IJ39804: DOCUMENTATION CHANGES REGARDING EFIX FOR WINDOWS 2016 DISCOVERY AT HTTPS://WWW.IBM.COM/DOCS/EN/TADDM/7.3.0?TOPIC=SENSORS-WINDOWS

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• In the Windows computer system sensor documentation at https://
  www.ibm.com/docs/en/taddm/7.3.0?topic=sensors-windows-computer-
  system-sensor, following prerequisite is present for Windows 201
  where customer need to request a efix before running discovery:
  
  
  "Windows Server 2016
  
  Due to a Powershell 5 issue, you must contact your IBM Support
  representative and request that a Powershell 5 eFix be applied,
  before attempting the discovery of a Windows Server 2016 without
  a gateway. Once this has been done, discovery of the Windows
  2016 server via direct SSH will function normally."
  
  
  This efix is only required if customer is at Fixpack-3. For
  subsequent TADDM fixpacks i.e., if customer is at Fixpack 4 or
  later, no such efix is required.
  
  
  Documentation changes are required to give this clarity to
  customer.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• In the Windows computer system sensor documentation at
  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/taddm/7.3.0?topic=sensors-windows-co
  mputer-system-sensor , following prerequisite is present for
  Windows 2016 discovery where customer need to request a efix
  before running discovery:
  
  "Windows Server 2016
  Due to a Powershell 5 issue, you must contact your IBM Support
  representative and request that a Powershell 5 eFix be applied,
  before attempting the discovery of a Windows Server 2016 without
  a gateway. Once this has been done, discovery of the Windows
  2016 server via direct SSH will function normally."
  
  This efix is only required if customer is at Fixpack-3. For
  subsequent TADDM fixpacks i.e., if customer is at Fixpack 4 or
  later, no such efix is required.
  
  Documentation changes are required to give this clarity to
  customer.
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages - documentation update as part of 7.3 fixpack 10
  
  Temporary fix
  
  The document at
  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/taddm/7.3.0?topic=sensors-windows-co
  mputer-system-sensor is updated as below:
  "Windows Server 2016
  For TADDM 7.3.0.3, due to a Powershell 5 issue, you must contact
  your IBM Support representative and request that a Powershell 5
  eFix be applied, before attempting the discovery of a Windows
  Server 2016 without a gateway. Once this has been done,
  discovery of the Windows 2016 server via direct SSH will
  function normally.
  

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

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