Fix readme for 1.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-IFIT18037

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Fix: 1.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-IFIT18037
Date: November 23, 2016
Build: 20161117-1817

Component:

IBM MessageSight 1.2.0.3 Cumulative Interim Fix

(Note: all MessageSight 1.2.x ifixes are cumulative -- every build includes all fixes back to the first 1.2.0.0 release of the product.)

Platforms:

Platform	md5sum	File
Physical appliance	04aa1e73645b948ce38f00e2f64b634a	1.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-Physical-IFIT18037.scrypt2
SoftLayer BareMetal	04a8fc997377be06a32a75b9d237d442	1.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-BareMetal-IFIT18037.scrypt2
SoftLayer Virtual Server	e289ebf7e141323ff5f514ce1875b2e7	1.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-SoftLayerVirtual-IFIT18037.scrypt2
Virtual Edition	1ea13f76f2bfab3af67ffa9bb3cf46e4	1.2.0.3-IBM-IMA-VirtualEdition-IFIT18037.scrypt2

APARs fixed in this build:

APAR	Description
IT18037	Update Liberty for CVE-2016-5983
IT18064	Possible memory corruption in connection monitoring

Before you install:

We recommend performing a backup before upgrading the firmware:

Backup and restore

Installing the fix:

If you are upgrading from a previous version of MessageSight (ie, 1.x), see the Knowledge Center instructions here:

Upgrading

For updating the same major version of a MessageSight appliance, see Knowledge Center instructions here:

Changing the IBM MessageSight firmware level

If your appliances are setup in a high availability configuration, see the specific chapter in this section for the correct order to upgrade your appliances in this setup.

The quick version of these directions for a stand-alone appliance is:

1) connect to your appliance console:

ssh <username>@<appliance_network_address>

eg:

ssh admin@appliance.mydomain.com

2) Transfer the firmware file to your appliance:

file get <network_url>

3) Put the appliance into maintenance mode:

imaserver runmode maintenance
imaserver stop
imaserver start

4) Perform the upgrade:

firmware upgrade <image_file>

Eg:

firmware upgrade rel_bedrock.scrypt2

5) After the reboot, connect to the webui console normally and the webui will ask you to accept the license.

Starting with 1.2.0-IBM-IMA-FP0003, you can accept the license from the command line by issuing:

imaserver set AcceptLicense

Verifying the installation:

The firmware upgrade installer does a number of things to verify the firmware before upgrading, so if the firmware upgrade process indicates that it completed successfully before rebooting, the install should be successful.

You can verify the new version by running the following command at the command line console:

show imaserver

You can check to make sure imaserver started after installation by doing:

status imaserver

and checking the output.

Uninstalling the fix:

You can rollback the firmware upgrade from the console using the following command:

firmware rollback

This will rollback to the previously installed version. There are more details in this document.