Use the readme file to find out what defects were solved in the latest interim fix for IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed 7.2.2. The file contains the most current information about the interim fix and takes precedence over previous versions.
| APAR | Symptoms | Behaviour after applying the interim fix | Package that contains the fix | Available since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV50758 | Documentation does not provide information that the WebSphere® must be managed by a user with root privileges. | Documentation is updated to contain information that the WebSphere Application Server must be started, stopped, and configured by a user with root privileges. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 13 |
| IV51510 | During the application of an interim fix, instructions for providing the user name and password for the DB2® instance owner are confusing and suggest that the DB2 administrator credentials are required. In fact, credentials of the user that is provided in the square brackets are required. | Instructions clearly indicate whose credentials are required. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| IV56350 | Software scans do not start according to the schedule but on a later time. | The problem occurs because the time when the next month starts is calculated differently on the server and on agents. After applying the interim fix, software scans are started according to the schedule. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| IV58432 | After the installation of interim fix 12, aggregation
fails and the following message is displayed. |
The problem occurs when you import a new software catalog in which the component-product relationship for a software item that is detected in your infrastructure is changed form free to charged or the other way round. After applying the interim fix, aggregation finishes successfully. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| APAR | Symptoms | Behaviour after applying the interim fix | Package that contains the fix | Available since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV45918 | Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed installer hangs on the DB2 check step. | Due to changes in DB2, the modification level of the product identifier can contain characters from A to Z while the SQL driver expects numeric values only. Documentation is updated to contain information about versions of DB2 that do not cause the problem. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 12 |
| IV47604 | Import of the stand-alone scan results fails
and the following message is written in the logs. |
Duplicated entries are handled properly and the import of stand-alone scan results succeeds. | Server | Interim fix 12 |
| IV47646 | The software catalog is successfully imported but the agent catalog packages are not generated. The displayed catalog version is Obsolete. The problem occurs when the catalog contains a large number of custom signatures. | Agent catalog packages are generated even if the catalog contains a large number of custom signatures. Proper version of the catalog is displayed on the panel. | Server | Interim fix 12 |
| IV51678 | When a software item pricing is changed from charged to free, and the inventory is recalculated, problems with signing reports occur. | Reports can be signed after a software item pricing is changed from charged to free. | Server | Interim fix 12 |
| IV45694 | On Solaris x86 computers with HyperThreading, the number of cores on the partition exceeds the number of cores of the physical server. Although the difference does not affect any calculations, it can be seen on the Processors and Agent Details panel. | The number of partition and physical cores is the same. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| IV44265 | On the Integrated Solutions Console, agent information is displayed in IPv6 format instead of IPv4 format. It causes that host names for different IP addresses are spelled with different letter cases. | The information is displayed in the IPv4 format. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| IV44194 | Inactive agents are not deleted after the period that is set in the maxAgentInactivityToDelete parameter is exceeded. | Inactive agents are deleted after the specified period. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| IV44192 | Documentation is inconsistent with reference to the agent default installation path on Windows. | Agent default installation path is correctly documented as %WINDIR%\ilmt. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 11 |
| IV20567 | Upgrade from Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed version
7.2.2 fails during database migration. The following error is written
in the log: |
The procedure for solving the problem is now provided in the documentation. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 11 |
| IV42983 | For some duplicate software instances, the date when the software was installed is later than the date when it was uninstalled or no longer discovered by the agent. Such invalid records cause discrepancies between the software that is displayed on the Manage Software Inventory panel and the software that is displayed on the Agent Details and Software Components panels. | Software information is consistent across panels. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| IV42828 | During the import of part numbers only license part numbers are imported. However, it might happen that the order history does not contain initial license purchases but only subsequent subscription or support part numbers. It is possible to use these part numbers for automated bundling. | Documentation is updated to provide information how to prepare a file part number that also contains subscription and support part numbers. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 11 |
| IV39964 | PVU rating is incorrect if some of the sockets are not populated. | An enhanced algorithm matches all configurations
that have the number of sockets equal to or lower than the number
of sockets that is defined in the PVU table. If an exact match is
not possible, the smallest PVU row that has a greater number of sockets
than the number of discovered sockets is matched to limit the risk
of overcharging when multiple records are found. For example: three
sockets are discovered. Their models, types, and vendors are properly
matched in the PVU table, but there is no match for the number of
sockets. However, the following three entries are found in the PVU
table.
The algorithm is also supported on VM managers as it gathers all necessary data. |
Server | Interim fix 11 |
| IV39751 | Interim fix installer fails with a request for tlmsrv credentials even though the update.bat file is run from an account that has administrative privileges. | Credentials of the tlmsrv user are not required to install the interim fix. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| IV38475 | During the self-update of agents, agent custom location is ignored and the custom certificate as well as the settings of the tlmagent.ini table are lost. | The agents are updated to the custom location. The custom certificate and settings of the tlmagent.ini table are preserved. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| IV37952 | Incorrect measures are uploaded to the ADM.MEASURE table by agents with version lower than 7.2.2. | Correct measures are uploaded to the ADM.MEASURE table. | Server | Interim fix 10 |
| IV37691 | Incorrect data that comes from the agents causes that a higher count is returned for LPAR cores than for physical cores. | Information about the number of LPAR cores and physical cores is consistent. | Server | Interim fix 10 |
| IV37389 | If the System Resource Controller is not working, installation of an agent on AIX® fails. | Agent is installed on AIX regardless of whether the System Resource Controller is working or not. | Agent | Interim fix 10 |
| IV36123 | If agent threads are started in a wrong order, agents are not able to properly handle the SIGPIPE signal. It causes that the process ends and the core is dumped. | The order in which agent threads are started does not impact handling of the SIGPIPE signal. | Agent | Interim fix 10 |
| IV32579 | Documentation does not clearly state that setting cpu_threshold parameter causes that the execution of a scan on the agent side lengthens. | Documentation is updated with the missing information. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 9 |
| IV33537 | When an agent is installed on a device that has a NIC card with at least two IP addresses, the agent might first list an address that is not the IP address that is listed in the Systems without Agents table. In such a situation the agent is not removed from the list of systems without agents. | The agent is removed from the list of systems without agents regardless of which IP address of the device is listed first. | Server | Interim fix 9 |
| IV33963 | Japanese version of the Information Center incorrectly lists Windows 2000 as a platform supported by the agents. | Extraneous information is removed from the documentation. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 9 |
| IV35808 | Duplicated entries in the ADM.LINK table cause that Inventory Builder fails. | Duplicated entries in the ADM.LINK table are removed and Inventory Builder works properly. | Server | Interim fix 9 |
| IV36365 | Full hardware scans do not work on virtual machines even if the scans are scheduled. | Hardware scans work on virtual machines. | Server | Interim fix 9 |
| IV23626 | An unsupported upgrade scenario was detected for an agent that is newer than version 7.2.2.0 and was installed with the -R/var/itlm option defined. | Manual upgrade of an agent that is installed on AIX with the -R option defined is not supported. The only supported upgrading scenario for such an agent is self-update. | Self-update | Interim fix 8 |
| IV15540 | VM manager incorrectly defines virtualization topologies for guests that have the BIOSSerialNumber attribute empty. | Virtualization topologies are properly defined. | Server | Interim fix 8 |
| IV20562 | The upload function might allow for uploading scripts with malicious content without any restrictions. If such a file is uploaded, it is possible for the malicious code to be executed. | The upload function does not allow for uploading scripts with malicious content. | Server | Interim fix 8 |
| IV31063 | Installation of Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed agents by using Tivoli® Configuration Manager leaves the yes process command running even after the agent is installed successfully and the process is ended manually after the installation. | The installation finishes properly. | Agent | Interim fix 8 |
| IV30409 | If an invalid URL is defined or the VMware machine is incorrectly configured, the Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed server hangs when attempting to connect to the machine, even though the timeout period is correctly configured. Such attempts of connection block the timer on which the VMware Connection task is running (Timer3). If the connection takes twice the amount of time that was defined as the timeout period, the connection thread is broken and the status of the VM manager is changed to Hard timeout - suspended. This status indicates that no further attempts of connecting to the particular VM manager are made until its status is manually changed to Pending. | Invalid URL of a VMware machine does not block other VMware machines from being processed correctly. | Agent | Interim fix 8 |
| IV29984 | During the installation of the interim fix, public access is granted to the ADM.MIG_INSTR and ADM.MIG_SCRIPT tables. | Public access is not granted to these tables. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| IV24904 | In the Software Catalog canonical form, the signature definition for a particular product is based on two files whose size is set to 0 bytes. Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed scanner should match the files by their names only, as it is in the case of single-file signatures. However, for the multi-file signatures, the agent retrieves the information about file size equal 0 and tries to match both the name and size of the particular file. | The scanner matches multi-file signatures with file size equal 0 only by file names. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| IV29154 | One of the steps of interim fix installation runs a query on the database that causes the installation to fail. | The interim fix installation finishes successfully. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| IV29124 | Documentation lacks information that the version of the agent cannot be higher than the version of the server even at the interim fix level. | Documentation is updated with the missing information. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 7 |
| IV28621 | The package ILMT-TAD4D-agent-7.2.2-1.s390 requires /lib/ld.so.1 and this requirement cannot be provided. | The required library is included in the package. | Agent | Interim fix 7 |
| IV28037 | The Description field in the custom.signature_v view is empty for every row in the table. | The field is populated for every row in the table. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| IV26845 | It is not possible to install an agent on AIX by using SPB package when the custom location is used. | An agent can be installed in custom location on AIX by using the SPB. | Agent | Interim fix 7 |
| IV27978 | Because of a defect in the agent installer,
the following upgrading scenarios fail.
|
The two upgrading scenarios are supported. | Agent | Interim fix 7 |
| IV25637 | The following exception is written in the log
although it does not indicate any problem. |
The exception is not logged. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| IV26311 | When an upload is rejected on the server, the server does not fill in the http response. The agent tries to parse the empty response and logs information that it could not parse the service control data. | The information that is logged clearly states the reason of the problem and thus helps in further debugging. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| IV24091 | When the server is overloaded with scan uploads,
the number of connections to the agent port on the side of the server
increases significantly.
|
The number of connections in the CLOSE_WAIT is limited. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| IV26374 | The lmtcli.sh script fails to start and the process ends. | The lmtcli.sh script runs properly. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| IV26884 | When an empty file is passed to the agtdel command, it is treated as if no file was passed and all agents with the referenced status are deleted. | When an empty file is passed to the agtdel command, no agents are deleted. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| IV20797 | The upgrade of the Common Inventory Technology scanner is not verified during the self-upgrade of Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed agents from version 7.2.1 to 7.2.2. | The upgrade of the Common Inventory Technology scanner is verified during the self-upgrade of agents from version 7.2.1 to 7.2.2. | Self-update | Interim fix 5 |
| IV22742 | When a product is detected only on a shared file system and the usage is not reported, the capacity and subcapacity values are empty. | The subcapacity values are populated for products that are installed on a shared file system even if usage is turned off. | Server | Interim fix 5 |
| IV22830 | Software that is installed on Network File Systems (NFS) is incorrectly detected when non-file signatures are used. Moreover, the software is incorrectly counted because of the missing use signatures. | The software is correctly detected when non-file signatures are used and the software is correctly counted. | Server | Interim fix 5 |
| IV24800 | A problem occurs if a single forward slash is encountered in the path where two forward slashes (//) are expected. | A single forward slash that occurs in the path is handled correctly. | Server | Interim fix 5 |
| IV24985 | When agent information is filtered by the host name of a single agent, numerous duplicate blank rows are returned. Attempts of deleting any of these blank rows result in all blank rows, including the valid entry, being deleted. The problem does not occur in the TLMA database on which a single entry is returned for each agent. Both agents are virtual machines. | A single entry is returned for each agent. | Server | Interim fix 5 |
| IV24950 | Software aggregation hangs with a timeout error because of locks on the database. | Software aggregation works properly. | Server | Interim fix 5 |
| IV24741 | Agents respond slowly to the command-line interface commands. After installing the Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed agent for AIX PPC v7.5 on an AIX server (both AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1), the command-line interface commands take about 40 seconds to respond. | The command-line interface commands take less time to respond. | Agent | Interim fix 5 |
| IV20309 | Some processors are not correctly matched by the x86 matcher. The problem occurs because the processor name contains the space sign, hyphen, or a national language character. | Processors are correctly matched by the x86 matcher. | Server | Interim fix 4 |
| IV17935 | The installed version of the Common Inventory Technology scanner is not up-to-date. | The latest version of the Common Inventory Technology scanner is installed. | Agent | Interim fix 4 |
| IV15700 | Some software scans return product names that are longer then the current length of the PACKAGE_NAME column of the ADM.NATIVE_SW table (64 characters). The excessive length of product names generates exceptions during the upload and the agent cannot upload the results of the software scan. | The size of the column is increased to 255 characters to handle long product names. | Server | Interim fix 4 |
| IV24201 | A local zone and global zone cannot be matched properly when the serial number that is reported by eeprom/SMBIOS on a global zone differs from the hardware serial number that is reported by sysinfo(SI_HW_SERIAL) | Serial number that is reported by eeprom/SMBIOS is handled correctly. | Server | Interim fix 4 |
| IV20850 | After upgrading to Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed 7.2.2.2, incorrect values are stored in the OS_SUB_VERS column of the tlmhw.computer table. | Correct values are stored in the table. | Server | Interim fix 4 |
| IV19879 | The /efs/dist/ibm/tad/722fp1/exec/ folder is read-only. However, the agent requires at least one file in the agent_base_dir location to be writable. | Even if the folder where the agent is installed is read-only, the agent works properly. | Interim fix 3 | |
| IV15800 | The License Type parameter is no longer considered in the new design of importing the software catalog that was introduced in the 7.2.2 release. However, Tivoli Asset Management for IT uses this value to create reports. | The parameter is restored by adding a column in the database and ensuring that the column is correctly propagated after the catalog import. | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| IV17932 | Software aggregation fails in the 7.2.2 release. The problem occurs because the adm.vm records are missing from the agents that are in the incomplete status. | Software aggregation succeeds. | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| IV20907 | The monthly scheduler for the Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed agent does not work correctly. | The monthly scheduler works correctly. | Server and agent | Interim fix 3 |
| IV23342 | The Component panel works slowly in Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed. | Performance of the panel is improved. | Server | Interim fix 3 |
The following table lists internal defects that are fixed in this interim fix.
| Defect number | Symptoms | Behaviour after applying the interim fix | Package that contains the fix | Available since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22890 | After you upload the results of a stand-alone scan, the IP address of the agent that is displayed on the Agents panel is always set to 127.0.0.1. | A correct IP address is displayed on the Agents panel. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| 22873 | Documentation does not provide instructions for solving a problem when an agent accesses the unmounted AutoFS file system that it is not designed to access. | Documentation is updated to contain instructions for solving the problem. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 13 |
| 22764 | Documentation does not contain information about the supported version of Software Knowledge Base Toolkit. | Documentation is updated to contain information that Software Knowledge Base Toolkit version 1.2.2 is supported. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 13 |
| 22643 | Documentation does not contain instructions for obtaining and applying interim fixes. | Documentation is updated to contain the instructions. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 13 |
| 22372 | Documentation about the Common Inventory Technology enabler is out-of-date. | Documentation is updated to contain information that the Common Inventory Technology enabler is an obsolete technology that is supported for ESX 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.1. The VM manager should be used instead. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 13 |
| 21934 | Some software signatures contain a null character that causes that the catalog builder fails. Thus, new catalogs are not generated for the agents. | Signatures that contain a null character are ignored and appropriate information is written in the logs. The catalogs are generated. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| 21723 | If more than one IP address is detected for a particular agent, including both private and public addresses, a random IP address is displayed on the agent report. | The active IP address is displayed on the agent report. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| 21223 | After the installation of the latest interim fix, an exception is written in the logs that it is not possible to access the SYSCAT.ROLEAUTH table. | The exception is removed from the log as it does not indicate a problem. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| 21219 | In the database views, some columns do not have descriptions provided. Without those descriptions, it might not be clear what information the column contains. | Descriptions are provided for all columns in the database. | Server | Interim fix 13 |
| Defect number | Symptoms | Behaviour after applying the interim fix | Package that contains the fix | Available since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21520 | After a hardware scan is uploaded to the Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed server, the processor type is incorrectly matched. | The processor type is correctly matched. | Server | Interim fix 12 |
| 21490 | Documentation does not provide information that self-update packages are signed by using the public-key infrastructure (PKI). | Documentation is updated to state that PKI is used for signing self-update packages. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 12 |
| 20943 | If the name of a cluster is longer than 255 characters, connection with the VM Manager is terminated. | The name of the cluster is trimmed to 255 characters and the connection to the VM Manager passes. | Server | Interim fix 12 |
| 20738 | The documentation does not provide information about the order in which commands that are necessary to uninstall the agent on AIX should be issued. If the steps are executed in a wrong order, the agent processes are still running on WPARs. | Documentation is updated to contain information
that the following command should be run before uninstalling the agent
from the WPAR host. |
Online Information Center | Interim fix 12 |
| 20730 | During an attempt of reassigning an agent to a scan group to which it already belongs, no action should be taken. Instead, a warning message is displayed that states that the particular agent ID does not exist in the database. | A meaningful message is displayed. | Server | Interim fix 12 |
| 20510 | Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed agent is not discovered by Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed. | The agent is properly discovered. | Agent | Interim fix 12 |
| 19422 | It is not possible to import the XML with information about the discovered systems that was created by using Nmap. Additionally, some hosts are not displayed on the Systems without Agents panel. | The results of Nmap can be imported to Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed and all hosts are properly displayed on the Systems without Agents panel. | Server | Interim fix 12 |
| 20778 | During an attempt of importing a file with scan groups to the server, a message that not all files can be imported is displayed. | The file with scan groups is imported to the server. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| 20730 | During an attempt of reassigning an agent to a scan group to which it already belongs, no action should be taken. Instead, a warning message is displayed that states that the particular agent ID does not exist in the database. | A meaningful message is displayed. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| 20721 | Installation of an interim fix fails if a group or role TLMSRV exists in the database. | Installation succeeds regardless of whether a group or role TLMSRV exists. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| 20649 | During the upgrade of an agent that is installed in the default location from version 7.2.1 or older, the upgrade binaries should be installed in the /opt/itlm directory and the /var/itlm directory should contain only temporary files. Instead, the new agent is installed in the /opt/itlm directory, but the /opt/itlm directory still contains binaries of the previous version of the agent. | Unnecessary binaries are removed. | Agent | Interim fix 11 |
| 20633 | On the Agents panel, when the network address of an agent that has not returned software scan results is opened, an internal error is displayed. | A panel with agent details is displayed. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| 20582 | The command for stopping the agent does not always work. | The command works properly. | Agent | Interim fix 11 |
| 20510 | Agents in version 7.2.2 interim fix 10 are not discovered by Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed. | The agent is properly discovered. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| 20084 | Unreadable entries are recorded in the agent trace.log file. | Agent trace files sometimes contain non-ASCII characters when the peer ID of an SSL connection is logged. To avoid unreadable entries in the trace.log file, the hexadecimal equivalent of the peer ID is now written to the trace file. | Agent | Interim fix 11 |
| 19422 | After installing Nmap 6, it is not possible to import its results to Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed because of differences in the XML schema and some hosts are not displayed on the Systems without Agents panel. | The results of Nmap can be imported to Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed and all hosts are properly displayed on the Systems without Agents panel. | Server | Interim fix 11 |
| 20273 | Agent self-update tries to install the agent in a custom location on AIX 5.2 and fails. | The agent is updated but installed in the default location. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| 20225 | Agent self-update fails on HP Itanium. | Agent self-update works on HP Itanium. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| 20224 | Agent self-update in custom location from version 7.2.2 to an interim fix installs the agent in the default path. | The agent is installed in the custom location. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| 20222 | Installation of an agent version 7.2.2 interim fix 10 in a custom location fails on AIX 5.2 and 6.1. No message is displayed about the failed installation. | The agent is installed in the custom location. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| 20220 | Agent self-update from version 7.2.2 to an interim fix fails on AIX. | The agent can be automatically updated with the interim fix. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| 20216 | Manual update of agents from version 7.2.2 to an interim fix fails on AIX 5.2. | The agents can be manually updated with the interim fix. | Agent | Interim fix 10 |
| 20211 | ACFS logs are not stored in the Tivoli Common Directory. | The logs are stored in the Tivoli Common Directory. | Server | Interim fix 10 |
| 20181 | Some messages in ACFS are displayed in English if the locale is set to other languages. | The messages are displayed in the proper language. | Server | Interim fix 10 |
| 20159 | Version of the stand-alone scanner is different than the version of the agent. | Versions of the stand-alone scanner and agent are the same. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| 20128 | After installing the Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed server on a system with a supported locale other than American English, and running the ACFS installer, some of the messages are still displayed in English. | Messages are displayed in the proper language. | Server | Interim fix 10 |
| 19675 | After running stand-alone script on AIX, a corrupted output is generated. The plugin.properties file is missing from the compressed output and there are two files with software scan results, one of which is empty. | Proper output is generated after running the stand-alone script. | Self-update | Interim fix 10 |
| 19428 | Information about signatures is not updated in the CUSTOM.INSTALLED_OFFERING view. | Changes to signatures are updated in the view. | Server | Interim fix 10 |
| 18722 | Installation of an interim fix package in location longer than C: causes problems because the structure of the file paths that are used for installation is too complex and cannot be properly handled on Windows. | Documentation is updated with the missing information. | Online Information Center | Interim fix 10 |
| 17994 | When the installation of an interim fix completes, whether successfully or not, logs are nor copied to the Tivoli Common Directory. | The logs are copied to the Tivoli Common Directory. | Server | Interim fix 10 |
| 19465 | Agents do not connect to the server due to incorrect server address in the tlmagent.ini file. | Agents connect to the server. | Agent | Interim fix 9 |
| 19458 | After upgrading the agent to version 7.2.2.29, the use scan fails and the tlm_use_config file is missing. | The tlm_use_config file is generated and the use scan runs correctly. | Agent and Server | Interim fix 9 |
| 19398 | The upgrade of the AIX agent from version 7.2.2.27 to 7.2.2.2.28 fails when whether manual upgrade, self-update, or native installer is used. | The upgrade finishes successfully. | Agent and self-update | Interim fix 9 |
| 19326 | Custom installation path for the AIX agent does not work. | The custom installation path can be specified. | Agent | Interim fix 9 |
| 19321 | Redundant information is displayed during installation of the AIX agent. | The redundant information is removed from the installer. | Agent | Interim fix 9 |
| 18740 | Configuration of hardware and full hardware scans cannot be refreshed and the changes are not propagated to agents. | Configuration changes are propagated to the agents. | Agent and server | Interim fix 9 |
| 17764 | Server hangs when it connects to Hyper-V 3.0. The log files do not contain any exceptions. | Server connects to Hyper-V 3.0. | Server | Interim fix 9 |
| 18603 | ACFS loops during installation in silent mode due to missing parameters in the response file. | The silent installation finishes successfully. | Server | Interim fix 8 |
| 18544 | During the assignment of the agent to a different scan group, the change is not propagated and the agent does not receive new settings. | The agent uses settings of the new scan group to which it is assigned. | Server | Interim fix 8 |
| 18519 | Uninstallation of Linux agent fails. During
the execution of the tlmunins.sh script, the
following error occurs. |
The uninstallation runs successfully. | Server | Interim fix 8 |
| 18447 | The cpuThreshold parameter is missing in the agent configuration file. | The configuration file contains the parameter. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| 17408 | The Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed server cannot be migrated from version 7.2.2.25[26] to 7.5. | The migration finishes successfully. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| 16932 | The Windows agent installer displays wrong product name and other incorrect characters. | Information in the installer is correct. | Agent | Interim fix 6 |
| 16817 | A NullPointer exception occurs during the self-update of ACFS. | ACFS updates successfully. | Self-update | Interim fix 6 |
| 15964 | The uninstallation script cannot uninstall Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed because it does not recognize the version of the software. | The uninstallation finishes successfully. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| 16026 | Stand-alone agents use the same version as the database schema which does not change with the released interim fixes or fix packs. | Stand-alone agents are versioned in the same way as normal agents and agents upgraded by self-update. The version is updated with each new interim fix or fix pack. | Self-update | Interim fix 5 |
| 15813 | During generation of stand-alone scripts, the
scripts fail and the following error is displayed on the user interface. |
The standalone scripts work correctly. | Self-update | Interim fix 5 |
| 15187 | The current naming for the agent packages is insufficient. | Agent packages are named according to new regular expressions. | Agent | Interim fix 5 |
| 15507 | Command-line interface does not work. After running the lmtcli.sh script, no action is taken. | Command-line interface runs correctly. | Server | Interim fix 4 |
| 15148 | The subcapacity values are not calculated correctly because metric 13 is not recognized in the x86 architecture. | The values are correctly calculated, according to the right processor. | Server | Interim fix 4 |
| 15106 | The trace.log file contains redundant exceptions. | The redundant information is removed from the log file. | Server | Interim fix 4 |
| 15126 | The VM Manager matching does not work and an exception is displayed. | The VM Manager matching works correctly. | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| 14757 | Multiple concurrent jobs reduce performance of the database, leading to lock timeout. | This fix introduces a semaphore for communication between agents and the server. It limits concurrency of software and hardware uploads, reducing the risk of lock timeout on the database. | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| ID | Abstract | Description | Package that contains the fix | Available since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22850 | Updated version of GSKit | GSKit is updated to the latest version to comply with security standards. | Agent | Interim fix 13 |
| ID | Abstract | Description | Package that contains the fix | Available since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21356 | PVU matching algorithm for sockets | An enhanced algorithm matches all configurations
that have the number of sockets equal to or lower than the number
of sockets that is defined in the PVU table. If an exact match is
not possible, the algorithm looks for the smallest PVU row that has
the number of sockets greater than the number of discovered sockets.
For example: three sockets are discovered. Their models, types, and
vendors are properly matched in the PVU table, but there is no match
for the number of sockets. However, the following three entries are
found in the PVU table.
The algorithm is also supported on VM managers as it gathers all necessary data. |
Server | Interim fix 12 |
| 21326 | Server-side matching algorithm for processor brand | If a few entries from the processors table have
the same brand but different number of sockets, the enhanced algorithm
looks for the smallest PVU row that has the number of sockets greater
than the number of discovered sockets. For example: the discovered
processor is Intel Xeon CPU X7560 @ 2.27 GHz. The following three
entries exist in the processors table.
|
Server | Interim fix 12 |
| 17874 | CPU limiter support for use scan and hardware scan | CPU limiter support is now extended over use scan and hardware scan, in addition to the currently implemented support for software scan (provided in FP0002). | Server | Interim fix 8 |
| 18093 | Column with the packet IP address information in the custom agent view | The column with the packet IP address is added to the custom agent view. The column contains IP address of the host on which the agent is deployed. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| 17124 | Support for NTLMv2 | Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed is able to authenticate with Hyper-V by using NTLMv2. | Server | Interim fix 7 |
| 16840 | IP Address column added to the Agent Report | The IP Address column is added on the Agents panel. It contains the IP address of a computer on which the agent is installed. The column is also introduced in the PDF and CSV reports. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| 36707.3 | Events framework | This feature introduces the Events Framework that stores events reported by the server and the number of the events. The events are stored in the database for the number of days that is specified by the KEEP_EVENTS_DAYS parameter in the ADM.CONTROL table. | Server | Interim fix 6 |
| 16721 | Support for resuming a failed installation of an interim fix | Support is added for resuming the installation of an interim fix that failed during the database update. The script output contains additional information about what should be done in case of failure. | Server | Interim fix 5 |
| 15276 | Separate packages for content delivered through ACFS | The changes delivered trough Agile Continuous
Fix Stream (ACFS) are now divided into separate packages, according
to their content.
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Self-update | Interim fix 5 |
| 36671 | Signature reported along with component in the instances table | Signature location is displayed so that it is easy to locate the file that was responsible for software detection. For more details, see: http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600006 | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| 36677 | Recovery from overload - Semaphore on uploads | A semaphore is introduced into the communication between agents and the server. The semaphore limits the concurrency of software and hardware uploads and thus reduces the risk of running into lock timeout on the database. For more details, see: http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600015 | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| 36707 | Cache values for Download-Parameters and collect summarical time that is spent on handling various requests | This feature introduces cache values for the Download Parameters process and collection of the total time that is spent on handling various requests. For more details, see: http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600019 | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| 36707.2 | Performance boost for VM manager connector task (UUIDs cached and 'update topology' logic changed) | This feature introduces performance boost for the VM manager connector task. The UUIDs are cached and changes are introduced in the logic of the Update Topology process. For more details, see: http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21600019 | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| 15717 | Switching off Software Use data in the PVU calculation | You can use this feature to have all calculations (PVU and STG) performed for all products that are discovered on the shared file systems regardless of whether the software usage of such product instances was detected. For more details, see: http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21605776 | Server | Interim fix 3 |
| Supported technologies and certified solutions | Supported for | Available since |
|---|---|---|
| HP-UX vPars and Integrity VM V6.2 | Agent | Interim fix 13 |
| Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.2 | Agent | Interim fix 13 |
| Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.1 | Agent | Interim fix 13 |
| Solaris 11 | Agent | Interim fix 8 |
| Windows 8 | Agent | Interim fix 7 |
| Windows 2012 | Agent | Interim fix 7 |
Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed agent contains Common Inventory Technology version 2.7.0.2037. For more details about the current changelog for Common Inventory Technology scanner, see: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/entdocview.wss?uid=swg21612705.
Before you install the interim fix, make sure that fix pack 7.2.2-TIV-TAD4D-FP0002 is installed with Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed.
To install the fix, you must be logged in as Administrator (on Windows) or root (on UNIX) to the computer where Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed is installed.
Due to file paths length, not all file archivers can properly extract the interim fix installer. To extract the files, use a dedicated application that handles long file paths.
If you want to update agents with a particular interim fix, ensure that the Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed server is also updated with the same version of the interim fix. The version of agents that connect to a particular server must be the same as or lower than the version of the server. The version of agents cannot be higher than the version of the server.