Readme file for the IBM License Metric Tool 7.5 interim fix 2

Known issues for IBM® License Metric Tool 7.5 interim fix 2 are addressed in this document.

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Description

This readme file provides important information about the 7.5-TIV-ILMT-IF0002 interim fix for License Metric Tool version 7.5. It contains the most current information for the interim fix and takes precedence over all other documentation.

Review this readme file thoroughly before installing or using the interim fix!

APARs fixed

The following table lists the APARs that are fixed in the interim fix:
APAR Abstract Description Available since
IV09431 EXCESSIVE TLMAGENTS WERE PURGED http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV09431 interim fix 2
IV10855 AGENT INSTALL FAILS ON WPAR. http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV10855 interim fix 2
IV15700 DATA TOO LONG TO FIT INTO FIELD OF TLMA DATABASE TABLE IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY interim fix 2
IV21102  IMPORT OF HW SCAN RESULTS FROM HPUX FAILS WHEN ALL VIRTUALMACHINES ARE IN OFF STATTE http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV21102 interim fix 2
IV22830 LMT DOES NOT CORRECTLY DETECT/CHARGE FOR SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON NFS http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV22830 interim fix 2
IV24741 AIX TAD4D AGENT SLOW TO RESPOND TO CLI COMMANDS IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY interim fix 2
IV08560 CERT NOT SENT TO AGENT IF NO DEFAULT CERT IN KEY.KDB IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY interim fix 2
IV10509 CANNOT INSTALL LMT/TAD4D AGENT ON PLATFORM HAVING VMWARE TOOLS http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV10509 interim fix 2
IV11210 LMT AGENT FAILS TO UPDATE BECAUSE OUT-OF-SPACE CONDITION OCCURE http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV11210 interim fix 2
IV15533 PASSWORD POLICY UNDER VM MANAGER - TO ACCEPT SPECIAL CHARACTERS http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV15533 interim fix 2
IV08406 Filters on some panels in UI don't work as expected IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY interim fix 2
IV17935 UPGRADE CIT ON ILMT AGENT TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE VERSION http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV17935 interim fix 2
IV24201 ILMT HAS PROBLEMS WITH MATCHING LOCAL ZONE WITH GLOBAL ZONE http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV24201 interim fix 2
IV21550 CPU_THRESHOLD KEY IN LIC.CONF_KEY CAUSES ISSUES DURING GENERATION OF SOFTWARE SCAN CONFIG FILES http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV21550 interim fix 2
IV09747 LASTMODIFICATION DATE USED BY CATALOG IMPORT http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV09747 interim fix 1
IV20639 AUTHENTICATION/SECURITY VULNERABILITY. IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY. IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY interim fix 1
IV20562 WHAT STEPS ARE TAKEN TO VALIDATE THE UPLOADED DATA? IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY. IMPROVING SECURITY VULNERABILITY interim fix 1
IV21482 VM MANAGERS STATUS REMAIN PENDING ON JAPANESE HYPER-V http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV21482 interim fix 1
IV20309 PROCESSOR IS NOT CORRECTLY MATCHED BY X86 MATCHER, PROBABLY DUE http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV20309 interim fix 1
IV19830 THE 'AGTREMAP' COMMAND OF ILMT SERVER FAILS TO REMAP CERTAIN http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV19830 interim fix 1
IV19822 CREATING CLIENT-CONFIG.WSDD INSIDE OUR CLASSES http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV19822 interim fix 1
IV20907 ONE MONTH SCHEDULE SETTING IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV20907 interim fix 1
IV17932 TAD 7.2.2 AGGREGATION FAILING http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV17932 interim fix 1
IV14483 TLMAGENT.BIN CATCHING BUT IMPROPERLY HANDLING SIGNAL 58 http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV14483 interim fix 1
IV07142 CALLING 'TLMAGENT -RESETCACHE' PRODUCES ERROR ON AIX PLATFORM http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV07142 interim fix 1
IV12371 ILMT AGENT KEEPS SPAWNING INSTANCES OF ITSELF http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV12371 interim fix 1
IV23342 IN TAD4D APPLICATION THE COMPONENT UI PANEL IS WORKING VERY SLOWLY http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV23342 interim fix 1
IV19879 LINUX AGENT FAILS WHEN ON READ-ONLY FILESYSTEM http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV19879 interim fix 1

New enhancement requests

ID Abstract Description  
14165 Support for private CIT instance http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21605765 interim fix 2
11525 Feature to switch off Software Use data in PVU calculation http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21605776 interim fix 2
10787 New status for Shared File Systems panel (Excluding or including shared file systems in ILMT) http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600012 interim fix 1
13663 Set CPU usage limit on agent (CPU_THRESHOLD parameter of ILMT agent ) http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600014 interim fix 1
13673 Semaphore on uploads http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600015 interim fix 1

Common Inventory Technology

IBM License Metric Tool 7.5 agent contains Common Inventory Technology version 2.7.0.2013.

Installing the interim fix

For information about how to install the fix using patch installer, see http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600003.
Note: To install the fix, you must be logged in as Administrator (on Windows) or root (on UNIX) to the computer where License Metric Tool is installed.