Release Notes SevOne NMS 7.0.4

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Below please find the Release Notes for SevOne NMS 7.0.4. Please contact your Technical Account Manager (if applicable) or Systems Engineering Team or Support Team to discuss and plan the installation. Thank you for being a customer.

Important: Guides & Release Notes

From IBM's Documentation Portal (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/sevone-npm), please refer to SevOne NMS guides and release notes under IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM) version 7.0 for details.

Release Notes SevOne NMS 7.0.0 contains the compatibility matrix, containers, important notices, third-party packages, planning & preparation, deprecated / removed features & functions, known issues, and other details that apply to SevOne NMS 7.0.x release.

For a list of issues resolved in SevOne NMS 7.0.x, please refer to each 7.0.x release notes for details.

Browser Requirements

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Minimum Resolution: 1200x768 Browsers:

Modern, standards-compliant browser
JavaScript enabled
Pop-up blocker disabled for hostname/IP

The following browsers are supported in the current versions of SevOne. SevOne recommends use of the latest version of your preferred (supported) browser.

Vendor	Family	SevOne NMS 7.0.x
Google	Chrome	Tested & Supported
Mozilla	Firefox	Tested & Supported
Microsoft	Edge	Tested & Supported (with limited testing performed)
Apple	Safari	Supported

Tested = Complete UI regression testing completed prior to release of updates.
Supported = Developer-led testing and resolution of any customer reported defects. No complete UI regression test is performed.

NOTE: Please use the latest browser version of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.

Important Notice

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Attention: SevOne NMS 7.0.1 is a re-release of SevOne NMS 7.0.0. The upgrade to SevOne NMS 7.0.1 can only be reached from SevOne NMS 6.7 or SevOne NMS 6.8.

You cannot upgrade to SevOne NMS 7.0.1 from SevOne NMS 7.0.0. Both SevOne NMS 7.0.0 and SevOne NMS 7.0.1 versions can upgrade to SevOne NMS 7.0.2 and above.

If you are on SevOne NMS 7.0.0 and want to upgrade to SevOne NMS 7.0.4, you must use the Command Line Interface only.

If you are on SevOne NMS 7.0.1 and want to upgrade to SevOne NMS 7.0.4, you may use the Command Line Interface or the GUI Installer.

Resolved Issues

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Important: In addition to the issue(s) mentioned below, please refer to each SevOne NMS 7.0.x release notes prior to this release for the list of all issues resolved.

Important: When performing an upgrade to SevOne NMS 7.0.4, signature tools must be on the latest versions. For example, 2.0.3.

S1NPM-111715: Addressed the following CVEs.
CVE-2018-17199, CVE-2019-0190, CVE-2019-0211, CVE-2019-0215, CVE-2019-9517, CVE-2019-10081, CVE-2019-10082, CVE-2019-10097, CVE-2020-9490, CVE-2020-11984, CVE-2020-35452, CVE-2021-26690, CVE-2021-26691, CVE-2021-33193, CVE-2021-34798, CVE-2021-36160, CVE-2021-39275, CVE-2021-40438, CVE-2021-44224, CVE-2021-44790, CVE-2022-22719, CVE-2022-22720, CVE-2022-22721, CVE-2022-23943, CVE-2022-26377, CVE-2022-28615, CVE-2022-29404, CVE-2022-30556, CVE-2022-31813, CVE-2022-36760, CVE-2023-25690, CVE-2023-27522, CVE-2023-31122, CVE-2024-27316
S1NPM-111751: If ssl.ca.cert.location is not set in /etc/sdp/config.yml file, SDP goes to default system certs at /etc/pki/ca-trust-extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem to find the certs and runs successfully.
S1NPM-111825: Alert Summary query is now always accessible from graphical user interface.
S1NPM-112277: All SevOne 7.x appliances utilize memory as expected when two processes are running.
S1NPM-112329: Kernels and kdump files are now deleted prior to DNF update.
S1NPM-112366: SevOne-masterslaved restarts after the upgrade.
S1NPM-112583: /usr/local/scripts/SevOne-act prometheus credential-change -u <username> -p <password> works as expected and prometheus utility works as expected.

Important: For new installs / upgrades,
the latest TAR and CHECKSUM files can be downloaded from IBM Passport Advantage (https://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/pao_download_software.html) via Passport Advantage Online. However, if you are on a legacy / flexible SevOne contract and do not have access to IBM Passport Advantage but have an active Support contract, please contact SevOne Support Team for the file.

for upgrades, v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz and v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz.sha256.txt
for downgrades, v7.0.4-to-v7.0.3-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz and v7.0.4-to-v7.0.3-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz.sha256.txt

Upgrade from SevOne NMS 7.0.0 (Command Line Interface)

Copy the upgrade file and checksum to /data/upgrade (make the directory, if not already created).

Execute the following commands to perform an upgrade.


$ cd /data/upgrade

$ sudo podman exec -it nms-nms-nms SevOne-validate-image -i \
/data/upgrade/v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz -s \
/data/upgrade/v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz.sha256.txt


$ sudo tar -xzf v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz

$ cd /data/upgrade/ansible

$ sudo bash setup_gui_image.sh

$ sudo systemctl restart sevone-gui-installer

$ sudo ./upgrade.sh

Upgrade from SevOne NMS 7.0.1+ (Command Line Interface)

Copy the upgrade file and checksum to /data/upgrade (make the directory, if not already created).

Execute the following commands to perform an upgrade.


$ cd /data/upgrade

$ sudo podman exec -it nms-nms-nms SevOne-validate-image -i \
/data/upgrade/v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz -s \
/data/upgrade/v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz.sha256.txt

$ sudo tar -xvf v7.0.4-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz

$ cd /data/upgrade/ansible

$ sudo systemctl restart sevone-gui-installer

$ sudo ./upgrade.sh

Upgrade from SevOne NMS 7.0.1+ (GUI Installer)
Please refer to SevOne NMS Upgrade Process Guide for details.

Downgrade to SevOne NMS 7.0.3 (Command Line Interface)

Copy the downgrade files to /data/upgrade (make the directory, if not already created).

Execute the following commands to perform an downgrade.


$ cd /data/upgrade

$ sudo podman exec -it nms-nms-nms SevOne-validate-image -i \
/data/upgrade/v7.0.4-to-v7.0.3-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz -s \
/data/upgrade/v7.0.4-to-v7.0.3-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz.sha256.txt

$ sudo tar -xvf v7.0.4-to-v7.0.3-build20240930-110524-a483bb5e.tar.gz

$ cd ansible

$ sudo ./reverse.sh