Readme file for IBM® Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1 Interim Fix 601184

Readme file for: IBM Spectrum Symphony
Product/Component release: 7.2.1
Fix ID: sym-7.2.1-build601184

Publication date: June 10, 2022

This interim fix introduces a new EGO parameter called EGO_IGNORE_CPU_CGROUP_SETTING_IN_CONTAINER, which ignores the CPU cgroup setting when an IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2.1 cluster is running in Kubernetes or Docker containers.

Contents

1.     List of fixes

2.     Download location

3.     Products or 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: P104691

2.    Download location

Download interim fix 601184 from the following location: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral

3.    Products or components affected

Component name, Platform, Fix ID:

EGO, Linux x86_64, sym-7.2.1-build601184

4.    Installation and configuration

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

System requirements

Linux x86_64

Installation

a.     Log on to the primary host as the cluster administrator and shut down all hosts:

> egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin

> egosh ego shutdown hostname

b.     Download the egocore-3.7.0_x86_64_build601184.tar.gz package to each of your management and compute hosts, for example, to a /symfixes directory.

c.     Run the egoinstallfixes command to install the egocore-3.7.0_x86_64_build601184.tar.gz file:

> egoinstallfixes /symfixes/egocore-3.7.0_x86_64_build601184.tar.gz

Important: Running the egoinstallfixes command automatically backs up the current binary files to a fix backup directory.  For recovery purposes of the original file, do not delete this backup directory. For more information on using this command, see the egoinstallfixes command reference.

d.     Run the pversions command to verify the installation:

> pversions -b 601184

e.     From the primary host, start all hosts:

> egosh ego start hostname

5.     Configuration

After applying this fix, set following EGO parameter in ego.conf to ignore the CPU cgroup setting. The default value of EGO_IGNORE_CPU_CGROUP_SETTING_IN_CONTAINER is “N”.

EGO_IGNORE_CPU_CGROUP_SETTING_IN_CONTAINER=Y

6.    Uninstallation

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

a.     Log on to the primary host as the cluster administrator and shut down all host:

> egosh user logon -u Admin -x Admin

> egosh ego shutdown hostname

b.      Remove the EGO_IGNORE_CPU_CGROUP_SETTING_IN_CONTAINER=Y in ego.conf.

c.     Log on to each management and compute host in the cluster and roll back this interim fix:

egoinstallfixes -r 601184

d.     From the primary host, start all hosts:

egosh ego start hostname

7.    List of files

3.7/linux-x86_64/etc/lim

8.    Product notifications

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9.    Copyright and trademark information

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