IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact V7.1.0 Fix Pack 34 (7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0034)

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Abstract

This fix pack is a cumulative release and addresses some new APARs and internally found issues since the release of IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Version 7.1.0

Prerequisites

This fix pack includes all maintenance since the GA of Impact V7.1.0. This fix pack can be applied directly to the base V7.1.0 product release or any previous fix pack or interim fix level.

NOTE:

Upgrading to IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Version 7.1.0.4 is required when the Impact version to be updated is at 7.1.0.0, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, or 7.1.0.3
Before the installation or the upgrade of IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact, download the attached 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0034-README file and review the section "3.0 Installation information" and associated subsections.

Installation Instructions

Fix pack installation steps are listed in the "3.0 Installation information" section of the enclosed 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0034-README file.

For more information about enhancements, prerequisites, installation instructions, and known issues, see the 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0034-README file.

Problems Solved

Issues and Enhancements Addressed in IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Version 7.1.0.34 and its extension for Netcool Operations Insight

For details on individual APARs/Known Issues, go to the Support Search site. Enter the APAR/Known Issue identifier in the input field and then click the Search button.

Note: The Full list of enhancements and fixes since the prior fix pack is listed in the enclosed 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0034-README file.

APARs/Known Issues Resolved:

DT270002: IJ50287: LARGE NUMBER OF ONE-TIME MWM WINDOWS NOT DISPLAYED
DT270336: IJ50104: ACTIVATOR POLICYLASTEXECUTION FEATURE SHOULD NOT COMMIT TO SVN
DT365475: IJ50628: EXCEPTION APPEARS WHEN RUNNING THE NCI_COLLECT_LOGS UTILITY WITH IN THE NCISERVER POD
DT381158: Update GetHTTP to support ASM file observer
DT381188: Need the Netcool Impact Fix Pack Health Checker to check if SELINUX is enabled
DT381253: The WSInvokeDL function ignores the PreemptiveAuth property
DT381323: Impact JMS Issue - Unhandled Exception: No valid connection
DT386558: Add documentation hint for 'synchronized' usage in GetByXPath topic
DT386638: Directsql cache null exception
DT387672: IJ50572: UPON SYSTEM START-UP, BOTH THE PRIMARY AND BACKUP ARE PROGRAMMED TO AUTOMATICALLY LAUNCH THEIR DERBY DATABASE AT SAME TIME
DT387777: IJ50881: NULL POINTER EXCEPTION WHEN USING DIRECTSQL CACHING WHEN ITEM EXPIRES, ITEM RETURNED AS NULL
DT387792: IJ50882: IMPACT DIRECTSQL CACHING INTERNAL QUERY IS INCORRECTLY CREATED FOR DATA ITEM
DT387799: IJ50883: IMPACT: ISSUE WITH SYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTIPLE THREADS ACCESSING CACHING

DT389223: In AIOps, Netcool/Impact policies are not replicated fully through the AIOps Netcool/Impact connector
DT389763: GetByFilter causes Impact to freeze/stop processing when trying to update a read-only view

Security-related Known Issues:

DT383168: Apache Camel - CVE-2024-22371
DT390136: UPGRADE TO LATEST IBM SDK 8 IN IMPACT 710 FP34
DT390137: UPGRADE TO LATEST WAS LIBERTY IN IMPACT 710 FP34

DT390731: CROSS SITE SCRIPTING IN IMPACT 710
DT390734: BYPASS BUSINESS LOGIC IN IMPACT 710
DT390737: DENIAL OF SERVICE IN GUI SERVER FOR IMPACT 710

List of Impact APARs/Known Issues that have documentation updates or have additional information:

DT379885: IJ50896: MAINTENANCE WINDOWS MANAGER'S START DATE AND END DATE ARE USING OMNIBUS' @LASTOCCURRENCE FIELD
DT381158: Update GetHTTP to support ASM file observer
DT381253: The WSInvokeDL function ignores the PreemptiveAuth property
DT381323: JMS Data Source - Pending Calls Functionality Documentation Updates
DT386558: Add documentation hint for 'synchronized' usage in GetByXPath topic
DT387773: IJ50865: OPERATOR VIEWS INACCESSIBLE TO USERS WITH IMPACTSELECTEDOPVIEWUSER ROLE WHEN GUI SERVER IS STARTED TO SOON AFTER IMPACT SERVER
DT387778: IJ50725: LOCKED FILE FROM DEDICATED USER IS LOCKED BY IMPACTADMIN AFTER REBOOT
DT387800: IJ49631: DOCUMENT ADDITION NEEDED THAT WE DO NOT SUPPORT SERVER CLONING OUTSIDE OF OCP
DT389621: JDBC ResultSetType and ResultSetConcurrency documentation topic needs updates

Enhancements:

New Support added in Fix Pack 34

JazzSM 1.1.3.22 DASH 3.1.3.22
IBM Installation Manager 1.9.2.8
For On-Prem Event Analytics:
Compatible with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI 8.1 FP 35
Operating Systems:
RHEL 9.4 (on both Linux and zLinux)
SLES 15.5 (on both Linux and zLinux)
Windows 11 Enterprise
Windows Server 2022
Browser:
Firefox 126
Firefox ESR 115
Google Chrome 125
Microsoft Edge 126
Safari 17
Component Updates
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment "1.8.0_411" (8.0.8.25 (SR8 FP25))
WebSphere Application Server Liberty has been updated to version 24.0.0.6

Known Side Effects

For known issues reported in other fix packs, refer to the previous release notes:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6837193
And
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/7.1?topic=release-notes-tivoli-netcoolimpact

For known issues related to Cloud Native Event Analytics, refer to the following link:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005515

Impact Health Checker SSL Certificate check possible failure
Symptom:
Starting with Impact 7.1.0.32, the Health Checker is now performing a check of the SSL certificates to determine whether the certificates are expired.
The Health Checker logic is automatically executed when the Impact fix pack upgrade scripts update_*.bat|sh are used.
If the Health Checker fails due to the SSL Certificate checks, there could be a need to bypass the SSL certificate check.

Resolution:
Before the fix pack upgrade scripts update_*.bat|sh are run/re-run, set the following system environment variable:
impactbypasscertcheck=true

NOTE:
On Windows environments, make sure that after setting the environment variable, a new command window is open and confirming the "echo %impactbypasscertcheck%" command returns the value "true" before re-attempting to re-run the upgrade from that command window. On Unix environments, issue the following command, to confirm the property is set: echo $impactbypasscertcheck

Remove the environment variable "impactbypasscertcheck" after the upgrade has been completed!
NOI Inference Service can exceed its memory limit resulting in a pod restart

Symptom
When running under a heavy event load the Inference Service can exceed its memory limit resulting in a pod restart

Resolution
Scale the Inference Service to include 3 or more replicas. This will ensure that service is not impacted while one pod restarts
Refer to the following link, for the latest list of deprecated or disabled Impact 7.1.0 components:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6347586
And
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/7.1?topic=release-notes-tivoli-netcoolimpact

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Worldwide

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Product Synonym

Tivoli; Netcool;IMPACT;NOI

Problems (APARS) fixed
DT270002;DT270336;DT365475;DT379885;DT381158;DT381188;DT381253;DT381323;DT383168;DT386558;DT386638;DT387672;DT387773;DT387777;DT387778;DT387792;DT387799;DT387800;DT389223;DT389621;DT389763;DT390136;DT390137;DT390731;DT390734;DT390737;IJ49631;IJ50104;IJ50287;IJ50572;IJ50628;IJ50725;IJ50865;IJ50881;IJ50882;IJ50883;IJ50896

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