IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Version 4.2.2 Fix 467860 Readme File

Abstract

This fix addresses an issue in Spectrum Cluster Foundation 4.2.2 where the /etc/passwd file on compute nodes has duplicated entries when NIS users are configured.

Description

Readme documentation for IBM® Spectrum Cluster Foundation Version 4.2.2 Fix 467860, including installation-related instructions and prerequisites.

Special characters are used in order to enable NIS authentication in the /etc/passwd file. After users run updatenode -F, the passwd file is synchronized to compute nodes from the passwd.merge file. This fix solves the issue of duplicate entries generated in /etc/passwd on compute nodes if the command run several times.   

Readme file for: IBM® Spectrum Cluster Foundation
Product/Component release: 4.2.2
Update name: Fix 467860
Fix ID: scf-4.2.2-build467860
Publication date: 12 September 2017
Last modification date: 12 September 2017

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

P102362.

2. Download location

Fix 467860 can be downloaded from IBM Fix Central at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.

3. Products or components affected

Fix 467860 affects the following versions:

4. System requirements

Platform Cluster Manager 4.2 or Spectrum Cluster Foundation 4.2.2 must be installed on management node.

5. Installation and configuration

Applying this fix involves the following steps:

5.1 Download the "cf-4.2.2-build467860" fix package from IBM Fix Central.

5.2 Upload the fix tar file to the management node.

5.3 On the management node, extract the fix tar file.

# tar -zxvf cf-4.2.2-build467860.tgz

5.4 Install the fix.

# cd cf-4.2.2-build467860
# sh ./patch_install.sh

5.5 If high availability is enabled, do the steps on standby management node.

6.  List of files

xdcpmerge.sh

CFMUtils.pm

patch_install.sh

7. Copyright and trademark information

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