You may use this 4.2.3.1 package to perform a First Time Install or to upgrade from an existing 4.1.0.0 - 4.2.3.0 (If upgrading node by node ) or 3.5.0 - 4.2.3.0 (If you shutdown and upgrade the entire cluster).

After you have downloaded the IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.1 update, follow the steps below to install the fix package:

Ensure the package is executable using ls -l command.

You should see something similar with permissions like:
-rwxr--r-- l root root 110885866 Apr 27 15:52 /download_dir/package_name.

If it's not executable, you can always make the package executable using the following command:
chmod +x /download_dir/package_name
Extract packages from the Self Extracting Package downloaded using following commands:

For Standard Edition:
./Spectrum_Scale_Standard-4.2.3.1-s390x-Linux-install

For Advanced Edition:
./Spectrum_Scale_Advanced-4.2.3.1-s390x-Linux-install

For Data Management Edition:
./Spectrum_Scale_Data_Management-4.2.3.1-s390x-Linux-install

By default, the RPMs and Debian Linux packages will be extracted to the following location: /usr/lpp/mmfs/4.2.3.1

Required packages (SLES and RHEL Linux):
- gpfs.base-4.2.3.1.s390x.rpm
- gpfs.gpl-4.2.3.1.noarch.rpm
- gpfs.msg.en_US-4.2.3.noarch.rpm
- gpfs.docs-4.2.3.1.noarch.rpm
- gpfs.ext-4.2.3.1.s390x.rpm
- gpfs.gskit-8.0.50-75.s390x.rpm
- gpfs.gui-4.2.3.1.noarch.rpm
- gpfs.java-4.2.3.1.s390x.rpm
- gpfs.license.xxx-4.2.3.s390x.rpm (where xxx is the license type)
- gpfs.crypto-4.2.3.1.s390x.rpm (IBM Spectrum Scale Advanced Edition or IBM Spectrum Scale Data Management Edition only)
- gpfs.adv-4.2.3.1.s390x.rpm (IBM Spectrum Scale Advanced Edition or IBM Spectrum Scale Data Management Edition only)
- gpfs.gss.pmcollector-4.2.3.1.xxx.s390x.rpm (where xxx is the OS version)
- gpfs.gss.pmsensors-4.2.3.1.xxx.s390x.rpm (where xxx is the OS version)
Required packages (Debian Linux):
gpfs.msg.en_us-4.2.3-1_all.deb
gpfs.base-4.2.3-1_s390x.deb
gpfs.crypto_4.2.3-1_s390x.deb
gpfs.gpl-4.2.3-1_all.deb
gpfs.docs-4.2.3-1_all.deb
gpfs.ext-4.2.3-1_s390x.deb
gpfs.gskit_8.0.50-75.s390x.deb
gpfs.gui-4.2.3-1_all.deb
gpfs.java-4.2.3-1_390x.deb
gpfs.license.xxx_4.2.3-1_s390x.deb (where xxx is the license type)
gpfs.adv_4.2.3.1_s390x.deb (IBM Spectrum Scale Advanced Edition or IBM Spect rum Scale Data Management Edition only)

Upgrading GPFS may be accomplished by either upgrading one node in the cluster at a time or by upgrading all nodes in the cluster at once. When upgrading GPFS one node at a time, the below steps are performed on each node in the cluster in a sequential manner. When upgrading the entire cluster at once, GPFS must be shutdown on all nodes in the cluster prior to upgrading.

When upgrading nodes one at a time, you may need to plan the order of nodes to upgrade. Verify that stopping each particular machine does not cause quorum to be lost or that an NSD server might be the last server for some disks. Upgrade the quorum and manager nodes first. When upgrading the quorum nodes, upgrade the cluster manager last to avoid unnecessary cluster failover and election of new cluster managers.

Prior to upgrading GPFS on a node, all applications that depend on GPFS (e.g. DB2) must be stopped. Any GPFS file systems that are NFS exported must be unexported prior to unmounting GPFS file systems.
Stop GPFS on the node. Verify that the GPFS daemon has terminated and that the kernel extensions have been unloaded (mmfsenv -u). If the command mmfsenv -u reports that it cannot unload the kernel extensions because they are "busy", then the install can proceed, but the node must be rebooted after the install. By "busy" this means that some process has a "current directory" in some GPFS filesystem directory or has an open file descriptor. The freeware program lsof can identify the process and the process can then be killed. Retry mmfsenv -u and if that succeeds then a reboot of the node can be avoided.
Upgrade GPFS as follows(make sure to be in the same directory as the files):

For SLES or RHEL systems:
rpm -Fvh gpfs*.rpm

For Debian systems:
dpkg -i gpfs*.deb
Install license file(make sure to be in the same directory as the files):

rpm -ivh gpfs.license.*.rpm
Recompile any GPFS portability layer modules you may have previously compiled. For more information, reference: Building the GPFS portability layer on Linux nodes

The update images listed below and contained in the Self Extracting Package (SE-Package) are maintenance packages for IBM Spectrum Scale. The update images are a mix of normal RPM or Deb images that can be directly applied to your system.

The update images require a prior level of IBM Spectrum Scale. Thus, the usefulness of this update is limited to installations that already have the IBM Spectrum Scale product. Contact your IBM representative if you desire to purchase a fully installable product that does not require a prior level of IBM Spectrum Scale.

After all RPMs or Debs are installed, you have successfully updated your IBM Spectrum Scale product.

Before installing IBM Spectrum Scale, it is necessary to verify that you have the correct levels of the prerequisite software installed on each node in the cluster. If the correct level of prerequisite software is not installed, see the appropriate installation manual before proceeding with your IBM Spectrum Scale installation.

For the most up-to-date list of prerequisite software, see the IBM Spectrum Scale FAQ in the IBM® Knowledge Center .

Update to Version:

4.2.3.1

Update from Version:

4.1.0.0 - 4.2.3.0 (If upgrading node by node )
3.5.0 - 4.2.3.0 (If you shutdown and upgrade the entire cluster)

Installing IBM Spectrum Scale update for Linux on System z
After you have downloaded the IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.1 update, follow the steps below to install the fix package:
1. Ensure the package is executable using ls -l command.
  
  You should see something similar with permissions like:
  -rwxr--r-- l root root 110885866 Apr 27 15:52 /download_dir/package_name.
  
  If it's not executable, you can always make the package executable using the following command:
  chmod +x /download_dir/package_name
2. Extract RPMs from Self Extracting Package downloaded using following commands:
  
  For Standard Edition:
  ./Spectrum_Scale_Standard-4.2.3.1-s390x-Linux-install
  
  For Advanced Edition:
  ./Spectrum_Scale_Advanced-4.2.3.1-s390x-Linux-install
  
  For Data Management Edition:
  ./Spectrum_Scale_Data_Management-4.2.3.1-s390x-Linux-install
  
  By default, the RPMs will be extracted to the following location: /usr/lpp/mmfs/4.2.3.1
  
  Update (SE-Package) All Editions contents (SLES and RHEL):
  - gpfs.base-4.2.3-1.s390x.rpm
  - gpfs.gpl-4.2.3-1.noarch.rpm
  - gpfs.msg.en_US-4.2.3-1.noarch.rpm
  - gpfs.docs-4.2.3-1.noarch.rpm
  - gpfs.ext-4.2.3-1.s390x.rpm
  - gpfs.gskit-8.0.50-75.s390x.rpm
  - gpfs.gui-4.2.3-1.noarch.rpm
  - gpfs.java-4.2.3-1.s390x.rpm
  - gpfs.license.xxx-4.2.3-1.s390x.rpm (where xxx is the license type)
  - gpfs.crypto-4.2.3-1.s390x.rpm (IBM Spectrum Scale Advanced Edition or IBM Spectrum Scale Data Management Edition only)
  - gpfs.adv-4.2.3-1.s390x.rpm (IBM Spectrum Scale Advanced Edition or IBM Spectrum Scale Data Management Edition only)
  Update (SE-Package) Advanced and Data Managemen Editions contents (Debian Linux):
  - gpfs.msg.en_us-4.2.3-1_all.deb
  - gpfs.base-4.2.3-1_s390x.deb
  - gpfs.crypto_4.2.3-1_s390x.deb
  - gpfs.gpl-4.2.3-1_all.deb
  - gpfs.docs-4.2.3-1_all.deb
  - gpfs.ext-4.2.3-1_s390x.deb
  - gpfs.gskit_8.0.50-75.s390x.deb
  - gpfs.gui-4.2.3-1_all.deb
  - gpfs.java-4.2.3-1_390x.deb
  - gpfs.license.xxx_4.2.3-1_s390x.deb (where xxx is the license type)
  - gpfs.adv_4.2.3.1_s390x.deb (IBM Spectrum Scale Advanced Edition or IBM Spect rum Scale Data Management Edition only)
3. Follow the installation and migration instructions in your IBM Spectrum Scale Installing and upgrading.

Upgrading GPFS nodes
Upgrading GPFS may be accomplished by either upgrading one node in the cluster at a time or by upgrading all nodes in the cluster at once. When upgrading GPFS one node at a time, the below steps are performed on each node in the cluster in a sequential manner. When upgrading the entire cluster at once, GPFS must be shutdown on all nodes in the cluster prior to upgrading.

When upgrading nodes one at a time, you may need to plan the order of nodes to upgrade. Verify that stopping each particular machine does not cause quorum to be lost or that an NSD server might be the last server for some disks. Upgrade the quorum and manager nodes first. When upgrading the quorum nodes, upgrade the cluster manager last to avoid unnecessary cluster failover and election of new cluster managers.
1. Prior to upgrading GPFS on a node, all applications that depend on GPFS (e.g. DB2) must be stopped. Any GPFS file systems that are NFS exported must be unexported prior to unmounting GPFS file systems.
2. Stop GPFS on the node. Verify that the GPFS daemon has terminated and that the kernel extensions have been unloaded (mmfsenv -u). If the command mmfsenv -u reports that it cannot unload the kernel extensions because they are "busy", then the install can proceed, but the node must be rebooted after the install. By "busy" this means that some process has a "current directory" in some GPFS filesystem directory or has an open file descriptor. The freeware program lsof can identify the process and the process can then be killed. Retry mmfsenv -u and if that succeeds then a reboot of the node can be avoided.
3. Upgrade GPFS using the RPM command as follows(make sure to be in the same directory as the files):
  
  For SLES or RHEL systems:
  rpm -Fvh gpfs*.rpm
  rpm -ivh gpfs.license.*.rpm (if you are updating from 4.2.1.2 or older version)

Unless specifically noted otherwise, this history of problems fixed for IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.x applies for all supported platforms.

Problems fixed in GPFS 4.2.3.1 [May 16, 2017]

Fix a Ganesha crash caused by an applyUpdate.
Fix a ccrio initialization failure (err 811) when changing the daemon-interface.
Fix a rare segmentation fault in the mmgetstatus command.
Fix a SIGBUS error that can occur during a mmap read on a snapshot file.
Fix a problem in which we see a flood of "failed to scrub vdisk" log message when GNR node experiences quorum loss. This is for ESS/GSS.
Fix a rare race between unlink, lookup and token revoke which causes kernel crash in d_revalidate.
This fix will make sure Ganesha request reference a valid GPFS filesystem.
Fix a system hang that can occur when a file system is suspended while doing a mmap.
This fix rejects unreasonable large requests to preallocate inodes immediately with ENOSPC.
Fix a directory rename issue with IW filesets that can occur if the rename target is an existing directory.
Fix a fault that can occur when restripe runs while the SG is not mounted on all NSD nodes.
This fix restricts the afmMaxParallelRecoveries config value from 0 to 128.
This fix removes the unnecessary error message "cannot open /proc/net/tcp6" when shutting down GPFS.
Fix a problem with not properly handling quotas in an AFM environment. This can occur when you have very large hard and soft limit values.
Fix a "exp(!sgP->isSGMgr())" assert that can occur when you delete a file system and then create a new file system with the same name at the same time.
Fix an err 112 that can show up in the mmfs logs when mmchnode --gateway is executed.
Fix a kernel crash that can occur while attempting to mount a loop device to a correspond file in a GPFS file system or while using a GPFS file system file as a LIO backend.
Address a problem where applyUpdates continues to run even if the fileset at the old primary is unlinked or the mmfs daemon has been shutdown.
Fix an outband resync failure that can occur if a recovery is triggered by deleting some files in a directory and the directory itself. This is an AFM/DR environment.
Fix rename conflicts that can occur in SW/DR filesets.
Update log code to prevent log recovery error when log file became illReplicated. This could happen on file system with -K set to NO and there is not enough disk space for full replication.
This fix will use new interface that will reduce multiple retries every time a lock is freed and there are multiple waiters for the lock.
Fix an assert that can occur with a DR fileset and the file system is suspended.
Fix bug that requires a large free space in /var/mmfs to run change commands.
Fix recovery failure err 17 when psnap0 deletion fails.
Fix a daemon assert that can occur in an AFM environment where the mmfsd daemon fails to start repeatedly with a DMAPI enabled filesystem at a gateway node.
Address a problem where trying to queue a writeSplit message to the helper gateway's queue can fail with an error 28 (E_NOSPAC).
Fix an issue which returns EACCESS(errno = 13) while running mmapplypolicy when there is a mounted NFS file system which has the same name with a GPFS file system.
A fastpath optimization defect can result in an internal error to be returned to the user when it is safe to continue without entering the fast path.
Install if you suffer from mmapplypolicy/tspolicy hanging after otherwise finishing all work.
cNFS: fix a problem with /usr/sbin/rpcinfo not found in SLES12 or later.
Fix a failure in Object Authentication configuration with Active Directory or LDAP. This fix is only required if Object is being configured with Active Directory or LDAP and DN of Swift service user(specified in --ks-swift-user) is more than 79 characters.
Fix a problem with ESS disk replacement in which the mmchcarrier command may wipe out the pdisk location code. The problem will prevent the subsequent mmchcarrier command to proceed without a valid location code.
Fix a problem in which a GPFS command may wrongly terminate another process.
Fix a rare deadlock problem caused by stream write(enableRepWriteStream=yes).
Update log recovery code to avoid GPFS daemon assert after detecting invalid directory block during log recovery. Code has been changed to log a FSSTRUCT error and fail the log recovery so offline mmfsck can be run on the file system.
Fix a mmfsd crashes (incompleteOk assertion), when the number of files in the committed directory doesn't match the number of files in CCR's file list in case of a new CCR file update request.
This update addresses the following APARs: IV94991 IV94992 IV94994 IV94995 IV94996 IV94997 IV94998 IV95015 IV95021 IV95230 IV95557 IV95643 IV95925 IV96037 IV96163.

Product/Component Name:	Platform:	Fix:
IBM Spectrum Scale	Linux390 64-bit RHEL Linux390 64-bit SLES Linux390 64-bit Ubuntu	Spectrum_Scale_Standard-4.2.3.1-s390x-Linux

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