Readme File for IBM^® Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 Interim Fix 562353

Readme File for: IBM Spectrum Symphony

Product Release: 7.1.2

Update Name: Interim Fix 562353

Fix ID: sym-7.1.2-build562353

Publication Date: October 30, 2020

This interim fix enables you to upgrade the IBM Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2 to fix the following security vulnerabilities in the IBM Java SDK: CVE-2020-2590, CVE-2020-2601, CVE-2020-14583, CVE-2020-14593, CVE-2020-14621, CVE-2020-14556, CVE-2020-14581, CVE-2020-14579, CVE-2020-14578, CVE-2020-14577, CVE-2019-17639.

Note that this fix is applicable to a standalone IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.3 cluster only; it is not for a cluster with multiple IBM Spectrum Computing family products, such as a cluster with both IBM Spectrum Symphony and IBM Spectrum Conductor.

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: P103917

2.   Download location

Download interim fix 562353 from the following location https://www.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/

3.   Product and components affected

Component name, Platform, Fix ID:

JRE, Linux x86_64, Windows x86_64, sym-7.1.2-build562353

4.   Installation and configuration

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

System requirements

o   Linux x86_64

o   Windows x86_64

Prerequisite

To install or uninstall the .rpm packages for IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.1.2, you must have root permission and RPM version 4.2.1 or later must be installed on the host.

Installing on IBM Spectrum Symphony Linux management hosts

a.     Log on to the primary host as the cluster administrator, disable your applications, stop services, and shut down the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

b.     Uninstall the existing JRE on all management hosts, for example:

> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm | grep egojre

> rpm -e egojre-1.8.0.3-408454.x86_64 --dbpath /tmp/rpm --nodeps

c.      Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator and source the environment.

> source profile.platform

d.     On each management host, install this interim fix, use the same prefix and dbpath values as used for the cluster installation, for example:

> rpm –ivh egojre-1.8.0.616.x86_64.rpm --prefix /opt/platform --dbpath /tmp/rpm

e.     Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

Note: If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

f.       Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

g.     Run the rpm -qa command to verify the installation, for example:

> rpm -qa --dbpath /tmp/rpm | grep egojre

egojre-1.8.0.616-562353.x86_64

h.     From the primary host, start the cluster, and enable your applications:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Installing on IBM Spectrum Symphony Linux hosts with the multicluster feature

a.      Log on to the primary host as the cluster administrator and source the environment, stop services, and shut down the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

b.     Back up the existing JRE folder on all management hosts, for example:

$EGO_TOP/jre/3.4/linux-x86_64/

c.      On each management host, replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix, for example:

> source profile.platform

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/jre/3.4/linux-x86_64/*

> tar zxfo symSetup_jre8sr6fp16_linux-x64_build562353.tar.gz -C $EGO_TOP/jre/3.4/linux-x86_64

d.     Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

Note: If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

e.     Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

f.       Run the java -version command to verify the installation, for example:

> $EGO_TOP/jre/3.4/linux-x86_64/bin/java -version

java version "1.8.0_261"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.6.16 - pxa6480sr6fp16-20200902_01(SR6 FP16))

IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20200901_454898 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)

OpenJ9   - 2799ddf

OMR      - b348d97

IBM      - 5371022)

JCL - 20200831_01 based on Oracle jdk8u261-b13

g.     From the primary host, source the environment and start the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

Installing on IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition Linux hosts

a.      Log on to each IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition host, source the environment, disable all applications and stop the agent:

> source profile.platform

> soamcontrol app disable all

> soamshutdown

b.      Back up the existing JRE folder, for example:

$SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/

c.      Log on to each IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition host as the administrator and replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix, for example:

> rm -rf $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/*

> tar zxfo symSetup_jre8sr6fp16_linux-x64_build562353.tar.gz -C $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64

d.     Run the java -version command to verify the installation, for example:

> $SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/bin/java -version

java version "1.8.0_261"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.6.16 - pxa6480sr6fp16-20200902_01(SR6 FP16))

IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20200901_454898 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)

OpenJ9   - 2799ddf

OMR      - b348d97

IBM      - 5371022)

JCL - 20200831_01 based on Oracle jdk8u261-b13

e.      Start the agent and enable applications:

> soamstartup &

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Installing on IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition Windows hosts

a.      Log on to each IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition host, disable all applications and stop the agent:

> soamcontrol app disable all

> echo .| soamshutdown

b.      Back up the existing JRE folder, for example:

%SOAM_HOME%\jre

c.      Log on to each IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition host as the administrator and replace your current JRE folder with the files in this interim fix. For example, delete all files under %SOAM_HOME%\jre, and decompress the symSetup_jre8sr6fp16_win-x64_build562353.zip package under it.

d.     Run the java -version command to verify the installation, for example:

> %SOAM_HOME%\jre\bin\java -version

java version "1.8.0_261"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.6.16 - pwa6480sr6fp16-20200902_01(SR6 FP16))

IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Windows Server 2012 R2 amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20200901_454898 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)

OpenJ9   - 2799ddf

OMR      - b348d97

IBM      - 5371022)

JCL - 20200831_01 based on Oracle jdk8u261-b13

e.     Start the agent and enable applications:

> echo .| soamstartup

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

5.   Uninstallation

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

Uninstalling from IBM Spectrum Symphony Linux management hosts

a.     Log on to the primary host as the cluster administrator, disable your applications, stop services, and shut down the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> soamcontrol app disable all

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

b.     Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator and reinstall the old JRE package, use the same prefix and dbpath values as used for cluster installation, for example:

> rpm -e egojre-1.8.0.616-562353.x86_64 --dbpath /tmp/rpm/ --nodeps

> sym-7.1.2.0_x86_64.bin --extract /opt/extract

> rpm -ivh /opt/extract/egojre-1.8.0.3.x86_64.rpm --prefix /opt/platform --dbpath /tmp/rpm

c.      Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

Note: If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

d.     Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

e.     From the primary host, start the cluster and enable your applications:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

> soamcontrol app enable <appName>

Uninstalling from IBM Spectrum Symphony Linux hosts with the multicluster feature

a.      Log on to the primary host as the cluster administrator, stop services and shut down the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh service stop all

> egosh ego shutdown all

b.     Log on to each management host as the cluster administrator and restore the JRE folder from your backup, for example:

$EGO_TOP/jre/3.4/linux-x86_64/

c.      Delete all subdirectories and files in the GUI work directory:

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/work/*

> rm -rf $EGO_TOP/gui/workarea/*

Note: If you configured the WLP_OUTPUT_DIR parameter and APPEND_HOSTNAME_TO_WLP_OUTPUT_DIR is set to true in the $EGO_CONFDIR/conf/wlp.conf file, you must clean up the $WLP_OUTPUT_DIR/webgui_hostname/gui/workarea/ directory.

d.      Launch your browser and clear the browser cache.

e.      From the primary host, source the environment and start the cluster:

> source profile.platform

> egosh ego start all

Uninstalling from IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition Linux hosts

a.      Log on to each IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition host as the administrator, disable all applications and stop the agent:

> source profile.platform

> soamcontrol app disable all

> soamshutdown

b.      Restore the JRE folder from your backup, for example:

$SOAM_HOME/jre/linux-x86_64/

c.      Start the agent and enable applications:

> soamstartup &

> soamcontrol app enable appName

Uninstalling from IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition Windows hosts

a.      Log on to each IBM Spectrum Symphony Developer Edition host as the administrator, disable all applications and stop the agent:

> soamcontrol app disable all

> echo .| soamshutdown

b.      Restore the JRE folder from your backup, for example:

%SOAM_HOME%\jre.

c.      Start the agent and enable applications:

> echo .| soamstartup

> soamcontrol app enable appName

6.   List of files

symSetup_jre8sr6fp16_linux-x64_build562353.tar.gz

symSetup_jre8sr6fp16_win-x64_build562353.zip

egojre-1.8.0.616.x86_64.rpm

7.   Product notifications

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8.   Copyright and trademark information

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