IBM Platform Symphony 6.1.1 Interim Fix 355583 Readme File

Abstract

In a Platform Symphony environment, compute hosts continually send unnecessary getconf and addhost requests to the master LIM.

Description

In a Platform Symphony environment, compute hosts continually send unnecessary getconf and addhost requests to the master LIM. This puts heavy load on the master LIM, and causes the master LIM to miss local PEM heartbeats.

This fix applies only to the following platform:

Linux 64-bit

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 6.1.1

Update Name: Interim Fix

Fix ID: sym-6.1.1-build355583

Publication date: 4 Aug 2015

Last modified date: 4 Aug 2015

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: P101293

2.   Download location

Download Fix 355583 from the following location: http://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/ 

3.   Products or components affected 

Product/Component Name:

Platform Symphony/lim

4.   Installation and configuration

4.1          Before installation 

1.    Disable all applications and shut down the cluster.

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

 

2.    Back up files.

Log on to all hosts in the cluster and back up the following file that will be replaced by this fix:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/lim

 

4.2          Installation steps 

Log on to all hosts in the cluster and replace your current binary with the downloaded one in the following directory:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/lim

 

4.3          After installation 

1. Verify the installation.

Run the following command:
lim -V

The following is an example output of successfully verifying the installation:

Platform EGO 1.2.8.0 build 355583, Jul 28 2015
Copyright International Business Machines Corp, 1992-2013.
US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

binary type: linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64
notes:
fixes:

 

2. Start the cluster and enable the application.

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

 

4.4          Uninstallation 

1.    Disable all applications and shutdown the cluster.

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

2.     Uninstall.

Log on to all hosts in cluster and restore the backup file for the following binary:

> $EGO_TOP/1.2.8/linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64/etc/lim

3.    Start the cluster and enable the application.

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

 

5.   List of files

lim

 

6.   Copyright and trademark information

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2015

U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

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