IBM Platform Symphony 5

IBM Platform Symphony 5.1 Interim Fix 340142 Readme File

Abstract

RS will not respond to package download request if RS_DOWNLOAD_QUEUE_SIZE limit is exceeded.

Description

When the number of download requests reaches the RS_DOWNLOAD_QUEUE_SIZE limit (with a default value of 5000), a race condition can be triggered and the download request cannot be started. The download requests to RS will hang.

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 340142

Fix ID: sym-5.1-build340142

Publication date: 7 May. 2015

Last modified date: 7 May. 2015

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#P101093

2. Download location

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

3. Products or components affected

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/rs, Windows 64-bit, sym-5.1-build340142

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

2. Delete the rs.pdb file:

Windows installation package have a limitation that can not replace the rs.pdb file during installation. So delete the rs.pdb file before installation. This file will be restored when uninstalling.

5.2 Installation steps

Copy the appropriate Symphony MSP packages of ego1.2.5_win-x64-340142.msp to each management host.

1. Interactive installation:

Double-click the Symphony MSP package to run the Symphony installer.

For example, download and install ego1.2.5_win-x64-340142.msp.

2. 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:

1) Symphony_package_name_path is the fully qualified filename of the Symphony MSP package in this release.

2) symphony_install_log is the log file for the Symphony upgrade.

For example, run the following commands:

C:\>msiexec /update C:\ego1.2.5_win-x64-340142.msp /l*v updateSym.log /norestart /quiet REINSTALLMODE=omus

5.3 After installation

1. Verify the installation.

Run the rs -V commands, you should see the following output:

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

Platform EGO 1.2.5.340142, Apr 27 2015

binary type: win2003-x64

2. 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, ego1.2.5_win-x64.msi in this case).

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. 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

rs.exe

rs.pdb

7. Copyright and trademark information

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