IC81449: Director 6.2 on AIX 6.1 installation script causing a failure due to TPC using port 19510

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Users can not cleanly install IBM Systems Director
  Common Agent on AIX when there's another agent installed (like
  TPM). This happens with both IBM Systems Director 6.x and IBM
  Systems Director CAS Agent 6.x, because
  DirectorCommonAgent.pre_i script has the following syntax when
  validating if ports 9510, 9514 or 9515 are in use:
  
  
  if [ `netstat -an | grep LISTEN | egrep -c
  "9510|9514|9515"` -gt 0 ];then
  
  But with the script above, if TPM agent is running on ports
  19510, 19514 and 19515,  which shouldn't cause installation
  failures,  grep still returns a value > 0, thus causing the CA
  installation to fail unexpectedly.
  
  This validation should use the following syntax with -w instead
  to correctly check for 9510, 9514 and 9515 and avoid returning
  port values like 19510.
  
  if [ `netstat -an | grep LISTEN | egrep -cw
  "9510|9514|9515"` -gt 0 ];then
  

Local fix

• To circumvent this port conflict, users can
  temporarily stop the TPM agent, while installing the IBM System
  Director components.
  

Problem summary

• Users can not cleanly install IBM Systems Director Common Agent
  on AIX when there's another agent installed (like TPM). This
  happens with both IBM Systems Director 6.x and IBM Systems
  Director CAS Agent 6.x, because DirectorCommonAgent.pre_i script
  has the following syntax when validating if ports 9510, 9514 or
  9515 are in use:
  
  
  if [ `netstat -an | grep LISTEN | egrep -c
  "9510|9514|9515"` -gt 0 ];then
  
  But with the script above, if TPM agent is running on ports
  19510, 19514 and 19515,  which shouldn't cause installation
  failures,  grep still returns a value > 0, thus causing the CA
  installation to fail unexpectedly.
  
  This validation should use the following syntax with -w instead
  to correctly check for 9510, 9514 and 9515 and avoid returning
  port values like 19510.
  
  
  if [ `netstat -an | grep LISTEN | egrep -cw
  "9510|9514|9515"` -gt 0 ];then
  
  This issue will be fixed in the next release of IBM Systems
  Director.
  
  Platforms:
  IBM AIX
  
  Versions:
  IBM Systems Director 6.x, IBM Systems Director CAS Agent 6.x
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is included in IBM System Director update
  6.3.2.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY

     UP

• R611 PSY

     UP

• R612 PSY

     UP

• R620 PSY

     UP

• R621 PSY

     UP

• R630 PSY

     UP