Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus_GUI 8.1.0 Fix Pack 5, 8.1.0-TIV-NCOMNIbus_GUI-FP0005

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Known issues and workaround
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Since 8.1.0.5 FP5
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alm00321730 / IV81898
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Short Description: LOCALIZED DOESN'T COPY OVER WHEN PERFORMING "COPY VIEW"

Summary:
Localized doesn't copy over when perform "Copy View". This issue is seen, when the following
scenario is performed:

1) Create a view and ticked Localized checkbox, save the new view.
2) Select the newly created view from step 1 and click "Copy" button.
3) Found that the copied view doesn't have Localized box checked.

Localized value should get copy over from existing view to new view.

Workaround:
After the copy is performed, edit the newly copied view and checkmark the Localized box.


alm00321911 / IV82600
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER SHOULD NOT DISPLAY ANY EVENT WHEN "NO EVENT DATA WAS RETRIEVED FROM DATA SOURCE" ERROR OCCURRED

Summary:
Event viewer should not display any event data when hitting error "No event data was retrieved from data source"
For example, consider the following scenario:

Ensure WebGUI connecting to Object Server. Open Event Viewer, verify events are loaded in EV
Shutdown object server and wait for Event viewer to auto refresh. 5) After the auto refresh,
following error message displayed which is expected:

HEMDP0121E : No event data was retrieved from data source 'NCOMS' for filter 'xyz.global'.
Recovery will be attempted automatically on the next refresh.

However, event viewer and Event Group did not empty when no data is retrieved.
Applied the same steps to AEL, AEL event list will become empty event when hitting "Datasource error"

Expected Behavior:
Event viewer and event group should become empty when no data is retrieved.

Workaround:
None available.


alm00321831 / IV82039
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER'S LOCK COLUMN SETTING CAUSE COLUMN TITLE GROWING HIGHER AFTER EACH AUTO REFRESH (IE ONLY)

Summary:
Event viewer Columns title Height growing higher after each auto refresh (IE Only) and only when Column Locking is enabled.

Workaround:
Using the Edit Event Viewer User Preference, uncheck/un-select/Turn Off Column Locking


alm00321903 / IV82602
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Short Description:[GRIDX] EVENT VIEWER & AEL HAVING ISSUE TO DISPLAY CUSTOM COLUMN TITLES WITH <SCRIPT>ALERT(123)</SCRIPT>

Summary:
The behavior of AEL and Event viewer to display custom column title is difference when using <script>alert(123)</script>.
The script injection didn't successfully executed but it will affect the columns title display.

Workaround:
None available


alm00321907 / IV82604
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Short Description:TROUBLESOME AUTHENTICATION POP OUT AFTER USER LOGOUT

Summary:
Issue happen when the following scenario is performed:

1) Login to WebGUI open an event viewer.
2) Without closing the event viewer, logout from DASH.
3) Found that sometime, a Authentication Required pop out after the logout, user need to either hit "Cancel" many times or key
in their User ID and password again in order to close the pop out.

Workaround:
Close all the spawned windows before logout.


alm00321909 / IV82605
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER GRIDX ISSUE AFTER LOCKED COLUMN - COLUMN NOT FULLY VISIBLE AFTER LEFT CLICK ON LEFT OR RIGHT MOST

Summary:
When selecting an Event Viewer, where the Column Locking function has been enabled, the half visible column on left
table edge beside the locked column does not makes the clicked column fully visible

Workaround:
Using the Edit Event Viewer User Preference, uncheck/un-select/Turn Off Column Locking



alm00322055 / IV82850
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER STATUS BAR SUMMARY INFORMATION DATASOURCES SHOULD DISPLAY DEFAULT OBJECT SERVER INFORMATION

Summary:
The Event Viewer Information Datasources should display Default Object Server information instead of "Unavailable", when the following scenario is performed:

1) Create a new custom page and add an Event Viewer to the page, save.
2) Verify that events displayed from default object server.
3) Check the Status bar -> Summary Information, Datasources display as "unavailable"

The Summary Information Datasources should display with default OS information when a new custom page created with Event viewer.

Workaround:
None available


alm00322093 / IV82908
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Short Description: SECURITY ISSUE: USER LOGIN FAIL WITH A FILE DOWNLOAD PROMPT

Summary:
This is a rare side effect of the security fix for APAR IV79452.
When user n. 1 logs off leaving applet dialogs (such as the AEL user preferences) open, if a second user shifts focus on any floating dialog before logging on, all dialogs and applets pertaining to the previous user will be destroyed (as expected), however the second user will not be able to log on right away: upon log on, the second user will be prompted to download a corrupted binary file, instead of being presented with the welcome screen.

Workaround:
In order to log on normally, the user simply needs to perform the following actions:

1) Dismiss the download dialog
2) Reload the log on page

Issues and Enhancements addressed in 8.1.0.5 FP5 and Netcool Operations Insight 1.4.0.1
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Enhancements
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alm00321602 / IV81638
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Short Description: NEW INTEGRATED EVENT SEARCH FEATURE IN WEB GUI BASE OFFERING

Summary:
The Event Viewer has been enhanced to provide an integrated
event search feature, via the pop-up information window. This
feature uses a server-side integration with IBM Operations
Analytics - Log Analysis in order to query for details of
historical events. Functionality includes:

- searching for an event by its Identifier
- searching for events by Node, AlertGroup, or AlertKey
- searching across different time ranges
- viewing the URL for the equivalent Log Analysis query
- launching into the Log Analysis system to perform further investigation


alm00321648 / IV81720
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Short Description: NEW LIGHTWEIGHT MAP FEATURES IN WEB GUI BASE OFFERING

Summary:
The non-Java (lightweight) map has been enhanced to provide
support for monitor boxes (histogram and lavalamp styles). These
have been updated with a new look and feel while allowing
customisation of displayed attributes.

Additionally, the lightweight map may also be displayed using
Smartpage commands (Maplet and FilterPage), in addition to being
launched by direct URL.

A new server initialisation setting has been added to set the
default rendering option for the map.

The lightweight map also supports the setting of a default
status color when no events match the filter associated with a
map element.

A new tooltip is configurable for the lightweight map which
displays the summary data for the focussed element. This
includes:

- Filter name and type
- Associated data source(s)
- Total number of events
- Highest and lowest severities
- Metric



Defects
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alm00320095 / IV78604
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Short Description: DUPLICATE EVENTDATASERVICE REQUEST DURING AEL STARTUP

Summary:
During startup, AEL will send double (duplicate) EventDataService request. This will cause unnecessary extra load and negative impact on high load system.


alm00320117 / IV78646
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Short Description: AEL TIMES OUT TRYING TO LOAD - POOR ROLE CHECKING

Summary:
Role validation for the logged-on user employs an obsolete framework that performs poorly under certain conditions,
e.g. when the communication between Web GUI and the Aggregation layer is not optimal.

In turn, this significantly slows down Web GUI. The performance issue is particularly noticeable in event lists,
e.g. AEL times out before retrieving its configuration from the back-end upon initialization, producing arbitrary glitches in its UI and making it unusable.


alm00320126 / IV78695
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Short Description: GRAPHICCONVERSIONS DIRECTORY SHOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED

Summary:
All Web GUI v810 upgrades to latest fix pack, without using FP4 or later, won't have the custom icons in the graphicconversions directory preserved.
The fix pack (FP5 or later) will use the backup from older fix pack (FP4 or later) to preserve these custom icons.


alm00320306 / IV78819
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Short Description: BACK END SERVER FILES CAN BE ACCESSED BY MANIPULATING THE RESNAME PARAMETER IN WEBGUI CLIENT URL

Summary:
After logging into WebGUI 8.1 GA, admin user is able to manipulate the web browser URL and access a file on the WebGUI server. This manipulation is not available to other user's roles.


alm00320370 / IV79059
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Short Description: INSERTING <SCRIPT> TAG IN WEBGUI TEXT BOXES CAUSES THE SCRIPT CODE TO BE EXECUTED AND RANDOM CODE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN

Summary:
here are 3 mild security issues fixed by this APAR:

* An arbitrary script injection in the menu pages, triggered by creating a faulty menu (only an administrator can trigger the issue)
* An arbitrary script injection in the System information page, triggered by creating a faulty data source (only an administrator can trigger the issue)
* An arbitrary script injection in any given event's properties (in Event Viewer)


alm00320465 / IV79190
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AFTER FAILOVER

Summary:
If WebGUI is configured with failover pair and if a user has the Event Viewer open, when WegGUI switches to failover OS, the Event Viewer may not
show all events (as it only performs a delta-update).


alm00320550 / IV79346
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Short Description: BAD ALIGNMENT IN TOOL PROMPT CONFIGURATION IF USING FIREFOX

Summary:
Bad alignment in Tool Prompt Configuration, it only happens in Firefox.


alm00320542 / IV79396
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Short Description: CLOSING AN EVENT VIEWER IS SLOWER THAN OPENING THE EV

Summary:
Closing an Event Viewer portlet page can take around 30% -40% longer than opening the same page.
The time difference is more significant during high number of alerts (e.g. 60000 alerts).


alm00320581 / IV79452
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Short Description: SESSION LOGOUT: JOURNAL UPDATE STILL AVAILABLE FOR NEW USER LOGIN AND WITH NETCOOL_RO ROLE

Summary:
New user login is still able to update the journal from an old session login if old login user doesn't close the Journal update screen at both event
viewer and AEL.


alm00320583 / IV79457
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Short Description: IV77515 FAIL IF BROWSER LOCALE NOT US_EN

Summary:
Doing a right mouse click on the Event Viewer, after performing a delete action, generates a http 404 error (if no alarm is selected). This only
happens if a non- US_EN local is used on either Internet Explorer or Firefox.


alm00320586 / IV79465
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Short Description: QUICK FILTER STRIP DIDN'T SHOW TIMESTAMP CORRECTLY

Summary:
The issue would surface if the client browser was used in different timezone, i.e. client in Malaysia, but the server in
United Kindom.


alm00320570 / IV79499
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Short Description: CUSTOM CONTEXT ROOT IN WEBGUI BREAKS THE DATASOURCE MENU

Summary:
WebGUI Datasource menu no longer works after assigning a custom context root during the JazzSM installation. The menu
doesn't display the current datasource configuration. User not able to test or create a new datasource configuration
using the datasource menu. For example, if user change the default context root of /ibm/console to /netcool the problem
listed above occurs.


alm00320630 / IV79569
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Short Description: WEBSPHERE ADMINISTRATOR AND OBJECTSERVER USER PASSWORDS ARE LEAKED IN WEB GUI INSTALLER LOGS

Summary:
The WebSphere administrator and ObjectServer passwords are leaked in the logs for Web GUI's configuration application
(ncwConfigUI), which may be optionally run at the end of installation, or any time after (to re-configure Web GUI).


alm00320636 / IV79589
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Short Description: UNABLE TO LDAP SYNCH WHEN USE NON-DEFAULT NODE VALUE DURING INSTALLATION

Summary:
In a setup where Web GUI is not installed in the default node, the synchronization of repository entities with the
ObjectServer will fail, thus leading to a large range of issues, potentially impacting on any usage requiring
group/role verification.


alm00320801 / IV79821
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Short Description: HEALTH ALERT JVM CAPACITY MEMORY MB NOT CORRECTLY TOTALLED

Summary:
When the max heap size for Jazz process is being set to 2048MB, the SM_JVM alerts Summary displays the memory usage
as a negative number (percentage of usage is good). And if the max is set to 4096MB, the same alert shows it as 0MB.


alm00320954 / IV79985
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Short Description: EXTERNAL PAM AUTHENTICATED OBJECTSERVER USERS PASSWORD CANNOT BE CHANGED ON WEBGUI

Summary:
After configuring external PAM authentication for the ObjectServer, the password for WebGUI users who are under PAM
authentication cannot be changed from WebGUI. However, password for users under ObjectServer authentication can still be
changed


alm00321288 / IV80822
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Short Description: CGI REALTIME OUTPUT

Summary:
CGI scripts returning "real-time" output, such as the server-side ping ("nco_ping.cgi") will not return their
output in real-time, and instead, return the full output only once the script execution completed.


alm00321297 / IV80884
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER USING DEFAULT FOR ORIENTATION AND TEXT DIRECTION INSTEAD OF LTR.

Summary:
List of reported issues covered by this APAR:-

1) Event Viewer display up/down scroll bar on the left side.
2) Resizing columns causes other column sizes to shrink while not doing anything with the column you are trying to resize.
3) Left-Clicking an event to select it, screen shifts to the opposite soft of the event row.
4) Left-Click on a row on the left column of an event the screen shifts to the columns to the right of the row
removing the column you clicked on.
5) Left-Click on a column on the right side the screen jumps to the far left column.
6) Column titles are sometimes are centred but most of the time are not centred or some are and some are not.


alm00321299 / IV80885
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Short Description: WHEN PERFORMING A RIGHT-CLICK ON AN EVENT WHICH HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED THE EVENT IS NOT SELECTED AS IT WAS WITH THE AEL

Summary:
In Event Viewer, when right click on non-selected event, event not automatically selected like AEL.


alm00321310 / IV80887
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Short Description: WHEN SELECTING EVENTS TO TAKE ACTION THE RIGHT-CLICK TAKES MORE THAN 4 SECONDS (TOO LONG) TO DISPLAY MENU

Summary:
When selecting events to take action the Right-Click menu takes more than 4 seconds to appear and it's depending on
the number of events selected. One selected event up to 5 seconds and 111 events took around 10 seconds.


alm00321325 / IV80911
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Short Description: SOMETIMES IN EV POPUP RIGHT CLICK SHOWS BROWSER TOOL, INSTEAD OF WEBGUI TOOL

Summary:
Loses focus and when user Right-Click an event, user end up seeing the standard windows options and not the product
Right-Click options for managing the events. The only way to resolve is to close the EV and reselect it.


alm00321328 / IV80913
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Short Description: SHIFT CLICK TO SELECT MULTIPLE EVENTS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED FONTS IN THE PAGE

Summary:
When selecting a group of events by clicking on the first event then doing a Shift+Left-Click, it selects the events
but also highlights the text as if you wanted to perform a copy/cut-paste function.


alm00321401 / IV81057
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Short Description: EVENT ROWS WRAPPING AND CAUSING LESS EVENTS PER PAGE AS SOME ROWS ARE 2 TO 4 LINES IN WIDTH

Summary:
The popup Event Viewer show wrapped text on overflow table cell. This is inconsistency with the on page Event Viewer
which the overflow text will be hidden instead of wrapped. The issue only happened on IE browser.


alm00321516 / IV81447
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Short Description: CERTIFICATE ISSUED WITH EVENT VIEWER OMNITOOL HAS EXPIRED

Summary:
User cannot run the OmniTool in IE due to expired certificate.


alm00321768 / IV81979
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Short Description: RFE_8102_5614 - FILTER REFRESH NOT WORKING AS EXPECTED IF REFRESH FOR MORE EVENTS

Summary:
When filter condition been updated on Browser A by user A, Browser B on the same filter was updated, but not all alerts
been listed in Event Viewer B compared to Event Viewer A.

The issue been identified caused by the StateChange filtering during refresh. The Event Viewer on Browser B
doesn't know if the filter have been changed in Browser A. Thus, the refresh request was sent as normal refresh with
timestamp parameter set. With the timestamp set, the query to object server, even though with the updated filter SQL
query, but been filtered with StateChange. So, not all alerts that match the filter been returned, because they
have been filtered by the StateChange.


alm00321847 / IV82134
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER ONLY: SESSION LOGOUT: JOURNAL UP STILL AVAILABLE FOR NEW USER LOGIN AND WITH NETCOOL_RO ROLE

Summary:
Popped out Event Viewer window, Alert Information window and Alert Journal window will automatically be closed when user logged out.



alm00321930 / IV82633
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Short Description: EVENT VIEWER ERROR WHEN VIEW RELATIONSHIP CONTAINS COLUMNS THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN OS.

Summary:
If a relationship is applied to the view of an Event Viewer and the relationship uses columns from one data source's
ObjectServer that do not exist in one or more of the data sources assigned to the Event Viewer, then the operator
cannot view any events in the Event Viewer.