Overview and Recommended levels

PowerHA 7.2.1 Service Pack 2 is now available for download as of November, 2017.

NOTE: PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.1 SP 2 testing has been done on the following AIX levels and are recommended:

  • AIX 7.1 TL03 SP9
  • AIX 7.1 TL04 SP4
  • AIX 7.2 TL00 SP4
  • AIX 7.2 TL01 SP2

NOTE: PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.1 is not supported with AIX 6.1 release.

Content

The Service Pack contains all the known fixes since 7.2.1 release. See the complete list of APARs included in the later section.

As of Service Pack 1, PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.1 contains new features like, Upgrade PowerHA SystemMirror using the cl_ezupdate command and PowerHA SystemMirror Interaction with Hardware Management console (HMC) using REST API's. For more details, refer to the article at What's new in PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.1.

Additionally, Service Pack 1 and later contains additional filesets that enable PowerHA SystemMirror Graphical Health Dashboard (GUI) Client support for PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2 and 7.1.3 Clusters. With these filesets, administrator can deploy a PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.1 based health dashboard server and use that to monitor and manage PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2 and 7.1.3 clusters in their environment.

PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.1 Service Pack 2 also provides support for the new features offered in the 7.2.2 GUI server, including the ability to start and stop cluster services and resource groups through the GUI. Without Service Pack 2, only monitoring support for 7.2.1 clusters is provided from a 7.2.2 GUI server.


AIX and PowerHA: Latest Fix Information

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 fixes information that may be applicable for your AIX and PowerHA levels.


New APARs included in this service pack

APAR#Description

IJ00278

EPCoD and OnOffCoD odm values are not getting updated

IJ00375

libodm errors found while restoring snapshot

IJ00376

critical rg deletion resulted in error during verify and sync

IJ00379

incorrect handling in restart of nfsv4 subsystem

IJ00385

modification in repomg throwing usage error in dare

IJ00387

no roha provisioning is observed in view report roha

IJ00389

no warning msg displayed when critical rg is offline

IJ00390

considering not activated lpars resources for free resources

IJ00401

not able to tune dr_enabled tunables using clctrl

IJ00402

lpm_node_timeout reset to zero with communication path change.

IJ00405

updated hacmpsplitmerge odm when critical rg name is modified

IJ00407

hacmp.out may show 'cannot open swservat' error message

IJ00408

'verify cluster prior to startup' functionality is not working

IJ00410

adding wpar to rg causing cluster state to move rp_failed

IJ00413

ha_sp:mirrorvg is failing, when mirror pools are supplied

IJ00415

clmgr causes improper unsynced changes value

IJ00426

backport the 7.2.2 agent to 7.2.1

IJ00588

disabling cluster security is failed with error

IJ00593

cspoc change/show vg not working

IJ00596

clmgr accepts invalid network fdt value

IJ00645

glvm data not in sync after clstop/clstart of standby node

IJ00921

clmgr replace repo may fail if pvid is not assigned

IJ00924

clmgr can report different powerha versions

IJ00927

ha: cl_mirrorset may fail to retrieve lv partition data

IJ00929

clmgr showing error messages when fall back timer is deleted

IJ00932

cleanipc should not be called always for scs instance

IJ00939

core dump if capabilities in caa more than powerha supported

IJ00963

adding second new node to existing cluster fails

IJ01167

clmgr fails to create filesystem with specified size

IJ01099

clmgr query cluster missing fix level in version

IJ01168

ha:mcast to unicast via clmgr may fail when verbose_logging=high

IJ01169

file collection is failing during verify & sync in xd conf

IJ01170

ezu: logs not getting copied properly into new files

IJ01171

remove enhanced_concurrent_mode option from clmgr modify cmd

IJ01172

clmgr produces unexpected output

IJ01173

sccsid errors are displayed

IJ01174

inappropriate error message in clmgr start after dependency.

IJ01175

add or update messages for rest if hmc version is not supported

IJ01177

duplicate hmc session id is created for connection type rest

IJ01904

uninstalltion of 720 throwing cl_dr related errors

IJ01179

ibm-node.tar.gz was corrupted

IV94315

fixes for sp test failures

IV95091

ha: verify should exclude parameters from aix runtime expert

IV95209

roha: rg release incorrectly reduces resources from epcod

IV95359

hacmp: "clmgr view pv" only lists unused disk

IV95652

powerha: errors in pprc config verification

IV96269

hacmp: dnp doesn't work after dare

IV96600

powerha smart assist fails to find db2 instance

IV96857

c-spoc extendvg disk list incorrect

IV96976

verification warning on reserve policy for rpv client disks

IV97024

clmgr offline cluster may show misleading error

IV97541

clmgr shows network_failure_detection_time error

IV97740

clmgr 'add node' incorrectly adds fqdn to rhosts file

IV97768

ha cl_dr script fails if any node is down

IV97978

clmgr rejects the dash character in mirror pool names

IV97982

roha: rg acquire failure when master hmc is not reachable

IV98010

powerha 7.2.1 issues adding hmc by ip address under roha.

IV98093

clmgr modify rg fallover=fnpn does not remove sdnp config

IV98096

powerha: clver may core dump after erroneous error messages.

IV98110

harmless 'cluster services are not active' message at first sync

IV98111

during lpm varyoffvg and varyonvg can be very slow

IV98169

powerha: network_fdt set to zero with communication path change

IV98327

powerha: inconsistent time stamps in powerha log files and gui.

IV98910

powerha: sap application server monitor failure

IV98911

powerha: only first resource group moves if there's a netw down

IV99065

svcpprc verification doesn't allow valid ip config

IV99067

varyonvg failure may not lead to rg in error state

IV99308

sap s.assist: cleanup of as instance may lead to config_too_long

IV99309

ha: erroneously complain about rg/vg during cluster startup

IV99311

ha: failure to modify application controllers, via clmgr or smit

IV99312

hyperswap manual resync fails for system mirror group

IV99319

ha: unable to reset automatic verification configuration by smit

IV99322

lpm may run incorrect version of powerha scripts

IV99323

sap s.assist: lack of nfs over udp leads to rg acquire failure

IV99324

c-spoc password change does not recognize aix password failures

IV99325

ha: cl_deactivate_fs may hang when external nfs in use

IV99326

add node to cluster shows cl_auto_versync_options: not found

IV99327

db2 smart assist start does not source profile

IV99328

variable 'num_parallel_lps' not honored by cl_sync_vgs

IV99329

ha: clver needs to check for xd_data network.

IV99362

clmgr cannot add multiple service ips to rg

IV99363

removed doesnot release resources when all roha apps are

IV99364

ezu2:rsct not found error seen in the ezupdate.log

IV99365

ezu2:missing absolute path details for ezupdate.log

IV99366

is nothing to update/rejectg same info message twice when there

IV99367

message about the nodeste with rollback not giving proper

IV99370

powerha does not send rg_move_complete event for rg offline

IV99373

enh_ras: node_up script/scripts.cat: correct message 9972

IV99374

clmgr q hmc gives invalid error

IV99377

backup repositories shows 'up' instead of 'backup'

IV99380

smit shows wrong help message in physical volumes

IV99386

vg modification to 'critical' using clmgr is not working

IV99387

getting junk messages when creating fs and lv

IV99390

lpar is down.lid argument' messgae to check active path when

IV99394

manage critical volume groups option not listing available vgs

IV99397

smit help is missing

IV99398

clmgr displays unexpected warnings on stderr

IV99401

clmgr vg modification failed with mirror pool options

IV99405

disk size needed from clmgr for gui support

IV99445

ha: cl_auto_versync does not display error messages

IV99449

ha_mig: error messages when removing sm 711 sp4 software

IV99452

ha:file collection message change

IV99488

powerha does not support quoted strings as method parameters

IV99568

startsrc -s clstrmgres is issued every time

IV99607

section for db2 did not collect any data in clsnap

IV99721

clrginfo -t information incorrect

IV99724

failed to change site name in dare

IV99746

ha_svt: clmgr q app is returning 1 if no apps are configured

IV99763

v&s failed with emc file sets not found errors

IV99800

replace repo not giving error in verify_sync for repmg

IV99802

incomplete message while disabling disk fencing & anhp

Cumulative APARs from previous service packs included in this service pack

APAR#Description

Filesets with associated APARs

Fileset_VRMF
(PTF#)
Associated APARs