HP Operations Smart Plug-in for IBM WebSphere Application Server Release Notes

for HP Operations Manager for HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris

Software version: 7.04

Publication date: November 2010

This document provides an overview of the changes made to HP Operations Smart Plug-in for IBM WebSphere Application Server (WebSphere SPI) version 7.04. It contains important information not included in the manuals or in online help. This document contains information about WebSphere SPI on HPOM for HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris. The WebSphere SPI version 7.04 is a patch release. You can download the patches from the following URL: http://support/openview.hp.com/selfsolve.patches. You can find information about the following in this document:

What's New in This Release?
Installation Notes

Upgrade Notes
Enhancements and Fixes
Known Problem, Limitations, and Workarounds

Documentation Updates
Local Language Support

Support
Legal Notices

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What's New in This Release?

HP Operations Smart Plug-in for IBM WebSphere Application Server (WebSphere SPI) integrates with the HP Operations Manager version 9.10 for the following operating systems:

The WebSphere SPI supports the HPOM version 8.xx for the Windows operating system.

This version of the WebSphere SPI enables support for OMi 9.0.

This version of WebSphere SPI supports the new instance-based licensing. In addition, it continues to support tier-based licensing. The following table lists the License numbers and corresponding descriptions of the licenses required for WebSphere SPI:

License Number
License Description
TB077AA/TB077AAE
HP Ops SPI WebSphere AS Inst A SW LTU/ E-LTU
TB078AA/TB078AAE
HP Ops SPI WebSphere Inst A NP FO SW LTU/ E-LTU
TB079AA/TB079AAE
HP Ops SPI WebSphere Inst A NP DV SW LTU/ E-LTU
BB173ZA/BB173ZAE
HP Ops Target Connector WebSphere AS SW LTU/ E-LTU

To obtain the license keys, go to the HP License Key Delivery Service: https://webware.hp.com/welcome.asp. To check for recent documents, go to the following web site: http://h20230.www2.hp.com/selfsolve/manuals.

Installation Notes

Instructions to install a patch are available in the patch text.

Installation requirements and instructions for installing the WebSphere SPI, are documented in the Installation and Configuration Guide for HP Operations Smart Plug-in for IBM WebSphere Application Server provided in PDF (* .pdf ) format.

Support Matrix

You can find the Support Matrix for this product that lists all software and hardware requirements at this location: http://support.openview.hp.com/selfsolve/document/KM323488.

Note: Most of the support areas require that you register as an HP Passport user and sign in. Many also require an active support contract. To find more information about support access levels, go to: Access levels.

To register for an HP Passport ID, go to: HP Passport Registration.

 

Upgrade Notes

Note the following when you plan to install the WebSphere SPI 7.04 on HPOM 9.0x or 9.10:

Enhancements and Fixes

To display details about each software enhancement or fix, click the reference number link to go to the HP Software Support web site. The first time you click a link, you must enter your HP passport information. To set up your passport profile, go to: HP Support.

Enhancements

QCCR1A112970: Enhance WebSphere SPI to support WebSphere Portal Servers.

QCCR1A101543: Enhance WebSphere SPI to discover WebSphere on Hypervisor Edition.

Fixes

QCCR1A105280: Enable WebSphere SPI 7.00 to work with OMi 9.0.

QCCR1A107795: The script wasspi_perl_su fails on AIX node.

QCCR1A107796: The files ovosysdetect_WBSSPI.pl and ovosysdetect_WBSSPIRemote.pl fail to execute on AIX nodes.

QCCR1A107797: Logfile match rules are incorrect for WebSphere Text Logs 7.x policy.

QCCR1A108345: Config.pm and Domain.pm bundled with WASSPIs conflict with SI SPI.

QCCR1A110083: The WebSphere SPI 7.x does not support instance-based licensing.

QCCR1A112923: SiteConfig does not get deployed on the nodes in Clustered Management Server.

QCCR1A114453: Metric 0001 alert does not work as expected.

Known Problems, Limitations, and Workarounds

This release contains the following unresolved problems. Workarounds are provided wherever applicable.

HP-UX, Linux and Solaris

Documentation Updates

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Local Language Support

The SPI installers obtain the HPOM for UNIX locale from the ctrl.env namespace before proceeding with the SPI installation. Verify if the namespace has been set using the following command:

# /opt/OV/bin/ovconfget ctrl.env LANG

If the ctrl.env namespace is not set by the HPOM, run the following command on the HPOM Server before starting the SPI installation:

# ovconfchg -ns ctrl.env -set LANG <HPOM locale> . In this instance, <HPOM locale> can be C, ja_JP, ko_KR, or zh_CN.

Example: ovconfchg -ns ctrl.env -set LANG ja_JP

Depending on the <HPOM locale> value, the LANG variable in the ctrl.env namespace will be set to C.utf8, ja_JP.utf8, ko_KR.utf8, or zh_CN.utf8.

HP Software Support

This web site provides contact information and details about the products, services, and support that HP Software offers. For more information, visit the HP Support web site at: HP Software Support Online.

HP Software support provides customer self-solve capabilities. It provides a fast and efficient way to access interactive technical support tools needed to manage your business. As a valued support customer, you can benefit by being able to:

To access the Self-solve knowledge base, visit the Self-solve knowledge search home page.

Note: Most of the support areas require that you register as an HP Passport user and sign in. Many also require an active support contract. To find more information about support access levels, go to: Access levels.

To register for an HP Passport ID, go to: HP Passport Registration.

 

Legal Notices

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