IBM Platform Symphony 5.1 Interim Fix 237406 Readme File

Abstract

On large clusters with more than thousands of hosts, Symphony services can take longer than usual to failover.

Description

On large clusters with 4600 hosts, Symphony services (for example, wsm) could take more time.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 5.1

Update Name: Interfix Fix 237406

Fix ID: sym-5.1-build237406

Publication date: 9 July 2014

Last modified date: 9 July 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#P100511: In SG reported biggest cluster with 4600 hosts, cluster starts up very slow.

2.   Download Location

Download Interim Fix 237406 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/ 

3.   Products or components affected 

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/PMC, Windows 64-bit, sym-5.1-build237406

4.   Known limitations

      N/A

5.   Installation and configuration

5.1          Before installation 

1.    Stop the cluster.

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

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh ego shutdown all

 

5.2          Installation steps 

1.      Apply the fix.

Log on to each management host, and double click the msp file "ego1.2.5_win-x64-237406.msp"

5.3          After installation 

1.   Verify the installation

For example, run:

C:\EGO\1.2.5\etc>vemkd.exe -V

Platform EGO 1.2.5.237406, Jun 19 2014

Copyright (C) 1992-2011 Platform Computing Corporation

 

binary type: win2003-x64.

2.    Start the cluster.

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

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable all

 

5.4          Uninstallation 

1.    Stop the cluster.

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

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh ego shutdown all

2.     Restore the backup file.

Log on to each management host and uninstall the msp file "ego1.2.5_win-x64-237406.msp".

3.    Start the cluster.

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

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable all

 

6.   List of files

vemkd.exe

vemkd.pdb

7.   Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014

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