PTF MH01829 and MH01830 Readme

Hardware Management Console Readme

For use with Version 8 Release 8.7.0 Service Pack 3

Date: 31 July 2019
(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corp., 2019 All rights reserved.

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

PTF MH01829
PTF MH01830
List of fixes
Installation

PTF MH01829 - for 7042 Machine Type

This package includes an interim fix for HMC V8 R8.7.0 Service Pack 3. You can also reference this package by PTF MH01829 and APAR MB04216. This interim fix can be installed on an existing HMC Version 8 Release 8.7.0 Service Pack 3 installation with or without additional fix packs.

NOTE: This PTF supersedes MH01823.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MH01829_x86.iso	2644717568	ec08b2d96c55f83c0903db7cd4e6db5d623d8ab0	MB04216	MH01829
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
version= Version: 8 Release: 8.7.0 Service Pack: 3 HMC Build level 1907250505 MH01793 - HMC 870 Service Pack 3 Release MH01829 - iFix for HMC V8R8.7.0 SP3 ","base_version=V8R8.7.0 "

PTF MH01830 - for 7063 Machine Type

This package includes an interim fix for HMC V8 R8.7.0 Service Pack 3. You can also reference this package by PTF MH01830 and APAR MB04217. This interim fix can be installed on an existing HMC Version 8 Release 8.7.0 Service Pack 3 installation with or without additional fix packs.

NOTE: This PTF supersedes MH01824.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MH01830_ppc.iso	2601168896	a494f4614f68d8b1262d9008d6b855400da84ab3	MB04217	MH01830
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
"version= Version: 8 Release: 8.7.0 Service Pack: 2 HMC Build level 1907250505 MH01794 - HMC 870 Service Pack 3 Release MH01830 - iFix for HMC V8R8.7.0 SP3 ","base_version=V8R8.7.0 "

New Features

Added new option to chsacfg command to turn off attention LED for UAK expiration SRC. It checks to make sure there are no other open call home problems on that system before it turns off the attention LED.

To update the attentionledfilter :
chsacfg -t attentionledfilter -o {enable | disable}
To view the attentionledfilter status :
lssacfg -t attentionledfilter
attentionledfilter=enabled

General fixes

Fixed an issue where the hardware clock (the BMC time) on hmc model 7063’s is not updated when the HMC is configured to use a NTP server. Best practice for the HMC model 7063 is to configure the HMC to use a NTP server, set the “Clock” to UTC (Timezone can be set as desired), and to not configure NTP in BMC.
Fixed an issue that can cause SRCs E35A0016/E35A0017. It occurs due to a deadlock when there are multiple login, logout sessions at the same time. Other SRCs not listed may also be reported until the HMC is rebooted or this fix is installed.

Known Issues

When opening the Help page on HMC GUI, it might fail initially with "Console internal Error" while the search DB is being built. The help page opens normally once the DB is built.

Previously released fixes also included in this PTF:

MH01823/MH01824
06/28/19

Fixed a GUI issue with USB key format, resulting in generation of SRCs E3033001 and E3550048. Symptoms included reports of a blank window, clicking refresh resulted in
"Error Rendering Task Panel"
An unrecoverable error has occurred while rendering a task's graphical output. An attempt has been made to terminate the task. Any operation in progress may have been interrupted prematurely. An entry in the errorlog has been created so this problem can be reported automatically.
Fixed an issue in data replication of user profile resource role data change to slave HMC(s) when the user profile on the slave has a resource role with no (null) resources.
Fixed the bug causing erroneous repeated notifications to the user of SRC E332FFFF when Java core dump compression fails.
Fixed an issue that left connections to port 13443 in a CLOSE_WAIT state, which lead to E35A000B and/or E212E161 SRCs.
Fixed the failing sftp updlic due to root permissions. Symptoms included receiving "No updates available."
Fixed the unnecessary generation of the SRC E35A000D that was triggered when the number of open sockets is greater than open files.
Addressed the systemd vulnerability: CVE-2019-6454
Addressed the Linux kernel vulnerability: CVE-2018-14633
The total number of physical adapters value on the storage utilization panel of the PCM dashboard gets doubled each time an auto update happens of the panel. Refreshing the whole page will return the correct value.

Installation

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:

HMC V8 network installation images and installation instructions

Hardware Management Console Readme

Contents

PTF MH01829 - for 7042 Machine Type

PTF MH01830 - for 7063 Machine Type

Installation