IBM Platform Cluster Manager Version 4.2.1 Fix 413071 Readme File

Abstract

Apply this fix to resolve issues that occur on the standby management node after failover in a high availability environment.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM® Platform Cluster Manager Version 4.2.1 Fix 413071, including installation-related instructions and prerequisites.
In a high availability environment, the active management node hangs during shutdown and cannot be reached. The standby management node fails to take over as the primary management node. Apply this fix to resolve this issue.

Readme file for: IBM® Platform Cluster Manager
Product/Component release: 4.2.1
Update name: Fix 413071
Fix ID: pcm-4.2.1-build413071
Publication date: 06 Jul 2016
Last modification date: 06 Jul 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

P101789

2. Download location

Fix 413071 can be downloaded from IBM Fix Central at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.

3. Products or components affected

Fix 413071 affects the following versions of Platform Cluster Manager:
4.2.1
4.2.1 Fix Pack 1

4. System requirements

Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1 or Platform Cluster Manager 4.2.1 Fix Pack 1 must be installed on the management nodes in a high availability environment.

5. Installation and configuration

Applying this fix involves the following steps:

5.1 Download the "pcm-4.2.1-build413071" fix package from IBM Fix Central.

5.2 Upload the fix tar file to the Platform Cluster Manager management node.

5.3 On the Platform Cluster Manager management node, extract the fix tar file.

# mkdir -p /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build413071

# tar -zxvf pcm_4.2.1_413071_fix.tar.gz -C /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build413071

5.4 On the Platform Cluster Manager management node, back up the files /opt/pcm/bin/pcm-ha-controller, /opt/pcm/lib/python/kusu/ha/helper.py and replace it.

# mkdir –p /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build413071/backup

# cp /opt/pcm/bin/pcm-ha-controller /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build413071/backup
# cp /opt/pcm/lib/python/kusu/ha/helper.py /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build413071/backup

# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build413071/pcm-ha-controller /opt/pcm/bin/

# cp /opt/pcm/pcm_4.2.1_build413071/helper.py /opt/pcm/lib/python/kusu/ha/

 

5.5 Repeat step 5.2 to 5.4 on the Platform Cluster Manager standby management node.

6. List of files

helper.py
pcm-ha-controller.

7. Copyright and trademark information

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