IBM TIVOLI NETWORK MANAGER IP EDITION 4.2.0 FIX PACK 11, 4.2.0-TIV-ITNMIP-FP00011, BUILD 116 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 11 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 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------- IJ22699 USE OF AN UNSIGNED INTEGER IJ23648 NO NEED FOR LOOKUPMAINNODE IJ23737 StandardSwitch agent does not discover FDB connections for Huawei devices IJ23782 HuaweiCorbaTMF814 IJ24060 Incorrect GenericCSV Collector reference data results in missing links IJ24458 Error saving Network View filter if the clause contains apostrophe IJ24986 Cisco APIC REST collector not able to connect IJ25016 Poller fails after: "adding failed index" line in the trace IJ25292 Latency is hard-coded to 60 seconds started by Discovery GUI IJ25667 Offline option for the AlcatelSAM5620 Java collector IJ25694 RemoveNode.pl scrpt fails to delete devices with NOSNMP Access IJ25861 NOKIA OMS1350 COLLECTOR Unable to connect to EMS IJ25961 ITNM cannot obtain ifHCOutOctets data from device. IJ26110 NOKIA5529IDM COLLECTOR USI IJ26401 Error in perlCollector discovery IJ26813 MTOSISoapCollector error: HNMZH0282E IJ26992 Web vulnerabilities 1/ X-Frame-Options Header Not Set IJ27693 WARNING Message "Undefined symbol ExtraInfo referenced in stitcher" RTC51977 Perl API: RIV::Param::Usage lists unused optional parameters that can't be suppressed RTC53500 497-day fix for ncp_poller doesn't work on anything except x86 RHEL 7 RTC53611 GIS event status lacks consistency with NetworkView/HopView RTC54108 NullPointerException in RefreshModelStatusCommandImpl.doAction when layout is tabular RTC54129 Oracle 11: DbConnectionPool should not attempt to enable temp undo on every new connection RTC54133 View engine "master switch" (topoviz.engine.views.enabled) should control AutoProvision engine as well RTC54134 Latency is hard-coded to 60 seconds started by Discovery GUI RTC54162 New views (Dynamic Views - Template) type only allows Symmetric layout and the value does not persists if tabbed across RTC54164 If a database connection pool stops doing work, its connections are never expired RTC54181 tnm.database.connection.identify.longoutstanding can cause deadlocks in ConnectionPool.getInstance RTC54186 PathViewEngine.run holds onto database connections RTC54247 ID: Some parameters missing from "Network Views URL parameters" topic RTC54270 Error saving Network View filter if the clause contains apostrophe RTC54421 State of the AutoProvisionEngine in the log messages is not always in line with the status(topoviz.engine.views.enabled=true|false). RTC54452 Memory leak from the ConfigStore check for property file update RTC54516 Warnings in poller log if MIB graph refresh interval is less than 15 seconds RTC54521 GUI uses 128-bit encryption key wrongly, weakening the encryption RTC54571 Bogus error from ncp_create_control_scripts.sh in installer logs RTC54593 Perl API: RIV::Param::new does not warn if any invalid parameters are passed --------- *RTC - Internally tracked defects **IJ - Customer-found defects 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 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------- RFE140787 ncp_gis able to display custom icons based on the device class RFE141420 Modification required to Alcatel5620Sam Collector. RFE90006 Links to show additional information on performance. RTC27006 Warning if a user is about to create an excess number of views RTC53426 Update Apache Storm to 2.1.0 RTC54187 ViewSummaryEngine always tries to summarise every view on startup RTC54259 Nokia SAM NSP EMS with version 19.9 missing Location details. RTC54333 Extend collector to read the previously captured inventory File RTC54513 Document end of support for Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) RTC54551 Support for Edge browser RTC54570 Support for SLES12 SP5 RTC54592 Support for RHEL8 RTC54632 Upgraded libraries to address PVR0226470 / PVR0231674 RTC54642 Change default behaviour of ITNM 4.2 FixPack installation to not create / generate new Network Views --------- *RTC - Internally tracked enhancements **RFE - Enhancements requested by customers ===================================================================== Prerequisites used to validate Network Manager 4.2.0 Fix Pack 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------- IBM Installation Manager: 1.8.9.6, 1.9.1.3 Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus: 8.1.0.23 Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI: 8.1.0.20 Dashboard Application Services Hub: 3.1.3.8 IBM Websphere Application Server Version: 8.5.5.17 (WAS8) , 9.0.5.5 (WAS9) IBM Websphere SDK: 8.0.5.27 Jazz for Service Management: 1.1.3.8 Oracle database: 12c, 19c DB2 database: 10.1, 10.5.8, 11.1, 11.5.4.0 ===================================================================== Installation and upgrade of Network Manager 4.2.0 Fix Pack 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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