IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition 4.1 Fix 248662 Readme File

Description

Readme documentation for the IBM® Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition for version 4.1 Fix 248662, including installation-related instructions and prerequisites.

IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition 4.1 Fix 248662 is a solution that enables support for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.6 operating system on the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server.

Readme file for: IBM Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition
Product/Component release: 4.1
Update name: Fix 248662
Solution or fix ID:  248662
Publication date: 23 December 2014
Last modification date: 23 December 2014

Contents

  1. Products or components affected
  2. System requirements
  3. Installation prerequisites
  4. Installation and configuration
  5. Copyright and trademark information

 

1. Products or components affected

Fix 248662 updates the following script file on the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server:

PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/pcmaepostinstallib
PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/pcmaepostconfigib

where PCMAE_TOP describes the top-level directory where Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition is installed (for example, /opt/platform).

2. System requirements

This fix is intended for users with Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition 4.1 installed. You can apply this update on top of Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition 4.1.

3. Installation prerequisites

Notes: You can expect some downtime, as this fix requires you to restart the key service on the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server.

4. Installation and configuration

Applying this solution involves the following steps:

  1. Updating files on the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server
  2. Updating database records on the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server

Updating files on the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server

  1. Copy the pcmae_4.1_248662_fix.tar.gz file to your Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server.
  2. Log in to the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server as root.
  3. Source the environment for the previous Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management installation:

C shell:
# source PCMAE_TOP/cshrc.platform

Bourne shell:
# . PCMAE_TOP/profile.platform

  1. Navigate to the location where you copied the pcmae_4.1_248662_fix.tar.gz file, and run the following commands:

# /bin/tar -zxvf pcmae_4.1_248662_fix.tar.gz
# cd pcmae_4.1_248662_fix
# mv PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/pcmaepostinstallib PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/pcmaepostinstallib.old
# cp ./pcmaepostinstallib PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/
# mv PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/pcmaepostconfigib PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/pcmaepostconfigib.old
# cp ./pcmaepostconfigib PCMAE_TOP/virtualization/conf/resourceAdapter/ufm/scripts/

Updating database records on the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server

  1. Log in to the Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management server as root.
  2. Source the environment for the previous Platform Cluster Manager Advanced Edition management installation:

C shell:
# source PCMAE_TOP/cshrc.platform

Bourne shell:
# . PCMAE_TOP/profile.platform

  1. Stop the ICM service:

# egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin
# egosh service stop ICM

  1. Change xCAT database by running the following commands:

# chdef -t osimage -o rhels6.6-x86_64-install-kvmhypv usercomment="RHEL 6.6 64-bit KVM hypervisor host"
# chdef -t osimage -o rhels6.6-x86_64-install-PMTools usercomment="RHEL 6.6 64-bit stateful host"
# chdef -t osimage -o rhels6.6-x86_64-netboot-PMTools usercomment="RHEL 6.6 64-bit stateless host"

  1. Start the ICM service:

# egosh service list

When the ICM service is in "DEFINED" state, run the following command:

# egosh service start ICM

 

Copyright and trademark information

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