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GeneRK4
PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:58 am    Post subject: How to find APARs installed in our broker? Reply with quote

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I want to find the latest fixpacks and interim fixpacks installed in broker.

I tried executing mqsiservice -v.But this is not helping because it is producing only the below details,
BIPmsgs en_US
Console CCSID=1208, ICU CCSID=1208
Default codepage=UTF-8, in ascii=UTF-8
JAVA console codepage name=UTF-8

BIP8996I: Version: 8002
BIP8997I: Product: WebSphere Message Broker
BIP8998I: CMVC Level: S800-FP02
BIP8999I: Build Type: Production, 64 bit, amd64_linux_2


I have two brokers in which one has an interim fix "IC94898" and the other does not have it.Only this is the difference between these two brokers.
But mqsiservice -v command shows the same results for both the brokers.Please help me to find out the fixes applied in broker..
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JosephGramig
PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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GeneRK4,

Unfortunately, the WMB administrators must manually keep track of what interim fixes they apply to which installs (in a maintenance log in addition to your change control system). It is critical that this be done as you may need to undo an interim fix before applying maintenance or upgrading.
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ghoshly
PostPosted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:23 pm    Post subject: Candidate for RFE ? Reply with quote

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Can this be a candidate RFE for mqsiservice extension ?
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Vitor
PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:37 am    Post subject: Re: Candidate for RFE ? Reply with quote

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ghoshly wrote:
Can this be a candidate RFE for mqsiservice extension ?


Thank you for volunteering to create the RFE!
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GeneRK4
PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I have created an RFE for this now..
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=46506
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martinb
PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Recent APAR test fixes are provided with the "mqsifixinst" script.

If you use this fix installer to install you APAR test fixes, will it automate backup and install, allow rollback, and detect and prevent possible clashing APARs, since it maintains a list of what installed files are updated by which applies APARs.

Additionally, provided you are at a high enough fixpack level, "mqsiservice -v" has been enhanced to provide the additional information of the form:

BIP8980I: Fix ID: 8.0.0.3-WS-MB-platform-TFaannnn

or

BIP8980I: Fix ID: 9.0.0.1-IIB-platform-TFaannnn




Prior to using this approach the only why to confirm an APAR test fix is applied is to refer to the APAR readme and get the details of the files updated and check those in your install.
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GeneRK4
PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 5:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The details I got from the RFE raised :-

We have made some recent enhancements to our fix delivery process.

Firstly all fixes you receive will now contain an installer script called "mqsifixinst" which helps you to install the fix. This script also takes backups of replaced files so that you can use the script to backout fixes if required. In addition this script also places meta-data about installed fixes inside the broker installation directory.

From 8.0.0.3 onwards the "mqsiservice -v" command has been enhanced to read this meta-data and report fixes installed on the current broker installation. For example:

BIPmsgs en_GB
Console CCSID=1208, ICU CCSID=1208
Default codepage=UTF-8, in ascii=UTF-8
JAVA console codepage name=UTF-8

BIP8996I: Version: 8003
BIP8997I: Product: WebSphere Message Broker
BIP8998I: CMVC Level: S800-FP03
BIP8999I: Build Type: Production, 64 bit, amd64_linux_2
BIP8980I: Fix ID: 8.0.0.3-WS-MB-LinuxX64-TFP42988
BIP8980I: Fix ID: 8.0.0.3-WS-MB-LinuxX64-TFP20062
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