IBM Platform Symphony 5.1 Interim Fix #241683 Readme File

Abstract

The Platform Symphony client may encounter de-serialization errors or core dump if the direct data transfer feature is enabled.

Description

The Platform Symphony client may encounter a type mismatch error between serialization and de-serialization when receiving task output in direct data transfer mode.
When the direct data transfer feature is enabled, if massive preemption happens, or the session is closed before fetching all task results, the client process may core dump.

This interim fix applies only to the following platform:

Linux x86_64, Windows 64-bit

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 5.1

Update Name: Interim Fix #241683

Fix ID: sym-5.1-build241683

Publication date: 22^th Aug 2014

Last modified date: 22^th Aug 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

APAR # P100666

2. Download location

Download Fix #241683 from the following location:

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

3. Products or components affected

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/libsoambase.so and soambase.dll, Linux x86_64 and Windows 64-bit, sym-5.1-build241683

4. System requirements

Not applicable.

5. Installation and configuration

5.1 Before installation

1. Disable all applications.

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

soamcontrol app disable all

2. Backup binaries.

On Linux

Back up the following files on all Linux x86_64 hosts in cluster and client hosts if you want to be able to roll back the change:

$SOAM_HOME/5.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/lib64/libsoambase.so

On Windows

Back up the following files on all Windows 64-bit hosts in cluster and client hosts if you want to be able to roll back the change:

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.dll

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.lib

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.pdb

5.2 Installation steps

On Linux

Copy the corresponding binary to the following directory on all Linux x86_64 hosts in cluster and client hosts:

$SOAM_HOME/5.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/lib64/libsoambase.so

On Windows

Copy the corresponding binaries to the following directory on all Windows 64-bit hosts in cluster and client hosts:

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.dll

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.lib

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.pdb

5.3 After installation

Enable the application.

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

soamcontrol app enable appName

5.4 Uninstallation

1. Disable all applications.

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

soamcontrol app disable all

2. Restore binaries.

On Linux

Restore the following file on all Linux x86_64 hosts in cluster and client hosts with the backed-up files:

$SOAM_HOME/5.1/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/lib64/libsoambase.so

On Windows

Restore the following files on all Windows 64-bit hosts in cluster and client hosts with the backed-up files:

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.dll

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.lib

%SOAM_HOME%\5.1\w2k3_x64-vc7-psdk\lib64\soambase.pdb

6. List of files

libsoambase.so

soambase.dll

soambase.lib

soambase.pdb

7. Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2014

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