IBM TIVOLI NETWORK MANAGER IP EDITION 4.2.0 FIX PACK 9, 4.2.0-TIV-ITNMIP-FP0009 Copyright IBM Corporation 2020 Abstract This fix pack is a cumulative fix release and addresses several APARs and internally found issues Network Manager 4.2.0 Fix Pack 9 Release Notes ===================================================================== http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/relnotes/reference/rn.html Summary of fixes in Network Manager 4.2.0 Fix Pack 9 ===================================================================== IJ07943 NCP Perl Agent should not core dump if it is sent an entity without an IP address to run an SNMP query against it IJ13202 Juniper containment does not appear to be correct. IJ13205 Storm java processes using very high CPU with very low load IJ14427 GUI structure browser improvements to show connection layer ( part of LAG work ) IJ21141 Prerequisite Scanner fails xlC.rte.13.1.3.1, which is available in AIX 7.2 and supported by ITNM IJ21744 Documenting failover architecture limitations RTC52544 Add a convenience property to make omitDuplicateParameterValues default to true RTC52563 DynamicViewEngine.run sometimes fails to return database connections to pool RTC52613 ITNM - missing links in Topology RTC52690 HopView show Device information is not populated for some devices due to ArrayOutOf… RTC52702 DbConnectionPool improvements RTC52766 Flood of "Connection leak detected" messages in trace files RTC52969 Tabular Layout Network Views has width.type instead of width.entityType in the topoviz.properties RTC53124 Update documentation to state SLES 12.0 SP2, and SP3on IBM z Systems is supported RTC53148 SEVERE error in ncp_disco.0.log: "Error while obtaining LocalisedValue for key :(SLA|WLAN)" RTC53166 Prevention of connection leak. RTC53267 Tables layout in Network Views are awful RTC53271 Unable to Modify Generic Threshold Poll Definitions when using Oracle NCIM For details of an individual APAR, go to http://www.ibm.com/support and search for the APAR name or number. Summary of enhancements in Network Manager 4.2.0 Fix Pack 9 ===================================================================== RFE136531 Capability to add ifAlias info on Structure Browser tree view RFE137652 Request to support HTTPS connection for MTOSISoap Collector RFE128541 ITNM 4.2 to support encryption keys >=256bit RFE129944 Process 'Display Mac Dynamic' response on newer Huawei switches – add NEP version/OS RFE137246 nco_p_ncpmonitor does not consider existing nco_p_ncpmonitor.env file RFE137595 Allow the Network Views default tab to open to be changed between Bookmarks and Libraries RFE19414 Extension of Structure Browser to allow Interfaces and Connectivity Views to be extended via ncimMetaData.xml properties file RFE134766 ITNM | support Layer 2 connection on Nokia Devices (AMS 5520 ver 9.6.0.8) RFE137903 Request to add an extended feature of MTOSI collector to suport VirtualFiber data to be fetched RFE123971 Collector doesn't support combined sites where LTE and  UMTS devices share same management IP address and xml file RFE138294 Nokia5529IDM Collector Enhancement to support VLAN (IACM), Ethernet NT Port RFE110195 Option to disable automatic view creation when installing ITNM into an already populated NCIM Db RFE126262 The NetworkView API only returns EntityID's not the complete dataset that the other APIs return Installation and upgrade of Network Manager 4.2.0 Fix Pack 9 ===================================================================== 1 WHAT'S NEW http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/relnotes/reference/rn.html?view=kc#relnotes__rel_whatsnewtext 2 INSTALLATION http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/task/ins_installing.html 3 POSTINSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/task/ins_postinstallationtaskssummary.html 4 KNOWN PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/relnotes/reference/rn.html?view=kc#relnotes__problems