Instructions for installing the ESS Red Hat Linux systemd update

This topic provides instructions for installing the Red Hat Linux systemd update for ESS.

It is highly recommended to limit errata updates applied to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system used in the ESS solution to security errata or errata updates requested by service. For more information visit Red Hat's solution article on applying only security updates: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/10021.

Start of changePerform the following steps to prepare for installation of the ESS Red Hat Linux systemd update. This example shows systemd update (RHBA-2017:1311) provided in the /home/deploy directory of the EMS node when shipped from factory. For more information, see https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2017:1311.End of change

Start of changeThe following packages are provided in systemd-RHBA-2017-1311-73-BE.tar.gz:
systemd-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-devel-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-debuginfo-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-journal-gateway-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-libs-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-networkd-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-python-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-resolved-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
systemd-sysv-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
libgudev1-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
libgudev1-devel-219-30.el7_3.9.ppc64.rpm
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  1. Copy the tarball to the /var/tmp directory.
  2. Extract the tarball using one of the following commands.
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    $ tar -zxvf systemd-RHBA-2017-1311-73-BE.tar.gz
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    $ cd /tmp/systemd/RHBA-2017-1311-BE 
$ createrepo .
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  4. Install the systemd update RPMs.
    Note: Before issuing the yum -y install command, ensure that any Red Hat Network subscriptions are disabled.
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    $ cd /tmp/systemd/RHBA-2017-1311-BE 
$ yum -y install *rpm
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  5. After doing these steps, return to the corresponding install or upgrade task. For more information, see Install the ESS system and Upgrade the ESS system.
Note: This update needs to be performed on every node in the building block including the management server node. Restarting IBM Spectrum Scale on the updated nodes is not required.