Readme file for: IBM® Power Virtualization Center Publication Date: Sept 2nd 2022 This iFix applies to IBM PowerVC 2.0.3. Note: Ensure that the name of the maintenance file was not changed when it was downloaded. This change might be intentional, or it might be an inadvertent change that is caused by certain web browsers or download utilities. This iFix addresses the following issues: IT41498: PowerVC does not report free CPUs on the host correctly. IT41696: VM snapshot fails with timeout error. IT41561: PowerVC services backend performance optimization. powervc-diag command with -cur option does not collect 'newui' and 'pacemaker' logs. Add fabric fails with error - "The active zoneset and the effective zoneset are not in sync". DB deadlock while creating/cloning volumes. Checksum of IT41561-2.0.3.tgz #cksum IT41561-2.0.3.tgz 2604972331 109005323 IT41561-2.0.3.tgz You can install this iFix on IBM PowerVC version 2.0.3 only. Prerequisites:- ------------ OpsMgr iFix IT41635-2.0.3.tgz needs to be installed prior to this. Installation steps:- -------------------- Part-A: PowerVC Instructions ---------------------------- 1) Take PowerVC backup. 2) Copy the included IT41561-2.0.3.tgz file to your PowerVC system. 3) Run the following commands to apply iFix on PowerVC system. A) Apply iFix across all nodes: powervc-opsmgr apply-ifix --ifix -c Example : powervc-opsmgr apply-ifix --ifix /root/IT41561-2.0.3.tgz -c powervc_cluster B) If iFix installation fails for some hosts in Step A, execute below command to install iFix on a specific host. powervc-opsmgr apply-ifix --ifix -c --hosts 'host1,host2,..' Note: can be obtained by running "powervc-opsmgr inventory -l" 4) Check whether the iFix has been successfully applied on all nodes by running the below command. powervc-opsmgr apply-ifix -l -c As part of powervc-opsmgr apply-ifix command required subset of powervc services will be restarted. Part-B: NovaLink Instructions ----------------------------- Extract the IT41561-2.0.3.tgz file and follow below steps based on OS type of NovaLink host: 1) For NovaLink Ubuntu host: Copy packages from IT41561-2.0.3/novalink-packages/ubuntu to NovaLink Ubuntu host and run the following commands: sudo dpkg -i nova-powervm_11.0.0-220817-28_all.deb sudo dpkg -i python3-ceilometer_16.0.0-202208170917IT41561.ibm.ubuntu1.18_all.deb sudo dpkg -i python3-nova_23.0.0-202208170855IT41561.ibm.ubuntu1.45_all.deb sudo dpkg -i ibmpowervc-powervm-compute_2.0.3-20220817060414IT41561-ubuntu1_all.deb python3-ibmpowervc-powervm-compute_2.0.3-20220817060414IT41561-ubuntu1_all.deb 2) For NovaLink RHEL host: Copy packages from IT41561-2.0.3/novalink-packages/RHEL to NovaLink RHEL host and run the following commands: rpm -Uvh python3-ceilometer-16.0.0-202208170917IT41561.ibm.el8.18.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh python3-nova_powervm-11.0.0-202208171544IT41561.ibm.el8.2.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh python3-nova-23.0.0-202208170855IT41561.ibm.el8.45.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh ibmpowervc-powervm-compute-2.0.3-1.20220812010203IT41561.noarch.rpm python3-ibmpowervc-powervm-compute-2.0.3-1.20220812010203IT41561.noarch.rpm 3) Perform NovaLink services restart using command /opt/ibm/powervc/bin/powervc-services restart --- End of list --- Copyright and trademark information http://www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml Notices INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PROVIDES THIS PUBLICATION "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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