PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX Reference Information

PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX APARs

IBM® Support provides interim fixes for issues that are discovered after delivering PowerHA SystemMirror to the client site. You can apply these APARs after the interim fix bundles are applied for the version level of AIX and PowerHA SystemMirror in your environment.

PowerHA SystemMirror Migration

The following table lists the supported versions of PowerHA SystemMirror versions to which you can upgrade from your current version of PowerHA SystemMirror. You can use any of the following upgrade methods for PowerHA SystemMirror migration: non-disruptive upgrade, rolling upgrade, snapshot upgrade, and offline upgrade:

Table 1. PowerHA SystemMirror Migration
Current® version of PowerHA SystemMirror	Supported version of PowerHA SystemMirror
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.1.3	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.0 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.1 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.2
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.0	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.1 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.2 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.3
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.1	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.2 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.3 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.4
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.2	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.3 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.4 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.5
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.3	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.4 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.5 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.6
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.4	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.5 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.6 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.7
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.5	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.6 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.7 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.8
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.6	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.7 PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.8
PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.7	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.8

If you have an installation of PowerHA SystemMirror Version 6.1, you must first upgrade to one of the following PowerHA SystemMirror versions by using snapshot upgrade or an offline upgrade method of migration:

Version 7.1.3
Version 7.2.0
Version 7.2.1

Alternately, you can uninstall PowerHA SystemMirror Version 6.1 and reinstall the PowerHA SystemMirror version that you want. You can then reconfigure the cluster by recreating it by using CLI or SMIT panels. The PowerHA SystemMirror resources such as service IP addresses, volume group, file systems, and application scripts, exist in the LPARs, and the resources can easily be rediscovered during the reconfiguration process.

For instructions, see Migrating from PowerHA SystemMirror 6.1 to PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1.3 or PowerHA SystemMirror 7.2.0.

PowerHA SystemMirror APARs

The following table lists the applicable APARs for the PowerHA SystemMirror base version and service packs. You can also access IBM support documents for the APARs that are listed for each selection.

Table 2. PowerHA SystemMirror APARs
PowerHA SystemMirror Version	GA Level	SP1	SP2	SP3	SP4	SP5	SP6	SP7	SP8	SP9
7.2.8	Not applicable	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
7.2.7	IJ45661 IJ45671 IJ45672 IJ45674 IJ46673 IJ46718 IJ46729	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
7.2.6	IJ39953	IJ41761	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
7.2.5	IJ45661 IJ31615 IJ31029 IJ31527 IJ32129 IJ32812	IJ33580	IJ37642	Not applicable	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
7.2.4	IJ22962 IJ22408 IJ22414		IJ27726 IJ26744 IJ27014 IJ29044 IJ32037 IJ31564 IJ29259	Not applicable³	IJ37672 IJ34869	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2.3	IJ15739 IJ16400	IJ22961 IJ21442	IJ22961 IJ21442	IJ21521 IJ22961 IJ21442	IJ27725 IJ25482 IJ30405 IJ30406	Not applicable³	IJ37673 IJ34870	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2.2⁴	IJ06294 IJ05174 IJ04983 IJ06263 IJ03830 IJ03357 IJ10601 IJ08513 IJ05174	IJ10601 IJ08513	IJ10601	IJ22627 IJ22407	IJ22627 IJ23563 IJ22407	IJ26743 IJ26788	Not applicable³	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2.1⁴	IV95162 IV93776 IV94160 IV95135 IV95125 IV95091 IV98327 IJ02962 IJ09170 IJ08512 IV99104	IV99325 IJ04309 IV98910 IJ02337 IJ02962 IV95091 IV98327 IJ09170 IJ08512 IV99104	IJ04853 IJ04309 IJ02337 IJ02962 IJ04950 IJ09170 IJ08512 IV99104	IJ04950 IJ09170 IJ08512	IJ09170	IJ22960	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2.0 ⁴	IV93538 IJ15885	IV93538 IV94565 IV96579 IJ15885	IV94530 IV94525 IV92691 IV92688 IV93538 IV93706 IV94565 IV96579 IV96095 IJ15885	IV96579 IV98734 IV99435 IJ15885	IJ05972 IJ03803 IJ04982 IJ03829 IJ15885	IJ05972 IJ15885	Not applicable ³	Not applicable ³	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.1.3 ⁴	Not listed ¹	Not listed ¹	Not listed ¹	Not listed ¹	IV99428	IV77161 IV83760 IV86812 IV99428 IV96116	IV92354 IV91591 IV90265 IV91681 IV99428 IV96116	IV99428 IV98733	IJ07360	IJ07360

¹ Not listed: Many interim fix bundles are applicable. For more information about applicable interim fix bundles, see Fix Central.
² Not available: These interim fixes are available in later service packs.
³ Not applicable: Critical APARs are not applicable for this service pack.
⁴ Not Supported: These PowerHA SystemMirror versions are on End of Support (EOS).

AIX APARs

The following table lists the applicable APARs for the AIX releases and service packs:

Note: If you are installing PowerHA SystemMirror or applying PowerHA SystemMirror service packs on the following AIX releases, you might encounter fileset commit errors:

AIX 7.2 TL4
AIX 7.2 TL4 SP1

If you encounter fileset commit errors, you can manually commit filesets by using the install -c command. To avoid fileset commit errors, you must install APAR IJ23122.

Note: For more information about AIX Security APARs, see IBM Security APAR Information page.

Table 3. AIX Related APARs
AIX Release	SP1	SP2	SP3	SP4	SP5	SP6	SP7	SP8	SP9	SP10	SP11
7.2 TL05	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
7.2 TL04	IJ22296 IJ22249 IJ22253	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2 TL03	IJ21468 IJ15128 IJ17503 IJ19728 IJ20613	IJ21468 IJ15128 IJ17503 IJ19728 IJ20613	IJ21468 IJ15128 IJ17503 IJ19728 IJ20613	IJ17503 IJ19728 IJ20613	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2 TL02	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ09670 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609 IJ02843 IJ04268 IJ05079 IJ06703 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ07506	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ09670 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609 IJ04268	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609	IJ21267 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2 TL01	IJ15128 IV90485 IV91020 IJ04267 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IV90485 IJ04267 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04267 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04267 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	Not applicable ³	Not applicable ³	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.2 TL00	IJ15128 IV90451 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IV90451 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IV90451 IV97266 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.1 TL05	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ09670 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609 IJ02843 IJ04266 IJ05079 IJ06703 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ07506	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ09670 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609 IJ04266	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ09670 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ13067 IJ16923 IJ20609	IJ22295 IJ15128 IJ21267 IJ20609	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.1 TL04	IJ15128 IV90451 IV90451 IV90451 IJ04512 IJ04512 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04512 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IV90451 IV91019 IJ04512 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IV90451 IJ04512 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04512 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04512 IJ04252 IJ06118 IJ03871	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²	Not available ²
7.1 TL03	Not listed ¹	Not listed ¹	Not listed ¹	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	Not available ²	Not available ²
6.1 TL09 ⁴	Not applicable ³⁶	Not listed ¹	Not listed ¹	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IV91004 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ06118 IJ04279 IJ03871	IJ15128 IV97148 IJ04279 IJ06118 IJ03871	IJ15128 IJ04279 IJ06118 IJ03871

¹ Not listed: Many interim fix bundles are applicable. For more information about applicable interim fix bundles, see Fix Central.
² Not available: These interim fixes are available in later service packs.
³ Not applicable: Critical APARs are not applicable for this service pack.
⁴ Not Supported: These AIX versions are on End of Support (EOS).

AIX Version Compatibility Matrix

The following table provides information about the minimum AIX version that is supported for PowerHA SystemMirror versions.

Table 4. PowerHA SystemMirror Compatibility Matrix
PowerHA SystemMirror Version	End of Support date	Minimum AIX versions with service pack levels that are supported	Additional information
7.2.8	4/30/2027 (estimated)	AIX 7.3 TL0 SP4 AIX 7.3 TL1 SP2 AIX 7.3 TL2 SP1 AIX 7.2 TL4 SP6 AIX 7.2 TL5 SP6 AIX 7.1 TL5 SP12	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.8 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes®
7.2.7	4/30/2026 (estimated)	AIX 7.3 AIX 7.2 TL1 AIX 7.2 TL2 AIX 7.2 TL3 AIX 7.2 TL4 AIX 7.2 TL5 AIX 7.1 TL5	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.7 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.2.6	4/30/2025 (estimated)	AIX 7.3 AIX 7.2 TL1 AIX 7.2 TL2 AIX 7.2 TL3 AIX 7.2 TL4 AIX 7.2 TL5 AIX 7.1 TL5	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.6 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.2.5	4/30/2024 (estimated)	AIX 7.2 TL4 AIX 7.2 TL5 AIX 7.1 TL5	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.5 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.2.4	4/30/2023 (estimated)	AIX 7.1 TL4 AIX 7.1 TL5 AIX 7.2 TL1 AIX 7.2 TL2 AIX 7.2 TL3 AIX 7.2 TL4	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.4 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.2.3	4/30/2022	AIX 7.1 TL4 AIX 7.1 TL5 AIX 7.2 AIX 7.2 TL1 AIX 7.2 TL2 AIX 7.2 TL3 AIX 7.2 TL4	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.3 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.2.2	4/30/2021	AIX 7.1 TL4 AIX 7.1 TL5 AIX 7.2 AIX 7.2 TL1 AIX 7.2 TL2 AIX 7.2 TL3 AIX 7.2 TL4	Later versions and service pack levels of AIX are recommended. However, 7.1.3 is also supported. PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.2 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.2.1	4/30/2020	AIX 7.1 TL3 SP6 AIX 7.1 TL4 SP1 AIX 7.2 SP1	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2.1 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.2.0	4/30/2019	AIX 6.1 TL9 SP5 AIX 7.1 TL3 SP5 AIX 7.1 TL4 SP1 AIX 7.2 SP1	PowerHA SystemMirror Version 7.2 for AIX Standard Edition Release Notes
7.1.3	4/30/2018	AIX 6.1 TL9 SP1 AIX 7.1 TL3 SP1	AIX 7 with Technology Level 3 Release Notes
7.1.2	4/30/2016	AIX 6.1 TL8 SP1 AIX 7.1 TL2 SP1	HyperSwap® requires APAR IV27586 AIX 7 with Technology Level 2 Release notes
7.1.1	4/30/2015	AIX 6.1 TL 7 with SP 2 AIX 7.1 TL1 with SP2	AIX Version 7.1 Release Notes
7.1.0	9/30/2014	AIX 6.1 TL 6 AIX 7.1	AIX Version 7.1 Release Notes
6.1	4/30/2015 (Extended Support Option - 4/30/2018)	AIX 5.3 TL 9 AIX 6.1 TL2 SP1 AIX 7.1	AIX 5.3 or later AIX 6.1 or later Older AIX Versions Release Notes

Note: AIX versions with service pack levels that are listed in the table are tested at the time of the PowerHA SystemMirror Technological Level (TL) release. To check the AIX levels supported by the latest Service Packs, please refer to the README section on the Fix Central website.