IBM Platform Symphony 6.1.1 Interim Fix 236225 Readme File

Abstract

With this interim fix, Symphony will use the local system time zone in the service and task logs.

Description

By default, Symphony uses GMT+0 time zone in the service and task logs, which is not configurable. With this interim fix, Symphony will use the local system time zone in the service and task logs.

This fix addresses the following issues:

Cannot change time zone for PMR service logs and task logs.

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: Interim Fix 236225

Fix ID: sym-6.1.1-build236225

Publication date: 5 June 2014

Last modified date: 5 June 2014

Contents:

1.     List of fixes

2.     Download location

3.     Products or components affected

4.     Installation and configuration

5.     List of files

6.     Copyright and trademark information 

1.   List of fixes

APAR: P100401.

2.   Download Location

Download Fix 236225 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/ 

3.   Products or components affected 

Product/Component Name:

Platform Symphony/RunMapReduceService.sh and pmr-hadoop-mapred-1.1.1.jar

4.   Installation and configuration

4.1          Before installation 

1.    Disable the application.

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

> soamcontrol app disable MapReduce6.1.1

 

2.    Back up the file.

Log on to each compute host and back up the following files that will be replaced by this fix:

> $EGO_TOP/soam/mapreduce/6.1.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/RunMapReduceService.sh

> $EGO_TOP/soam/mapreduce/6.1.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/lib/hadoop-1.1.1/pmr-hadoop-mapred-1.1.1.jar

 

4.2          Installation steps 

1.      Apply the fix.

Log on to each compute host and replace the old file with the downloaded one in the following directories:

> $EGO_TOP/soam/mapreduce/6.1.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/RunMapReduceService.sh

> $EGO_TOP/soam/mapreduce/6.1.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/lib/hadoop-1.1.1/pmr-hadoop-mapred-1.1.1.jar

 

2.      Configuration.

To enable the interim fix, add the following environment variable to the Service section of the MapReduce application profile:

<env name="LOG_SYSTEM_TIME_ZONE">Y</env>

 

4.3          After installation 

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

> soamcontrol app enable MapReduce6.1.1

 

4.4          Uninstallation 

1.    Disable the application.

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

> soamcontrol app disable MapReduce6.1.1

2.     Restore the backup file.

Log on to each compute host and restore the backup files for the following files:

> $EGO_TOP/soam/mapreduce/6.1.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/RunMapReduceService.sh

> $EGO_TOP/soam/mapreduce/6.1.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/lib/hadoop-1.1.1/pmr-hadoop-mapred-1.1.1.jar

 

3.     Remove the configuration from the MapReduce application profile.

<env name="LOG_SYSTEM_TIME_ZONE">Y</env>

4.    Enable the application.

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

> soamcontrol app enable MapReduce6.1.1

5.   List of files

 

RunMapReduceService.sh

pmr-hadoop-mapred-1.1.1.jar

 

6.   Copyright and trademark information

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