IBM Platform RTM 9.1.3 Fix 342194 Readme File

Abstract
APAR# P101114, P101053. This fix resolves the issue of partitioned tables being incorrectly deleted according to Partition Size instead of Summary Job Data Retention Period. In addition, this fix speeds up data purging in the grid_heuristics_percentiles database table by implementing time-based partitioning.

Description
Readme documentation for IBM Platform RTM 9.1.3 Fix 342194 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.

This fix:
- Resolves the issue of partitioned database tables being incorrectly deleted according to Partition Size(defined in Console> Configuration> Grid Settings>Maint) instead of Summary Job Data Retention Period(defined in Console> Configuration> Grid Settings>Maint).

- Speeds up data purging of the grid_heuristics_percentiles database table by implementing time-based partitioning according to Job History Days(defined in Console> Configuration> Settings>RTM plugins).

- Job History Days setting (defined in Console>Configuration> Settings> RTM Job Heuristic Settings> Job History Days) will be changed to 1 week if it was previously customized.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform RTM
Product/Component Release: 9.1.3
Update Name: Fix 342194
Fix ID: PlatformRTM-9.1.3-342194
Publication date: Sep 17, 2015
Last modified date: Sep 17, 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 P101114, P101053 (SUP_BY_RTM #40694, 38876)

2.   Download Location

Download Fix 342194 from the following location: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral

3.   Products or components affected
 
Product/Component Name, Platform, File Name:

IBM Platform RTM, Linux X86_64,

cacti/plugins/grid/lib/grid_partitioning.php
cacti/plugins/heuristics/poller_heuristics.php
cacti/plugins/heuristics/setup.php

4.   System requirements 

OS of RTM master: Linux  X86_64

5.   Installation and configuration
5.1    Before installation
 
    1) Back up the following files in cacti_backupname.tar:

        # cd RTM_TOP
        # tar -cvf cacti_backupname.tar  cacti/plugins/grid/lib/grid_partitioning.php cacti/plugins/heuristics/poller_heuristics.php cacti/plugins/heuristics/setup.php

5.2    Installation steps
 
    1) Stop crond(cron) service

        # service crond(cron) stop

    2) Download and extract rtm9.1.3-build342194.tar.gz  to the RTM_TOP directory

        # cd RTM_TOP
        # tar -zxvf rtm9.1.3-build342194.tar.gz

    3) Start crond(cron) service

        # service crond(cron) start


5.3    After installation

None
 
5.4    Uninstallation

    1) Stop crond(cron) service

        # service crond(cron) stop

    2)  Roll back the fix by overwriting files with the files you backed up in cacti_backupname.tar

        # cd RTM_TOP
        # tar -xvf cacti_backupname.tar

    3) Start crond(cron) service

        # service crond(cron) start

6.   List of files

cacti/plugins/grid/lib/grid_partitioning.php
cacti/plugins/heuristics/poller_heuristics.php
cacti/plugins/heuristics/setup.php

 
7.   Copyright and trademark information

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