For use with Version 8 Release 8.7.0

Date: 01 April 2019
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Contents

The information in this Readme contains fix list and other package information about the Hardware Management Console.

• Terminology
• PTF MH01793
• PTF MH01794
• General fixes
• Installation
• PowerVM in Social Media

• Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect RMC status on the HMC for partitions after a NTP time adjustment.
  
• Added new column to display "CCIN" inform action in the Physical I/O adapter details panel along with feature codes and other details.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented modification of the "lpar start" policy parameter from UI with the following error: REST014B Please find error details below [An invalid attribute value was entered. The attribute pair with the invalid value is "pend_mem_region_size=0". Please correct the configuration data and retry the command.]
  
• Fixed issue with the missing display of the operating environment name and version on the Manage Install Resource panel
  
• Fix to allow adding files to the VIOS media library that have periods in the file name.
  
• Added a fix to show a warning message when there is a 577D card in slot C4 and concurrently adding an adapter into slot C5 of a 5788 or 5702 IO drawer.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused lslic/updlic commands to fail with error E302F82D and return "unavailable" stats
  
• Fix to prevent call home of SRC E355095C due it incorrect syntax for iptables commands.
  
• SRC E35507B1 will proactively be reported when an ethernet interface media speed is set to autonegotiate and it negotiates only half duplex.
  
• Enhanced the Update Access Key console warning messages to make it clear that the latest server firmware may not be able to be loaded when the key expires.
  
• Improved error message to be displayed to user when LPM fails due to insufficient memory on destination system
  
• Fixed an issue where adding IBMi hosted SCSI adapter is disabled when Virtual I/O Servers exist and are are shutdown or without an active RMC connection.
  
• Correction to show proper error message when the sftp user password expires during a backup critical data process versus the current message indicating an out of space condition.
  
• Fixed an issue where HMC doesn't retain keyboard settings after updating HMC.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused excessive logging in /var/hsc/log/wlp/messages.log
  
• Prevented multiple occurrences and logging of SRC E332FFFF. With this fix, SRC E332FFFF will be generated one-time to collect the relevant logs for analysis when needed.
  
• Fixed an issue with task log where invalid date was displayed for code update failure task.
  
• Fixed an issue to display the error message for LPM validation failure when previously no error was displayed to the user.
  Corrected error message to indicate the failure in activation due to network error instead of the current messages returned of "ACTIVATION_ERROR internal error occurred" or "Partition id/s - {0} cannot be activated due to invalid OS type."
  
• Improved error message for the failure in refetch of any resource (like ManagedSystem, LogicalPartition etc). The message now is: "Unable to retrieve an equivalent object after the requested operation. Reason for failure: (the original error message). Note that this does not mean that the POST operation failed."
  
  

Installation instructions for HMC Version 8 upgrades and corrective service can be found at these locations:

Upgrading or restoring HMC Version 8

Installation methods for HMC Version 8 fixes

Instructions and images for upgrading via a remote network install can be found here: