Overview and Recommended levels

PowerHA 7.2.2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download as of November, 2018.

NOTE: PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.2 SP 2 testing has been done on the following AIX levels and are recommended:

  • AIX 7.2 TL01 SP4
  • AIX 7.2 TL02 SP3
  • AIX 7.2 TL03 SP2
  • AIX 7.1 TL05 SP3
  • AIX 7.1 TL04 SP6
  • AIX 7.1 TL03 SP9*

*Versions in gray are not recommended.

NOTE: PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.2 SP 2 is not supported with AIX 6.1 release.

Content

The Service Pack contains all the known fixes since 7.2.2 SP1 release. See the complete list of APARs included in the later section.

NOTE: When the GUI server restarts after its update is complete, the GUI agents on all connected clusters might need to be restarted to restore their communication connection with the server. An agent can be restarted using "stopsrc -s phauiagent; sleep 11; startsrc -s phauiagent", or as an alternative, rediscover each cluster.


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


APAR List in the Service Pack

New security APARs

Security updates are initially released as interim fixes to expedite availability. The updates are later repackaged in the same format as generally available PowerHA SystemMirror updates.

New APARs with Abstract included in this service pack

APAR#Description
IJ06704 SAP ERS instance fails on linked cluster
IJ06780 THE REPOS_MODE SET AS "A" IN CUSTOM CLUSTER CONFIGURATION
IJ07156 Cluster went to to ST_RP_FAILED state after bring up the network
IJ07534 ALLOW GUI SERVER TO SPECIFY WHICH NETWORK INTERFACE TO USE
IJ07892 unexpected resource group move after aix shutdown
IJ08379 cl_chpasswd cspoc issue with password change when set to true
IJ08401 Modifying SAP SA instance may throw error
IJ08494 LPM failure with message 'Another LPM operation is in progress'
IJ08505 INVALID RAW_DISK CONFIGURATIONS NOT HANDLED CORRECTLY
IJ08511 USER DEFINED RES MONITOR STOPPED BUT NOT RESTARTED DURING DARE
IJ08513 PowerHA clstrmgr terminates with coredump
IJ08515 POWERHA: CUSTOM REMOTE NOTIFICATION WITH ALIAS AS TARGET FAILS.
IJ08606 Suspend/Resume monitoring improvements
IJ08611 ADDING PERSISTENT IPS TO CLMGR NODE QUERY OUTPUT
IJ08613 "clmgr -h sync cluster" does not return proper help syntax
IJ08615 Clmgr cmd with empty attributes failed with segmentation fault
IJ08618 Removing the SAP instances throws unexpected errors.
IJ08622 Unexpected error message with clmgr add hmc
IJ08624 clmgr modify volume group failing for invalid disk add
IJ08629 GUI - Upgrading the security patch with TLS1.2
IJ08756 logfile rotation of clinfo.log does not work
IJ08995 GUI event notifications taking too long
IJ09001 Remove topology service refresh instance code
IJ09006 clmgr query wpar is listing RG instead of error
IJ09009 clrest is acquiring/releasing resources for negative input values
IJ09011 UISNAP TAKING A LONG TIME TO COMPLETE
IJ09025 SAP ERS modify instance is not listing takeover nodes
IJ09026 GUI fixes related to zone dashboard, security and uisnap.
IJ09030 RG in Stuck Online state but tooltip shows irrelevant messageGUI dashboard improvement
IJ09031 Zone Dashboard does not show cluster events states unless page refreshed
IJ09687 uisnap fails to collect troubleshooting data
IJ09712 GUI SPs Feature Not Reflect After Upgrade from 7220 to 7221 on Dashboard.
IJ09723 HA:Incorrect warnings about stale cross-site LVM mirroring
IJ09744 PowerHA does not correctly recognize supported CAA tuneables
IJ10927 clmgr lists physical volumes slowly
IJ10987 Zone card is not updated properly
IJ10988 Not shown "Unsynchronized changes" when add Network or Interface
IJ10989 RG is aligned wrongly when cluster is added to a zone
IJ10990 cluster service issue
IJ10991 Extra Logging in Poling
IJ10992 Improper parsing of removed files in packaging
IJ10993 Adding support for 720 clusters
IJ10994 clmgr command gives "adding empty subscript" warning
IJ11003 PowerHA: SMUI dashboard shows inconsistent timestamps
IJ11364 ERROR WHEN ADDING AN APP MONITOR
IJ11375 GUI LOGS CANNOT BE RELOCATED
IJ11376 GUI MIGRATION FAILS WITH SYSCK ERROR
IJ11377 unregistering cl_dr errors, during 722 SP2 uninstallation
IJ11382 HA: PowerHA changes for SAP netweaver enqueue server2 support

Cumulative APARs from previous service packs included in this service pack

APAR#Description
IJ03221 duplicate entries of sharedvg for maxdb application
IJ03222 unexpected messages in split merge configuration
IJ03224 ha:clxd_ds8k_failover_gm missing -tgtse option for mkflash cmd
IJ03226 nfs tie breaker may show opendir() errno 127
IJ03227 division of help message for ds8k_gm and xiv_rm
IJ03228 unable to replace active repository disk with a new one
IJ03241 powerha hangs on attempt to unmount '/'
IJ03242 remove concurrent_access option support from "clmgr add vg"
IJ03257 log files having write permissions for groups and others
IJ03258 manual discovery for websphere mq failed.
IJ03259 better message for "add node" when no nodes are available
IJ03260 dsp_msg error while trying to modify physical volume
IJ03261 cl_mkuser command with force flag is hanging
IJ03262 manual discovery for sap ers instance failed
IJ03263 incorrect search of a english string from command output.
IJ03264 remove dead code of path variable initialization.
IJ03265 ha clmgr cannot do online/offline rg secondary
IJ03266 error message is not proper when listing only active vgs
IJ03267 clstrmgr loses state of persistent ip during dyn reconfig
IJ03268 clmgr allows to add tie-breaker disk as repo disk
IJ03269 clmgr command failed to delete hitachi mg
IJ03270 warning message in c-spoc pick list
IJ03271 ha: cl_mirrorset may fail to retrieve lv partition data
IJ03272 glvm incorrect management of sas disks
IJ03355 multiple defunc processes of clevmgrd daemon
IJ03356 powerha fails to start nfs rg if nfsd is inoperative.
IJ03357 new caa capabilities is not handled after aix upgrade
IJ03358 incorrect force flag set variable spoc_force in cl_mkgroup
IJ03420 new gui code update and generated the tar along respective il files - sp
IJ03443 heartbeat type is set as "m" for linked cluster
IJ03444 fixing the help message for emcsrdf utilities
IJ03445 incorrect display message for absence of app controllers
IJ03567 missing cpu amount in rohalog during yank
IJ03748 comm error during verify and sync on aix 72
IJ03751 resource group in error state leaves some resources active
IJ03752 sap sa: connector.log file may not be updated for all as users
IJ03756 clrgmove has errors in command line parsing
IJ03824 failover rehearsals output display source code file name.
IJ03825 migration fails if phauiagent exists in inittab
IJ03826 powerha gui code updating
IJ03830 loadwparname returns error string for unknown wpar
IJ03835 enhanced disk failure analysis mechanism in log analyzer
IJ04014 powerha: updating source code id string
IJ04062 cl_rsh does not find correct node is caa stopped
IJ04083 ha: exportfs error due to sub-paths in exports file
IJ04101 /var/hacmp/log filling up with ps_ef and errpt files
IJ04195 powerha gui fixes related to service ip,logs,zones and jfs.
IJ04301 epcod roha cpu resources not released during rgmove operation
IJ04303 remove cluster does not empty sap s.assist odm class
IJ04330 glvm cluster unable to activate shared gmvg
IJ04437 ha:rg is set to online state even if ha failed to acquire the vg
IJ04440 ha tiebreaker winning node hangs in long loop, loses disks
IJ04444 file collection is working only for 2 node cluster
IJ04446 sap connector commands show old resource group name
IJ04450 restrict system directories for file collection
IJ04491 powerha gui fixes related to rg, installer and file system.
IJ04525 lpm tunables not initialized correctly during cluster creation.
IJ04528 unable to create concurrent vg for a non concurrent rg
IJ04634 powerha gui major fixes related to deletion of resource group with accessibility.
IJ04686 powerha gui fixes related to service ip and accessibility.
IJ04707 ha cldare fails with "could not resolve node name checking" msg
IJ04708 ha warning bad string for aix runtime expert paramater values
IJ04880 cllog displays incorrect log information
IJ04883 the powerha gui does not get notified of storage changes
IJ04914 powerha gui fixes related to dashboard and accessibility.
IJ04976 verify sync throwing error during cluster creation
IJ04979 gui fixes related to html, rg, admin and cluster tree.
IJ04983 c-spoc mirror vg function does not move from two mirror copies to three.
IJ05054 rg set to online even if filesystems fail to mount
IJ05056 powerha gui fixes related to success message and service ip.
IJ05058 pep left in uncomplaint state with resource allocation order 1
IJ05088 powerha: smui server fails to refresh with short hostname
IJ05174 clstrmgr coredump due to memory leak in adapter map
IJ05288 powerha gui fix related to resources(vg & fs) display on gui
IJ05335 cannot add third node due to file collection sync fail.
IJ05373 powerha gui fixes related to fs, general tab and error message.
IJ05437 clmgr online cluster -h do not shows manage=delayed option
IJ05447 gui fixes related to fs tab and deletion of multiple controller
IJ05474 start cluster services doesn't start caa
IJ05546 gui fixes related to id string, vg and rg related issue.
IJ05549 c-spoc does not indicate that pvid assigned to disk
IJ05627 gui fixes related to jfs, rg and terminal content copy.
IJ05629 ha: malformed clverify output on user's security parameters.
IJ05630 network_fdt is set to zero after 721 snapshot conversion
IJ05847 db2 scripts may show version:not found err msg
IJ05879 gui fixes for vg/fs deletion, gathering data issue fix
IJ05880 powerha script for aix live kernel update (lku) not registered for aix version greater than 7.2.2
IJ05978 cllssr not giving proper error
IJ06001 gui fixes related to vg, fs, timeline and ui agent.
IJ06017 manual entry of pvid is allowed in smit for replacing repository
IJ06027 powerha gui update
IJ06056 in smit, "heartbeat mechanism' field is not available
IJ06263 lpm script no longer registered after a powerha upgrade
IJ06293 gui fixes related security, service ip, tabs and application.
IJ06294 application monitor is not active after clstart
IJ06295 hacmp.out may show ‘status: not found' error during lpm
IJ06417 clmgr sync cluster fix=yes does not autocorrect problems
IJ06688 nfs twin not correctly selected if multiple adapter failures
IJ06781 gui fixes related to translation, activity log and migration.
IJ06782 clmgr resource group help is not correct
IJ06783 sa:failed to detect when ers and scs are online on the same node
IJ06993 repository disks listed for volume group creation in gui
IJ07217 correction of prolog information in powerha source files
IJ07218 fixing the issue in ezupdate help message
IJ07256 The GUI server database is not getting updated
IJ07287 POWERHA DOES NOT SYNC PASSIVE MWC LV AFTER CRASH

7.2.2 SP1 Filesets with associated APARs

Fileset_VRMF
(PTF#)
Associated APARs
cluster.es.assist.common_7.2.2.1 IJ08618
cluster.es.assist.db2_7.2.2.1 IJ05847
cluster.es.assist.maxdb_7.2.2.1 IJ03221
cluster.es.assist.sap_7.2.2.2 IJ08401 IJ09025 IJ11382
cluster.es.assist.wmq_7.2.2.1 IJ03258
cluster.es.client.clcomd_7.2.2.1 IJ04062
cluster.es.client.lib_7.2.2.2 IJ06704 IJ08606 IJ08611 IJ08613 IJ08622 IJ08624 IJ10927 IJ11364
cluster.es.client.rte_7.2.2.1 IJ04014 IJ05174 IJ05880
cluster.es.client.utils_7.2.2.2 IJ08995
cluster.es.cspoc.cmds_7.2.2.1 IJ03228 IJ03261 IJ03358 IJ04983
cluster.es.cspoc.rte_7.2.2.1 IJ03261 IJ03266 IJ05549
cluster.es.genxd.cmds_7.2.2.2 IJ08505
cluster.es.server.diag_7.2.2.2 IJ08505 IJ09723
cluster.es.server.events_7.2.2.2 IJ07156 IJ07892 IJ08494 IJ08505 IJ08606 IJ08611 IJ08613 IJ08995 IJ09001
cluster.es.server.rte_7.2.2.2 IJ07892 IJ08379 IJ08505 IJ08511 IJ08513 IJ10994 IJ11377
cluster.es.server.utils_7.2.2.2 IJ06704 IJ08505 IJ08515 IJ08606 IJ08615 IJ08756 IJ08995 IJ09006 IJ09009 IJ09744 IJ10994
cluster.es.smui.agent_7.2.2.2 IJ07534 IJ08629 IJ09011 IJ09026 IJ09030 IJ09031 IJ09687 IJ09712 IJ10987 IJ10988 IJ10989 IJ10990 IJ10991 IJ10992 IJ10993 IJ11003 IJ11375
cluster.es.smui.common_7.2.2.1 IJ06001
cluster.es.smui.server_7.2.2.2 IJ07534 IJ08629 IJ09011 IJ09026 IJ09030 IJ09031 IJ09687 IJ10987 IJ10988 IJ10989 IJ10990 IJ10991 IJ10992 IJ10993 IJ11003 IJ11375 IJ11376
cluster.es.sr.cmds_7.2.2.1 IJ03444 IJ05978
cluster.es.sr.rte_7.2.2.1 IJ03444
cluster.es.svcpprc.rte_7.2.2.1 IJ03264
cluster.msg.en_US.es.server_7.2.2.1 IJ06056 IJ07217
cluster.xd.glvm_7.2.2.1 IJ08505