Readme File for IBM^® Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1 Interim Fix 526730

Readme File for: IBM Spectrum Symphony

Product Release: 7.2.1

Update Name: Interim Fix 526730

Fix ID: sym-7.2.1-build526730

Publication Date: August 08, 2019

The IBM Spectrum Symphony host factory feature identifies Amazon EC2 instances based on host name. However, using host name alone to identify instances can result in the termination of EC2 instances that were not provisioned by the HostFactory service when Amazon Web Services (AWS) reassigned the host name to newer EC2 instances.

This interim fix resolves this issue by using the AWS Instance ID in addition to the host name for identifying EC2 instances.

Contents

1. List of fixes

2. Download location

3. Product and components affected

4. Installation and configuration

5. Uninstallation

6. List of files

7. Product notifications

8. Copyright and trademark information

1. List of fixes

APAR: P103147

2. Download location

Download interim fix 526730 from the following location: https://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3. Product and components affected

Component name, Platform, Fix ID:

EGO, Linux x86_64, sym-7.2.1-build526730

4. Installation and configuration

Follow the instructions in this section to download and install this interim fix to your cluster.

System requirements

Linux x86_64

Prerequisites

Fix Pack 7.2.1.1 (fix ID sym-7.2.1-build507069) must be installed in your 7.2.1 cluster.

Installation

a. Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator:

> egosh user logon -u Admin

b. Stop the HostFactory service:

> egosh service stop HostFactory

c. On each management host, create a directory (for example, /symfixes) and download the egocore-3.7.0_x86_64_build526730.tar.gz package to the directory.

d. Use the egoinstallfixes command to install the package:

> egoinstallfixes /symfixes/egocore-3.7.0_x86_64_build526730.tar.gz --silent

NOTE: Running the egoinstallfixes command automatically backs up the current binary files to a fix backup directory for recovery purposes. Do not delete this backup directory; you will need it if you want to recover the original files.

e. Use the pversions command to verify the installation:

> pversions -b 526730

f. Start the HostFactory service:

> egosh service start HostFactory

5. Uninstallation

If required, follow the instructions in this section to uninstall this interim fix in your cluster.

a. Log on to the master host as the cluster administrator:

> egosh user logon -u Admin

b. Stop the HostFactory service:

> egosh service stop HostFactory

c. Log on to each management host and roll back this fix:

> egoinstallfixes -r 526730

d. Start the HostFactory service:

> egosh service start HostFactory

6. List of files

$EGO_TOP/3.7/hostfactory/providers/aws/lib/AwsTool.jar

$EGO_TOP/3.7/hostfactory/linux-x86-64/etc/hostfactory

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8. Copyright and trademark information

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