IBM Platform Symphony 7.1 Interim Fix 382168 Readme File

Abstract

When the data purger uses an Oracle database to clean up Platform Enterprise Reporting Framework (PERF) data, the data purger throws an exception, which causes the purger to not function.

Description

When the data purger uses an Oracle database to clean up PERF data, the purger throws an exception, which causes the data purger to not function.

After applying this fix, the data purger can successfully clean up Oracle data.

linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Symphony

Product/Component Release: 7.1 Fix Pack 1

Update Name: Interim Fix 382168

Fix ID: sym-7.1-build382168

Publication date: 13 January 2016

Last modified date: 13 January 2016

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: P101549

2. Download location

Download this fix from the following location:

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

3. Products or components affected

Product/Component Name, Platform, Fix ID:

Platform Symphony/PERF, linux2.6-glibc2.3-x86_64, sym-7.1-build382168

4. System requirements

Apply this fix if you have Platform Symphony 7.1 Fix Pack 1 installed.

5. Installation and configuration

5.1 Before installation

                  1. Stop the plc and purger services

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

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> egosh service stop plc purger

2.  Back up the following file on all management hosts

>$EGO_TOP/perf/3.1/lib/perf_purger.jar

Note: Do not store the backed up perf_purger.jar file in the $PERF_TOP/perf/3.1/lib/ folder, even if you rename it. You can place this backup file in the $PERF_TOP/perf/3.1/ folder. 


5.2 Installation steps

Log on to all management hosts in the cluster and replace the perf_purger.jar binary with the downloaded one:

>$EGO_TOP/perf/3.1/lib/perf_purger.jar

5.3 After installation

1.     Clean up the perf work directory.

                           > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/perf/logs/*  $EGO_TOP/perf/work/*

2.     Start the plc and purger services

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

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> egosh service start plc purger

5.4 Uninstalling

1.     Stop the plc and purger services

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

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> egosh service stop plc purger

2.    Log on to all management hosts in the cluster and restore the backup file for the perf_purger.jar binary

>$EGO_TOP/perf/3.1/lib/perf_purger.jar

3.    Clean up the perf work directory

                            > rm -rf $EGO_TOP/perf/logs/*  $EGO_TOP/perf/work/*

4.     Start the plc and purger services

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

> source $EGO_TOP/cshrc.platform

> egosh service start plc purger

6. List of files

perf_purger.jar

7. Copyright and trademark information

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