Name: Interim Fix #233594
Fix ID: sym-5.1-build233594-socgen
Publication date: 28 April 2014
Last modified date: 28 April 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#229834
2. Download location
Download Fix #233594 from the following location:
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/
3. Products or components affected
Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:
Platform Symphony/vemkd, Windows 64-bit, sym-5.1-build233594-socgen
4. System requirements
Not applicable.
5. Installation and configuration
5.1 Before installation
1. Disable all applications and shutdown the cluster.
Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:
C:\>soamcontrol app disable all
C:\>egosh service stop all
C:\>egosh ego shutdown all
5.2 Installation steps
Copy the appropriate Symphony MSP packages
of ego
· Interactive installation:
Double-click the Symphony MSP package to run the Symphony installer.
For example, download and install ego
· Silent installation:
Run the Symphony patch installers from the command line using the following commands:
C:\>msiexec /update <Symphony_package_name_path> /l*v <symphony_install_log> /norestart /quiet REINSTALLMODE=omus
Where:
· Symphony_package_name_path is the fully qualified filename of the Symphony MSP package in this release.
· symphony_install_log is the log file for the Symphony upgrade.
For example, run the following commands:
C:\>msiexec /update C:\ego
5.3 After installation
1. Verify the installation.
The following
is an example output:
C:\EGO\
Platform EGO
Copyright
Platform Computing Inc., an IBM company, 1996-2009, 2012.
binary type: win2003-x64
notes:
fixes:
2. Enable the configuration.
Configure the
parameter in ego.conf:
EGO_SCAVENGINGCONTROL_CLOSE_UNAVAILABLE_HOST=Y
3. Start the cluster and enable the application.
Log on to the
master host as the cluster administrator and run:
C:\>egosh ego start
all
C:\>soamcontrol app enable <appName>
5.4 Uninstallation
1. Disable all applications and shutdown the cluster.
Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:
C:\>soamcontrol app disable all
C:\>egosh service stop all
C:\>egosh ego
shutdown all
2. Uninstall the interim fix.
Important:
You cannot use the Microsoft Windows "Add/Remove Programs" feature to roll back to a previous Symphony package on a management/compute host.
a.) Get the Symphony package
for Symphony 5.1 (for example, ego
b.) Use the following command to roll back Symphony:
C:\>msiexec /uninstall <Sym_SP_path> /package <Sym_5.1_path> /norestart /quiet /l*v <sym_rollback_log>
Where:
1) Sym_SP_path is the fully qualified filename of the Symphony MSP package in this release.
2) Sym_5.1_path is the
fully qualified filename of the Symphony 5.1 msi
package.
3) sym_rollback_log is the log file for the Symphony
rollback.
3. Roll back the configuration.
Remove the parameter
from ego.conf:
EGO_SCAVENGINGCONTROL_CLOSE_UNAVAILABLE_HOST=Y
4. Start the cluster and enable application.
Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator and run:
C:\>egosh ego start
all
C:\>soamcontrol app enable <appName>
6. List of files
vemkd.exe
vemkd.pdb
7. Copyright and trademark information
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