Overview and Recommended levels
PowerHA 7.2.0 Service Pack 1 is now available for download as of April, 2016.
NOTE: PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.0 SP 1 testing has been done on the following AIX levels and are recommended:
- AIX 7.2 SP1
- AIX 7.1 TL04 SP1
- AIX 7.1 TL03 SP6
- AIX 7.1 TL03 SP5
- AIX 6.1 TL09 SP6
- AIX 6.1 TL09 SP5
AIX and PowerHA Fix Bundles
There could be some new fixes for the Service Pack (since the release time). To review any important fixes that could be applicable to this Service Pack, please visit the following web page:
https://ibm.biz/PowerHAFixes
This page lists critical Fix bundles (collection of epkgs for AIX and PowerHA) that may be applicable for various AIX and PowerHA levels. APARs included in the Fix bundle are listed in the description file that is part of the Fix bundle tar file epkgs. You can view it without opening the ipkg by running "emgr -d -v3 -e <epkg name>". Note that these Fix Bundles were tested together and hence it is highly recommended that they be applied together as a bundle.
| IV80338 | nfs 'exportfs' error leads to rg acquire failure |
| IV80467 | glvm commnds are hanging lsmp gmvgstat |
| IV80468 | cache recovery can fail if cache size is greater than 2gb |
| IV80469 | lpm node policies throwing vague error message when zero |
| IV80470 | ha shutdown -r causes takeover stop instead of graceful stop |
| IV80471 | db2 smart assist: 'parameter not set' messages in hacmp.out |
| IV80472 | powerha: ibm.configrm subsys may be inoperative after reboot |
| IV80473 | file system hang using glvm, async cache fills up. |
| IV80474 | nfsv4 application monitor failure when changing the export list |
| IV80475 | auto sync performing for manual resync mg |
| IV80476 | "change/show a resource group with nfs exports" can fail |
| IV80477 | ha: incorrect file collection handling of /etc/security/passwd |
| IV80478 | aix live update may hang when using powerha hyperswap. |
| IV80479 | cluster verification does not run via clmgr verify or sync |
| IV80480 | changing tunables node_timeout and network_fdt fails |
| IV80481 | system trace for async glvm cache replication |
| IV80483 | syncvg ios while cache is full can cause io timeouts. |
| IV80484 | during rolling migration from 61 to 72, the 72 node hangs |
| IV80485 | timeout set on dlpar operations done by hmc badly computed |
| IV80486 | aix live update failure with hyperswap. |
| IV80487 | rpvclient node can crash when close to out of memory |
| IV80488 | check for nfs availability before running commands from nfs. |
| IV80489 | powerha does not recover lost disks |
| IV80490 | failure after changing the tie breaker disk |
| IV80491 | disks cannot be removed from a volume group via clmgr. |
| IV80492 | powerha needs to support both names of caa fdt tunable |
| IV80515 | smit heartbeat settings f1 help text wrong in linked clusters |
| IV80516 | c-spoc correctly handle offline or inaccessible nodes |
| IV80607 | clmgr add user failure when info field has special characters |
| IV80608 | cl_dare_compare script fails to detect configuration change |
| IV81368 | cspoc failure switching between glvm sync - async mode |
| IV81369 | powerha: incorrect handling of nested and invalid mount points |
| IV81370 | changing site name(s) does not update caa site names |
| IV81371 | correctly handle spprc state source unknown source suspended |
| IV81372 | corrective action for wpar only runs on first node |
| IV81373 | incomplete help text information for heartbeat settings |
| IV81374 | the failure was caused as the command used(rmvg) |
| IV81375 | using hyperswap, crash in ld_purge_modules |
| IV81376 | smit menu 'add hardware resource provisionning' erroneous |
| IV81377 | warning not printed if "clmgr offline" does not complete in time |
| IV81378 | cldump may fail with an rshexec error message |
| IV81379 | ha: claddappmon creates app monitor name with hyphens |
| IV81380 | ha smart assist configure sap global fs gets smit internal error |
| IV81381 | ha: smit cspoc extend/reduce vg shows rm error on non shared vg |
| IV81382 | improved the internal setting of path in clmgr |
| IV81556 | required fix for using lpm with |
| IV81557 | ha clstart delay due to clver taking lvm lock on other node |
| IV81558 | ha clsnap hangs if lvm lock is held |
| IV81559 | ha: autoclverify doesn't work after ha upgrade to 713 sp4 |
| IV81560 | log collection with clmgr command fails with syntax error |
| IV82935 | some small fix on 'clmrg view report roha' |
| IV82936 | smit help message incorrect in cspoc create a vg panel |
| IV82982 | powerha sa for sap: appl scripts hang in case of nfs outage |
| PTF# | Fileset | Associated APARs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U869237 | cluster.es.assist.db2 | 7.2.0.1 | IV80471 |
| U869239 | cluster.es.assist.sap | 7.2.0.1 | IV80488 IV81380 IV82982 |
| U871467 | cluster.es.client.lib | 7.2.0.1 | IV80469 IV80479 IV80480 IV80491 IV80607 IV81377 IV81380 |
| U871466 | cluster.es.client.rte | 7.2.0.1 | IV80477 |
| U869246 | cluster.es.client.utils | 7.2.0.1 | IV80477 |
| U869245 | cluster.es.cspoc.cmds | 7.2.0.1 | IV80477 IV80489 IV80516 IV81374 IV81381 |
| U869243 | cluster.es.cspoc.rte | 7.2.0.1 | IV80477 IV80516 |
| U869219 | cluster.es.genxd.cmds | 7.2.0.1 | IV80475 IV80477 IV80478 IV81375 |
| U871471 | cluster.es.genxd.rte | 7.2.0.1 | IV80477 |
| U869244 | cluster.es.nfs.rte | 7.2.0.1 | IV80474 |
| U869242 | cluster.es.pprc.cmds | 7.2.0.1 | IV80477 |
| U869241 | cluster.es.server.diag | 7.2.0.1 | IV80477 IV81372 IV81557 |
| U869240 | cluster.es.server.events | 7.2.0.1 | IV80338 IV80476 IV80477 IV80485 IV80489 IV80516 IV81369 |
| U871472 | cluster.es.server.rte | 7.2.0.1 | IV80470 IV80477 IV80484 IV80486 IV80490 IV80515 IV81368 IV81373 IV81376 IV81556 IV82936 |
| U871469 | cluster.es.server.utils | 7.2.0.1 | IV80472 IV80477 IV80489 IV80492 IV80516 IV80608 IV81370 IV81378 IV81379 IV81382 IV81558 IV81559 IV81560 IV82935 |
| U871473 | cluster.es.spprc.rte | 7.2.0.1 | IV81371 |
| U871470 | cluster.xd.glvm | 7.2.0.1 | IV80467 IV80477 |
| U871468 | glvm.rpv.client | 7.2.0.1 | IV80468 IV80473 IV80481 IV80483 IV80487 |
| U869238 | glvm.rpv.server | 7.2.0.1 | IV80481 |