This fix resolves the following issue: PAC startup fails if the perf daemon has not started before the pmc daemon.

Readme documentation for IBM Platform Application Center 9.1.5 Fix 414084 including installation-related instructions, prerequisites and co-requisites, and list of fixes.
This fix resolves the following issue:
-When the PAC daemon (includes the perf daemon and the pmc daemon) is added as a system init daemon, the pmc daemon fails to start when the PAC host is starting if the perf daemon has not yet started. The message says the pmc daemon is started, but it has not.

Readme file for: IBM Platform Application Center
Product/Component Release: 9.1.5
Update Name: Fix 414084
Fix ID: pac-9.1.5-build414084
Publication date: 16 August 2016
Last modified date: 16 August 2016

• List of fixes
• Download location
• Products or components affected
• System requirements
• Installation and configuration
• Uninstallation
• List of files
• Copyright and trademark information

• List of fixes

  APAR#: P101799

• Download location

  Download Fix ------ from the following location: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Platform%2BComputing&product=ibm/Other+software/Platform+Application+Center&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=pac-9.1.5-build414084&includeSupersedes=0

• Affected components:

  - pmc_daemons.sh.

• System requirements

  Linux_x86_64

  Linux_PPC64LE

• Installation and configuration
  • 5.1  Before installation

    Check and record the version and build number of IBM Platform Application Center. this is in case of rolling back the fix.

    pmcadmin -V
    

    Stop all IBM Platform Application Center services:

    perfadmin stop all
    pmcadmin stop
  • 5.2  Installation steps

    The following steps assume IBM Platform Application Center is installed in /opt/pac.
    Replace with your actual installation directory.

    • Installation steps for IBM Platform Application Center 9.1.5.
      • Determine the location of your existing IBM Application Center installation.
        #rpm -q --queryformat "%{INSTPREFIXES}\n" pcc-appcenter
      • Back up the existing:
        #cp -rfp /opt/pac /opt/pac.bak
      • Download the fix file: pac9.1.5_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z.
      • Extract pac9.1.5_standard_linux-x64.tar.Z.
      • As root, log on to your IBM Platform Application Center 9.1.5 host.
      • Set your IBM Platform Application Center environment:
        For csh or tcsh:
        % source /opt/pac/cshrc.platform
        For sh, ksh, or bash:
        $ . /opt/pac/profile.platform
      • Install the fix.
        rpm -Uvh --prefix ${PAC_TOP} --nopreun pcc-appcenter-9.1.5-414084.x86_64.rpm
        Note: Replace ${PAC_TOP} with your actual installation directory.
      • Reset pmc daemon to system initialization
        • Remove the old script

          pmcremoverc.sh

        • Set new system init script

          pmcsetrc.sh

        Note: If warning messages appear for Linux_PPC64LE while setting up pmc as a system init daemon, they may be ignored since it does not impact the system or Application Center.
  • 5.3  Start IBM Platform Application Center services.

    perfadmin start all
    pmcadmin start

• Uninstallation
  • 6.1  Before uninstallation

    Stop all IBM Platform Application Center services:

    perfadmin stop all
    pmcadmin stop
  • 6.2  Roll back the fix

    The following steps assume IBM Platform Application Center is installed in /opt/pac.
    Replace with your actual installation directory.

    • Determine the location of your existing IBM Application Center installation.
      #rpm -q queryformat %{INSTPREFIXES}\n pcc-appcenter
    • Download the RPM package for a version previous to the Fix, for example, pcc-appcenter-9.1.5-123456.x86_64.rpm.
    • Set your IBM Platform Application Center environment:
      For csh or tcsh:
      % source /opt/pac/cshrc.platform
      For sh, ksh, or bash:
      $ . /opt/pac/profile.platform
    • Install the IBM Platform Application Center RPM package. For example:
      #rpm -Uvh --prefix ${PAC_TOP} --oldpackage --nopreun --noscripts pcc-appcenter-9.1.5-123456.x86_64.rpm.
    • If you have made any customizations, reapply your customizations from the backup directory.
    • Start IBM Platform Application Center services
      perfadmin start all
      pmcadmin start
    • Clear your browser cache before logging into IBM Platform Application Center.
      This is required on every browser that will access IBM Platform Application Center. Otherwise, IBM Platform Application Center will not work properly.
• List of files
  

  $PAC_TOP/gui/3.0/bin/pmc_daemons.sh
  

• Copyright and trademark information

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