8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-CORE-FRAMEWORK-IF0024

General description 

This Core Framework patch works with both APM and CP4MCM.

This Core Framework supports RHEL 9 Operating System.

Platforms and prerequisites 

APM: The agent core framework and server core framework are supported on all agent and server platforms. For more information, see IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management System Requirements
ICAM: The agent core framework is supported on all agent and platforms. For more information, see IBM® Cloud App Management System Requirements.

Prerequisites for this interim fix 

This interim fix for the core framework is intended for the following components:

APM:

• IBM Cloud Application Performance Monitoring Base Private, Version 8.1.4.0
• IBM Cloud Application Performance Monitoring Advanced Private, Version 8.1.4.0
• IBM Cloud Application Performance Monitoring Base, Version 8.1.4.0
• IBM Cloud Application Performance Monitoring Advanced, Version 8.1.4.0

ICAM:

Agent only

None

None

Defects and Enhancements:

 - Updated Expat XML parser to version 2.4.6
 - Added support for RHEL 9.0 Operating System
 - Fixed the defect, RTC 146512 - GUI xml.config for Windows does not truncate config property containing equal sign

Superseded fixes:

• None

APARS and defects included from superseded fixes:

Defects:

• 129793: kqi crash when kqi start on zlinux.
• 135941: Add agent support for Solaris.
• 136335: Add agent support for Windows Server 2019.
• 136890: Wdev Threshold "Execute Command" execute at every interval instead of at first occurrence.
• 137029: Uplift JRE version to 8.0.5.30 in Agent Framework.
• GIT#5970: Quicker agent configuration when switching agent to and from ICAM.
• GIT#6479: TEMA crashes intermittently when run in Agent Builder testing mode.
• GIT#6904: Determine Db2 instance name without checking DB2INSTANCE.
• GIT#7252: Agents hang processing cached data after long server outage.
• 135420: Uplift JRE version to 8.0.5.25 in agent framework.
• 135531: Failed to install APM Agents on SUSE 15 Platform
• Issue 6256: Windows 32-bit agent crashes
• Issue 6182: pdcollect haven't collected global.environment file in config directory
• Issue 6588: Configuration of fresh installed MQ/IIB agent failed on Windows
• 114957: Db2 event missing details when sent to Alert Notification.
• 123708: If the agent downloads a bad event destination file then it stops sending events to the APM server.
• 124187: Fix lock handling of private situation files to prevent the agent from crashing and not updating the active private situation file if the agent detects a modified situation file when it is restarted.
• 124264: If the OS watchdog restarts a non-factory agent, the agent may download its threshold file to the wrong directory and will not trigger events.
• 125222: Uplift Java to 8.0.4.10
• 125424: Change extension pack license to agent license.
• 125602: Exchange agent is unable to re-point agent to the new MIN using agent2server.bat.
• 125688: No events generated for websites (SLA subscription)
• 129633: Uplift JRE packaged by agent installer to 8.0.5.5
• 126719: Improve regular expression evaluation in APM situations
• 129757: Further improvements in regular expression evaluation
• 129793: Fix potential TEMA crash where TEMA referenced freed memory from a situation definition
• 133713: Failed to detect the installed agent version on AIX
• 134218: Add call to ism-agent.bat while uninstalling agent through smai-agent.bat
• 132196: After installing 8.1.4 IF03, service oslc failed to start
• 134475: Uplift JRE version to 8.0.5.20 in agent framework
• WF#2794: Improve messages in lz_asfActivity.log and *.LG0
• WF#4203: Some agent threshold definitions not distributed correctly
• 133634: Add support for pLinux Big Endian
• Git#5217: TEMA update for Agent/Server communication in HTTPS
• GIT#8665: TEMA Situations Sometimes Do Not Reach The Agent Because of A Timing Issue in Temaconfig
• 1138331: Upcoming hotfix and includes a fix for RTC defect

• Git#10037: Support History and Warehouse statements in private situations

• 139188 - Uplift JRE version to 8.0.5.40 in Agent Framework
• 139169 - Add agent support for solaris x86
• Git#10647: In ICAM use extra-precise last modified time from HTTP header of downloaded private situations file from Central Configuration when requesting an updated copy
• Git#11104: Fix for defect where SQLite private situations are not saved when downloaded from Central Configuration.
• Git#11109: Fix for defect where updated ITM-defined private situations file starts running and reporting events to ICAM when only ICAM-defined private situations file should be running
• Git#10445: Event Summary does not show AND OR conditions clearly
• Git#10613: Support for private situation full name - for long threshold names (part of epic 10413)
• Git#11640: Start ICAM situations when switching ITM agents from dual to ICAM-only mode
• 138077: Fix some errors, possible agent crash, in situation with COUNT when zero rows pass filters
• Git#9849: Clean up attribute substitution into reflex action command
• Git#11912: Adjust threshold reflex command action to respect the "consecutive samples" setting
• Git#12216: Remove and no longer create Last-Modified directory from OS agent log_discovery directory
• Git#12227: Closed a window where an agent (in dual mode) might report ITM private situation events to ICAM server
• 139475: RHEL 8 on pLinuxLE v81409 and ICAM v2019.3.0 Db2 agent did not point to APM Server and ICAM server
• Git#12219: Can configure endpoint agent with KDE_GATEWAY_SUBSTITUTION to support KDE_GATEWAY on ICAM & APM
• Git#12703: Support wild cards on private sit MISSING arguments
• Git#10626: Support *CHANGE in private situations
• Git#10627: Support *PCTCHANGE in private situations
• 141196 - Uplift JRE version to 8.0.6.05 in Agent Framework
• 140203: TEMA downloads but does not process private_situations.xml if there are many files in download list
• GitHub 1775: Allow TEMA to download any custom file using default IRA_LOCALCONFIG_DIR
• GitHub 1818 (formerly 13669): Do not cycle situations for thresholds that do not change