APAR Fix List - IBM Spectrum Control v5.4.x

Question & Answer

Question

What APAR fixes are included in the IBM Spectrum Control v5.4.x maintenance releases? This information covers all licensed variations.

For the APAR fixes that are included in updates to IBM Storage Insights, go to: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6515658

Answer

5.4.10.2 / 3Q 2023

5.4.10.2

Availability: 2023 October 06 (5.4.10.2-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.10.2

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT44581	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-2650		Yes
IT44582	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-28867		Yes
IT44583	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-2597		Yes
IT44584	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30584, CVE-2023-30587		Yes
IT44634	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR IBM X-FORCE ID 240628		Yes
IT44635	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-36374, CVE-2020-1945, CVE-2012-2098, CVE-2020-11979, 2021-36373		Yes
IT44655	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2014-3577, CVE-2020-13956, CVE-2015-5262		Yes
IT44656	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-25881		Yes

5.4.10.1 / 2Q 2023

5.4.10.1

Availability: 2023 June 23 (5.4.10.1-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.10.1

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT43920	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-46161		Yes
IT43938	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-4304, CVE-2023-0215, CVE-2023-0286		Yes
IT43939	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-46364		Yes
IT43940	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-4450, CVE-2023-0216, CVE-2023-0401, CVE-2022-4203, CVE-2023-0217		Yes
IT43942	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-25194		Yes
IT43961	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-34917		Yes
IT43962	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-24807		Yes
IT43963	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-24998		Yes
IT43964	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-26464		Yes
IT43966	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-1415		Yes
IT43967	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-41966		Yes
IT43455	DATA COLLECTOR FAILS TO INSTALL AS A SERVICE ON ORACLE LINUX
IT43424	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL WEB UI DOES NOT LOAD. INSTEAD THE BROWSER GETS STUCK IN LOADING.
IT43375	SPECTRUM CONTROL DOESN'T SHOW ANY PERFORMANCE DATA FOR THE INTER-SWITCH CONNECTION TYPE = ISL TRUNK
IT42757	BROCADE N_PORT VIRTUALIZER (NPV) SWITCHES, MONITORED THROUGH BNA SHOW STATUS NEVER PROBED EVEN IF THE PROBES ARE RUNNING FINE.
IT42463	PROBES FAIL FOR BROCADE SWITCHES MANAGED BY CIMOM IF THE CIMOM CHANGES ITS CREDENTIALS OR IT IS TEMPORARILY DOWN
IT42298	SPECTRUM CONTROL PRIORITISES DOMAIN USER WITHOUT PERMISSIONS OVER LOCAL USER WITH PERMISSIONS
IT42346	ADD DEVICE TASK NOTIFICATION DOES NOT IDENTIFY THE DEVICE
IT40401	ALERT DEFINITIONS IN POLICY NAME DIDN'T SHOW SAME NAME AS IN ALERT DEFINITIONS IN EDIT MODE.
IT41995	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL PROBE JOB LOGS OF BROCADE SWITCHES DEFAULT TO THE SUMMARY JOB LOG VS. THE VERBOSE JOB LOG
IT41760	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL INSTALLER FAILS INSTALLATION AS ERRORS OCCUR DURING INSTALL: NO SSL CERTIFICATES WERE GENERATED

5.4.10.x / 1Q 2023

5.4.10

Availability: 2023 Mar 02 (5.4.10-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.10

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT43196	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2014-0002, CVE-2017-12633 CVE-2015-0264, CVE-2015-5344, CVE-2015-0263, CVE-2013-4330		Yes
IT43197	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2015-3253, CVE-2016-6814, CVE-2020-17521		Yes
IT43198	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2018-1000632		Yes
IT42900	INSTALLING SPECTRUM CONTROL 5.4.9 ON AIX 7.2 FAILED WITH ERROR BPCIN0336E
IT42637	VMAXS HAVE BEEN MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION, OLD AND NEW IP'S ARE STILL VIEWED ON GUI
IT37250	THE FLASHSYSTEM 5200 IS REPORTED IN SPECTRUM CONTROL GUI AS 2072 INSTEAD OF 4662
IT42610	THE ALERTS CONFIGURED WITH NOTIFICATION FREQUENCY "SEND ONCE" WILL BE SEND EACH TIME THE ALERT SERVER IS RESTARTED.

5.4.9.x / 4Q 2022

5.4.9

Availability: 2022 Dec 15 (5.4.9-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.9

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT42572	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-38391		Yes
IT42581	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-39353		Yes
IT42612	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-21628, CVE-2022-21626 CVE-2022-21618, CVE-2022-39399,CVE-2022-21624,CVE-2022-21619		Yes
IT42576	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-34165, CVE-2022-22476,CVE-2022-24839		Yes
IT42626	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-42003, CVE-2022-42004		Yes
IT42256	TEST CONNECTION ALWAYS REPORTS SUCCESS FOR BROCADE REST API SWITCHES
IT41982	FS7200 8.5.2.0 CODE LEVEL IS NOT SUPPORTED FOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING IN SPECTRUM CONTROL
IT41842	UPGRADING TO SPECTRUM CONTROL 5.4.7 MAY HANG AT 26% DURING DATABASE REPOSITORY UPGRADE STEP
IT41808	ENHANCE SPECTRUM CONTROL TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE AND MANAGE GAPFILEAUTO IDS WITHOUT MANUAL INTERVENTION
IT41326	SPECTRUM CONTROL FAILS TO EXPORT PERFORMANCE OLDER THAN 2 WEEKS.
IT41327	SPECTRUM CONTROL UPGRADE FAILS WITH ERROR-BPCIN0108E AN ERROR OCCURRED DURING THE UPGRADE OF THE DATABASE REPOSITORY
IT41958	DB2 LOG FULL AFTER DELETING SEVERAL STORAGES FROM IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL
IT41588	STORAGE SYSTEM PROBE MAY FAIL IN SPECTRUM CONTROL WITH ERROR BTADS0113E AND "PORT STATUS IS NULL"
IT41174	SPECTRUM CONTROL FAILED TO COLLECT DATA FROM ISL PORTS ON SWITCH
IT40466	CUSTOM LOGIN TEXT LOST AFTER SPECTRUM CONTROL UPGRADE
IT39061	THE OPTION -RESTYPES VOLUMES FROM SPECTRUM CONTROL SCRIPT EXPORT PERFORMANCE DATA FAILED FOR FLASHSYSTEMS.
IT39033	EXPORTPERFORMANCEDATA.BAT CREATES AN INCORRECT OUTPUT FILE.
IT37109	TIER ANALYSIS DISPLAY DOES NOT DISPLAY COLUMNS CORRECTLY
IT33984	DB2DIAG.LOG IN DB2 FOLDER: DB2DUMP IS INCREASING FILE SIZE DAY BY DAY
IT38704	UNABLE TO ADD BROCADE SWITCHES WITH REST API
IT41607	LDAP AUTHENTICATION IN SPECTRUM CONTROL MAY FAIL WITH ERROR: POS SIBLE PARTIAL SEARCH RESULTS FROM REMOTE LDAP SERVER
IT37829	THE PROBE FAILES DUE TO NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION FOR BROCADE SWITCH
IT29690	METRICS NAMES ARE GARBLED WHEN PERFORMANCE DATA REPORTS ARE EXPORTED IN CSV, WITH JAPANESE LOCALE
IT42512	JAVA.LANG.NOCLASSDEFFOUNDERROR: COM.IBM.LOGGING.ILOGGER WHEN TRYING TO SEND TEC/ALERT EVENTS TO OMNIBUS/NETCOOL
IT42522	FAILURE TO ADD AN IBM FLASHSYSTEM 7200 FOR MONITORING TO SPECTRUM CONTROL USING SSH PSK
IT42495	THE SPECTRUM CONTROL PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION MAY FAIL FOR FLASHSYSTEM 7300
IT42432	INCORRECT FABRIC PROBE HANDLING FOR BROCADE SWITCHES WITH WWNS THAT CONTAIN THE OUI VALUE '38BAB0'
IT33983	SPECTRUM CONTROL UPGRADE FAILS WITH JAVA.LANG.OUTOFMEMORYERROR:JAVA HEAP SPACE

5.4.8.x / 3Q 2022

Availability: 2022 Sep 22 (5.4.8.1-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.8.1

Availability: 2022 Aug 18 (5.4.8-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.8

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT41692	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-21496		Yes
IT42083	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-32213, CVE-2022-32215 CVE-2022-32223, CVE-2022-32214, CVE-2022-32212		Yes
IT41693	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-2068		Yes
IT41690	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-22475		Yes
IT39991	ADDING SPECTRUM SCALE, STORWIZE, FLASHSYSTEMS, OR SVC STORAGE DEVICES FAILS WHEN THEY HAVE SSHD CONFIGURED WITH RSA DISABLED
IT40144	5.4.5.2 UPGRADE FAILS BECAUSE OF OLD/DOWN-LEVEL SRA/AGENTS
IT40050	SPECTRUM CONTROL INSTALLER FAILED AT PREINSTALLATION PROCESS DUE TO DB2LICM COMMAND
IT32153	ALERT EMAILS NOT BEING SENT TO DEFINED ALERT EMAIL ADDRESS(ES).
IT41468	ERROR BPCUI0044E THE ENTITY WAS NOT FOUND IN THE DATABASE WHEN DISPLAYING SWITCH PORT PERFORMANCE IN SPECTRUM CONTROL GUI.
IT41373	ERROR "AN UNEXPECTED RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SERVER" WHEN DISPLAYING THE SPECTRUM CONTROL BLOCK STORAGE SYSTEM PANEL.
IT40857	SPECTRUM CONTROL DATA COLLECTOR IS CRASHING WHEN EXECUTING LARGE AMOUNT OF PROBES/MINI-PROBES.
IT41302	PROBE IN IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL FAILS POST UPGRADE OF BROCADE SAN SWITCH FIRMWARE FOS: 9.1.0(B)
IT40912	INCORRECT FILTERING BEHAVIOR CAUSES APPLICATION GROUPS TO LOSE VOLUMES DEFINED TO THAT APPLICATION
IT40654	CANNOT ADD, REMOVE OR MODIFY ANY SWITCHES IN SPECTRUM CONTROL
IT41390	SPECTRUM CONTROL PRIORITIZES DOMAIN USER WITHOUT PERMISSIONS OVER LOCAL USER WITH PERMISSIONS
IT41288	VOLSER COLUMN IS BLANK FOR ANY VOLUMES NOT CONTAINING A VOLSER I D. REQUEST IS TO UPDATE THE VOLSER COLUMN TO INPUT THE CKD NAME
IT32878	DELETED VOLUME ALERT MISMATCH BETWEEN THE INTERNAL RESOURCE AND THE RESOURCE - FIX COMPLETION FOR IT23707
IT41010	DOCUMENT APAR TO CORRECT IBM SPECTRUM DOCUMENTATION: PERFORMANCE MONITOR STOP/START PROCEDURE
IT41290	CUSTOMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE ANY ALERTS AFTER 5.4.7 UPGRADE.

5.4.7 / 2Q 2021

5.4.7

Availability: 2022 May 26 (5.4.7-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.7

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT39900	SECURITY APAR FOR XSTREAM SECURITY VULNERABILITIES		Yes
IT40349	SECURITY APAR FOR CVEID: 217968		Yes
IT40859	IT40859 SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-4160		Yes
IT40866	IT40866 SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-35550, CVE-2021-35603		Yes
IT40862	IT40862 SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2022-23437		Yes
IT40682	DS88XX PROBE AND PERFORMANCE MONITOR FAIL DH KEYSIZE LESS THAN 1024 AFTER UPGRADE OF SPECTRUM CONTROL ON AIX OS
IT40647	UNABLE TO ADD IBM FLASH SYSTEM DEVICES TO IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL DUE TO INTERNAL EXCEPTION
IT40563	EXPORT PERFORMANCE DATA RETURNS TWO BLANK .CSV FILES: PERFREPORT FOR MANAGEDDISKS AND POOLS
IT40586	UNKNOWN CONDITION, FAILED PROBES AND DISABLED PERFORMANCE STATUS WHILE ADDING DELL EMC UNITY 400 AND 600F
IT40549	SPECTRUM CONTROL DATABASE SIZE INCREASING BECAUSE T_RES_COLLECTO R_EP NOT PURGED.
IT40550	SPECTRUM CONTROL MAY FAIL TO CLEANUP FILES IN TPC_INSTALL_DIR\DEVICE\LOG1
IT40450	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL NOT SHOWING PERFORMANCE ON APPLICATION LEVEL
IT40227	BROCADE REST API SWITCHES CANNOT BE PROBED.
IT40320	SPECTRUM CONTROL FAILS TO PROBE BROCADE SWITCH: BTAFM0722E ERROR OCCURRED WHILE PROCESSING INFORMATION FOR PORT
IT40318	SPECTRUM CONTROL PROBE AGAINST FLASHSYSTEM 5100 FAILS RANDOMLY WITH ERROR HWN021503E
IT40333	INCORRECT DB2 LICENSE FILE INDICATED IN SPECTRUM CONTROL DOCUMENTATION
IT39840	SPECTRUM CONTROL GENERATES "STORAGE SYSTEM REMOVED PORT" ALERTS EVERY TIME PROBE IS RUNNING
IT39189	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SHOWS WRONG NUMBER OF VOLUMES FOR STORAGE DEVICES
IT36263	VOLSER COLUMN IS NOT AVAILABLE IN COGNOS REPORTS
IT36163	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL READ CACHE HITS GRAPH EMPTY (GUI L3 PAGE FOR STORAGE)

5.4.6 / 1Q 2021

5.4.6

Availability: 2022 Mar 03 (5.4.6-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.6

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT39890	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-23450		Yes
IT39899	SECURITY APAR FOR CVEID: 217225		Yes
IT39893	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-44832		Yes
IT40035	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-39031		Yes
IT39895	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-35578		Yes
IT39930	INVALID METRIC LABEL DISPLAYED IN SPECTRUM CONTROL FOR "MAX WRITE CACHE FULLNESS"
IT39845	SWITCH PORTS SHOW STATUS OF ERRDISABLED INSTEAD OF ADMINISTRATIVELY DOWN
IT39699	BROCADE FABRIC PROBES HANG IN SPECTRUM CONTROL
IT39784	THE STORAGE CAPACITY CHARTS DO NOT CONTAIN DATA OLDER THAN THREE MONTHS WHEN THE PERFORMANCE MONITOR IS DISABLED
IT39676	SWITCH DETAILS PANEL LOADS SLOWLY (>15 SECONDS)
IT39426	SPECTRUM CONTROL DOESN'T PURGE THE PERFORMANCE DATA OF THE BROCADE VIRTUAL SWITCHES PORTS THROUGH BROCADEREST API
IT39694	FOR USERS THAT LOGGED ON AS DOMAIN_NAME\USER_NAME A INCORRECT LOGFILE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE FOR BROCADE SWITCHES IS CREATED
IT39176	SPECTRUM CONTROL DATABASE MAY HAVE ITS TRANSACTION LOG FULL WHEN DELETING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUMES
IT39031	PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION FAILED FOR THE STORAGE DEVICES WHIC H CONTAINS SLASH (?/?) IN THEIR NAMES
IT38741	MODIFY CONNECTION DOES NOT WORK WHEN THE ORIGINAL HOSTNAME CAN NOT BE RESOLVED TO AN IP ADDRESS. WINDOW SITS AT CLOCK ICON
IT32878	DELETED VOLUME ALERT MISMATCH BETWEEN THE INTERNAL RESOURCE ANDTHE RESOURCE
IT36507	MISSING LUNS WHEN SELECTING SPECIFIC TIMES
IT36045	VOLSER COLUMN NOT INCLUDED IN EXPORT PERFORMANCE DATA OUTPUT

5.4.5.x / 4Q 2021

5.4.5.2

Availability: 2021 Dec 24 (5.4.5-IBM-SC-FP0002) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.5.2

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT39489	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-45105, CVE-2021-45046		Yes
IT39393	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-44228		Yes
IT38865	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-3712		Yes
IT38868	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-29842, CVE-2021-35517, CVE-2021-36090		Yes
IT38871	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-22931, CVE-2021-22939, CVE-2021-22940, CVE-2021-22930		Yes
IT38484	FAILED SVC MINIPROBES MAKE SOME STORAGE SUBSYSTEM CAPACITIES TO BECOME WRONG AFTER EVENT PROCESSING
IT38396	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN YOU WILL ADD BROCADE SWITCHES
IT38306	ADDING SVC WITH FIRMWARE V6.X TO IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL MAKES IT UNUSABLE
IT38206	NULL VALUES ARE REPORTED WHILE EXPORTING PERFORMANCE DATA IN CSV FILE
IT37954	SWITCHES AND FABRICS REMAINED WITH NO DATA SOURCE IN SPECTRUM CO NTROL AND CANNOT BE DELETED
IT37865	PROBE FAILS FOR BROCADE SWITCHES WHICH DO NOT HAVE ANY INACTIVE ZONESET AND ARE MONITORED THROUGH BROCADEREST API
IT37864	THE "CAPACITY TO BE LICENSED" FOR NETAPP DEVICES INCLUDE RAID OVERHEAD TOO
IT36919	BROCADE REST-API SWITCH, NEVER BECOMES UNDETECTABLE AND CANNOT BE DELETED ALONE FROM IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL
IT36303	LOCAL USER IS ABLE TO GET AND DECRYPT BOTH IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL USER AND DB2 ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORDS
IT32748	WEBSERVER CORE DUMPS AFTER UPGRADING TO 5.3.5.1 & GUI NOT ACCESS
IT29168	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL EXPORT REPORT IN RUSSIAN LOCALE HASERRORS,UNRECOGNIZED "????" CHARACTERS IN CSV/HTML
IT26291	SC EXPORT REPORT IN CHINESE LOCALE HAS ERRORS,UNRECOGNIZED "???"CHARACTERS IN CSV/HTML AND MISSING HEADERS IN PDF FORMAT
IT38587	THE PERMISSIONS OF THE CERT FILES CREATED BY SPECTRUM CONTROL SC RIPT CREATESRACERTS NEED TO BE UPDATED.
IT38586	THE IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SCRIPT CREATESRACERTS FAILS: JAVA.LANG .NOCLASSDEFFOUNDERROR: COM.IBM.SRM.UTILS.RUNTIME.CRYPTO

5.4.4 / 3Q 2021

Availability: 2021 Aug 31 (5.4.4-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.4

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT37833	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-22918, CVE-2021-22921		Yes
IT37835	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-35516, CVE-2021-35515, CVE-2021-36090, CVE-2021-35517		Yes
IT37907	SECURITY APAR CVE-2021-29505		Yes
IT36251	V7000 PROBES FAIL DUE TO A HARDWARE ERROR THAT SHOULD NOT RESULT IN A FAILED PROBE
IT37829	THE PROBE FAILES DUE TO NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION FOR BROCADE SWITCH
IT37661	PERFORMANCE DATA ZIP FILE DOESN'T CONTAIN DEVICE NAME IN THE EXPORTED ZIP FILE NAME.
IT37663	RECEIVING ERROR MESSAGE WHEN TRYING TO VIEW APPLICATIONS -> PERFORMANCE
IT37515	CUSTOMER IS NOT ABLE TO SEND REPORT MAILS BY "RUN NOW"
IT37238	ABSTRACT: CANNOT ADD STORWIZE V7000 - PROBE FAILS [INVALID DATA CONVERSION]
IT37159	DECOMMISSIONED DATASTORE CAUSES PROBE HYPERVISOR CONFLICT AND ERRORS.
IT36522	(IT32246 FIX COMPLETION) HWNPM4302E - NEW PERFORMANCE DATA IS NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR THE DEVICE. STATISTICS WITH TIME STAMPS LATE
IT36519	"THE SERVICE FAILED TO AUTHENTICATE USER: SRMSYSTEMUSER" - CANNOT ADD SWITCH OR SEND EMAIL REPORT
IT36465	REPORT FILTER OPTIONS DO NOT WORK WHEN TRYING TO FILTER ON ALERT NAME
IT36469	CISCO SWITCHES PROBE FAILS
IT36303	LOCAL USER IS ABLE TO GET AND DECRYPT BOTH IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL USER AND DB2 ADMINISTRATIVE PASSWORDS
IT36287	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL PORT PERFORMANCE CHARTS NOT DISPLAYED & PROBES FAIL WITH TURKISH LOCALE (BPCUI0002E)
IT36068	SWITCHES REMOVED BUT FABRICS REMAIN AND CAUSE PROBES TO FAIL
IT36009	ALERT REPORT FILTER BY ALERT NAME DOES NOT WORK
IT35335	HISTORY RETENTION CHANGES ARE NOT DELETING LOGS FROM DATA/LOG FOLDER FOR SAN SWITCHES

5.4.3 / 2Q 2021

Availability: 2021 May 20 (5.4.3-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.3

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT36534	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-14782, CVE-2020-14781, CVE-2020-27221		Yes
IT36591	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-26296, CVE-2020-5258		Yes
IT36528	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-23840, CVE-2021-3449, CVE-2021-3450		Yes
IT36531	SECURITY APAR FOR XSTREAM SECURITY VULNERABILITIES		Yes
IT36529	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2021-23840, CVE-2021-22884, CVE-2021-22883		Yes
IT34029	STORAGE SYSTEM MODULE STATUS ALERT DOES NOT TRIGGER BY EVENTS.
IT35347	BROCADE SWITCH PROBE FAILS USING BROCADE REST API (NULLPOINTEREX CEPTION)
IT35722	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL / BROCADE "BUFFER CREDIT ZERO ERROR COUNT" IS REPORTED INCORRECTLY
IT35862	"CAPACITY-TO-LIMIT" AND "RECENT FILL RATE" COLUMNS ADDED TO PRE- EXISTING CUSTOM REPORTS AFTER UPGRADE
IT35899	BROCADE REST API PROBE FAILS FOR SWITCHES THAT HAVE ZONES BUT NO ACTIVE ZONESET.
IT35915	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL DATA COLLECTOR FAILS TO COMMUNICATE TO DEVICE SERVER AFTER UPGRADE.
IT36590	FLASHSYSTEM 840/900 PROBE FAILED IN SPECTRUM CONTROL
IT36677	ADDING STORAGE PURE STORAGE FLASHARRAY X50 WITH FIRMWARE 6.1.5. FAILS IN STORAGE INSIGHTS

5.4.2 / 1Q 2021

Availability: 2021 Feb 11 (5.4.2-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.2

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT35438	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-26258, CVE-2020-26259, CVE-2020-13956		Yes
IT35223	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-26217		Yes
IT35433	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-25649		Yes
IT35437	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-1971		Yes
IT35531	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-1971, CVE-2020-8265, CVE-2020-8287		Yes
IT34744	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL KNOWLEDGE CENTER DOCUMENT IMPROVEMENT REGARDING "TPCAUDIT.LOG" FILE NO LONGER GENERATED
IT35109	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL KNOWLEDGE CENTER DOCUMENT IMPROVEMENT REGARDING "CONFIGURING THE COLLECTION OF PERFORMANCE DATA FOR IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL
IT35110	SVC PROBE IS FAILING ON STORAGE INSIGHTS WITH A SQL EXCEPTION
IT35123	SNMP TRAPS SENT FROM SPECTRUM CONTROL ARE TRANSLATED EVEN THOUGH THE GUI IS IN ENGLISH
IT35453	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL, CIMOM BROCADE SWITCH PROBES FINISH WITH STATUS FAILED
IT35411	DATA COLLECTOR SERVICE WON'T START. CANNOT CONNECT TO STORAGE SYSTEMS. "PROGRAM" FILE EXISTS
IT31921	THE FIRST FOUR COLUMNS ARE MISSING WHEN EXPORTING BLOCK STORAGE PAGE
IT33356	CORE DUMP FILES FOR SPECTRUM CONTROL DATA COLLECTOR REMOVED
IT33713	APPLICATION GROUPS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION IN COGNOS PRE-DEFINED OR CUSTOM REPORTS
IT33999	STORAGE SYSTEM DISAPPEARS FROM THE SPECTRUM CONTROL GUI AND CANNOT BE RE-ADDED
IT34289	SPECTRUM CONTROL LIBERTY WELCOME PAGE AND ADMIN CENTER DO NOT USE HSTS HEADERS
IT34335	CANNOT PROBE HITACHI VSP F700 ARRAYS. PROBES END WITH ERROR HWN025032E
IT34377	SWITCH PROBES FAILED WHEN USING BROCADE REST API DATA SOURCE
IT34478	DURING INSTALLATION IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL WILL FAIL TO VALIDATE ANY COMMON USER IF DB2ADMIN GROUP CONTAINS SPACES
IT34541	NOTIFICATION & ADVISOR PANELS DO NOT LOAD WITH DATA [LISTAGG ERRORS]
IT34563	IN IBM STORAGE INSIGHTS THE BACKEND SUBSYSTEMS ARE NOT DISPLAYED CORRECTLY
IT34663	HWNPM0605E WHEN VIEWING PERFORMANCE MONITORING CHARTS
IT34669	NO HITACHI PERFORMANCE DATA: HWNPM2122W NO VALID PERFORMANCE DATA WAS PROVIDED BY THE MONITORED RESOURCE. [EXIT CODE -29)
IT34683	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL NOT COLLECTING CORRECT THE INFORMATIONINSIDE THE REPORT (CAPACITY AND RELATIONSHIP)
IT34728	NO HITACHI PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTED: HWNPM2122W NO VALID PERFORMANCE DATA WAS PROVIDED BY THE MONITORED RESOURCE. [KEYERROR
IT34741	DELL UNITY 400 PROBE FAILURES IN STORAGE INSIGHTS
IT34789	UPDATING/ADDING LICENSE TO IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL VERSION 5.4.0 DOES NOT WORK
IT34790	IN IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL PROBES TAKES LONG TIME TO FINISH
IT34820	NO HITACHI PERFORMANCE DATA: HWNPM2122W NO VALID PERFORMANCE DATA WAS PROVIDED BY THE MONITORED RESOURCE. [EXIT CODE: -54]
IT34942	SPECTRUM SCALE PROBE FAILURE
IT35004	PROBES FAILURES TO NETAPP DEVICES RELEASE 9.6P7 WITH RETURN CODE RETURN CODE=10001
IT35048	GUI UNRESPONSIVE OR SLOW AFTER A FEW DAYS OF UPTIME
IT35076	STORAGE PROBE FAILS WITH NUMBER FORMAT EXCEPTION
IT35167	COS PROBE FAILED IN STORAGE INSIGHTS WITH ERORR RC = 46, MSG =HWNEP0129E
IT35423	DATA COLLECTOR WON'T START. CANNOT CONNECT TO STORAGE SYSTEMS. " PROGRAM" FILE EXISTS
IT35535	VIEW PERFORMANCE ACTION IS DISABLED, DESPITE VOLUME PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTED AND VISIBLE IN PERFORMANCE TAB
IT34891	DS8K FIXED BLOCK VOLUME TIER CAPACITY INCORRECTLY REPORTED
IT34903	V9000 PERFDATAINVALIDEXCEPTION RESULTING IN GAPS IN PERFORMANCE MONITORING CHARTS

5.4.1 / 4Q 2020

Availability: 2020 Nov 5 (5.4.1-IBM-SC) Download IBM Spectrum Control 5.4.1

APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT34201	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-14577, CVE-2020-14578, CVE-2020-14579		Yes
IT34505	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-15861, CVE-2020-15862		Yes
IT34524	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-8201, CVE-2020-8252		Yes
IT34439	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-4590		Yes
IT33090	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL KNOWLEDGE CENTER DOCUMENT IMPROVEMENT REGARDING PORT REQUIREMENT AND TRAFFIC FLOW FOR STORAGE DEVICE.
IT33145	ADDED FLASHSYSTEM V840 STORAGE ENCLOSURE RESULTS IN FAILED PROBE
IT33803	THE SPECTRUM CONTROL DOCUMENTATION NEEDS TO BE UPDATED FOR THEISCSI PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION.
IT33848	ADDING STORAGE DEVICES WHEN NAME CONTAINS RESERVED WORDS FAILS
IT33862	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL KNOWLEDGE CENTER DOCUMENT IMPROVEMENT REGARDING SSL CERTIFICATE EXPIRY AND MAXIMUM VALIDITY
IT33987	CONFIGURATION PARAMETER LIMITCHECKLENIENT CHANGED TO PM.LIMITCHECKLENIENT
IT34157	STORAGE INSIGHTS DOCUMENTATION IS UNCLEAR CONCERNING EASY TIER POOL STATUS
IT31323	ERRONEOUS SOFTWARE UPDATE WARNING HAS BEEN DETECTED REGARDING DS8000 SOFTWARE LEVEL.
IT33037	PERFORMANCE COLLECTION JOB FAILS ON ALL DEVICES
IT34020	DEGRADED DATA COLLECTION - DATA COLLECTOR COMMUNICATION FAILS WITHOUT STATUS INDICATION IN DATA COLLECTORS PANEL
IT34045	DELL EMC UNITY ALL FLASH 500F - PROBES FAIL WITH: ERROR CODE 99/HWN025032E JOB FAILED DURING POST PROCESSING OF COLLECTED DATA
IT31644	MISMATCH COMPRESSION SAVINGS VALUES BETWEEN A9000 AND SPECTRUM CONTROL GUI
IT31715	INACCURATE FLASH COPY CAPACITY REPORTED BY STORAGE INSIGHTS CHARGEBACK VIEWS
IT32479	EXPORT PERFORMANCE DATA FROM GUI HANGS WHILE EXPORTING VOLUME DATA; BLOCKS FUTURE ATTEMPTS TO EXPORT PERFORMANCE DATA.
IT32825	STORAGE INSIGHTS GUI IS SLOW TO LOAD RECLAIMABLE STORAGE AND TIER ANALYSIS PANELS
IT33107	STORAGE INSIGHTS CAPACITY REPORTING DOUBLE THE CAPACITY THAT THE DS8000 REPORTS FOR ITSELF
IT33466	SYSTEM FAILURE OCCURRED ERROR AFTER TRYING TO ADD STORAGE DEVICE
IT33702	PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTIONS FAILS TO A NETAPP RELEASE 9.5P6 - FAS2750 DEVICE .
IT33711	IN IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL PROBE FOR SVC FAILED WHILEPROCESSING THE OUTPUT FILE.
IT33730	PERFORMANCE MONITORS FAIL FOR SOME DEVICES BECAUSE THEIR SCHEDULES HAD NOT BEEN MIGRATED TO NEW MT SCHEDULER.
IT33763	SPECTRUM CONTROL GUI SHOWS IN PROBE LOG FOR STORAGE: ERROR READING LOG-FILE C:\PROGRAM FILES\IBM\TPC\DEVICE\LOG\LOG FILE NAME
IT33809	HYPERVISOR PROBE POST PROCESSING MAY FAIL WITH EXCEPTIONS.
IT33820	IN STORAGE INSIGHTS GUI IN FC PORTS TAB THE "VIEW PERFORMANCE" BUTTON IS NOT WORKING
IT33891	DS8000 PROBES FAIL WHEN MICROCODE VERSION INFORMATION IS BLANK
IT33900	INTERNAL EXCEPTION WHEN PROCESSING DISK STATE CHANGE EVENT FOR DISK FAILURE ON DS8000
IT34001	UPGRADING SPECTRUM CONTROL 5.3.5 OR 5.3.6 TO 5.4.0 FAILS WHEN MONITORING NETAPP ONTAP 9 DEVICES
IT34021	ERROR BTADS0024E WHILE PROBING CISCO SWITCH [JAVA.LANG.STRINGINDEXOUTOFBOUNDSEXCEPTION: STRING INDEX OUT OF RANGE: 1]
IT34053	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL PROBES ARE NOT RUNNING AUTOMATICALLY
IT34079	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL ALERTS ARE NOT TRIGGERED
IT34086	GAPS IN NETAPP PERFORMANCE DATA - HWNPM2132W & HWNPM4301E
IT34092	NETAPP ONTAP 9 DEVICES WITHOUT A COMPLETED PROBE MAY CAUSE STORAGE INSIGHTS INSTANCE UPGRADE FAILURES.
IT34152	OPENING A SUPPORT CASE USING IBM STORAGE INSIGHTS CREATESINVALID TICKET NUMBER.
IT34207	STORAGE INSIGHTS PROBES FAILED FOR PURE STORAGE DEVICE
IT34266	STORAGE DEVICE PROBE FAILS FOR DATA COLLECTOR ON WINDOWS OS WHENPATH TO THE INPUT.TXT FILE IS TOO LONG (OVER 250 CHARACTERS)
IT34334	LICENSE COMPLIANCE POOLS (SET POOL CATEGORY) SHOWS ONLY 100 ENTRIES.
IT34441	THE STORAGE SYSTEMS CANNOT BE READDED IN STORAGE INSIGHTS AFTERTHEY ARE REMOVED.
IT34394	ENABLE SELECTION DIALOG FOR USERS TO OPEN DS8000 'SOFTWARE' SUPPORT TICKETS
IT34751	NO WEEKLY/MONTHLY HISTORICAL CAPACITY STATISTICS IN COGNOS REPORT
IT34789	UPDATING/ADDING LICENSE TO IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL VERSION 5.4.0 DOES NOT WORK

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APAR	Abstract	HIPER	Security Integrity	Special Attention
IT33088	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-2781, CVE-2020-2800		Yes
IT33089	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-2654		Yes
IT33403	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-4329		Yes
IT33404	SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2020-8172, CVE-2020-8174, CVEID: CVE-2020-11080		Yes
IT33084	DOC APAR TO KNOWLEDGE CENTER IMPROVING PROCEDURE RELATED TO REPLACING DATA SERVER AND SRA SSL CERTS
IT33100	DATA COLLECTOR INSTALL NOTES IN KNOWLEDGE CENTER SHOULD LIST INSTALLING TO A MOUNTED FILE SYSTEM IS NOT SUPPORTED
IT33148	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENT REGARDING CLOUD OBJECT STORAGE DEVICE CONFIGURATION
IT31544	EXTENT POOL CAPACITY SIZING USES WRONG DS8K CKD EXTENT SIZE
IT32209	IBM STORAGE INSIGHTS GUI LOGOUT DOESN'T WORK
IT32246	HWNPM4302E - NEW PERFORMANCE DATA IS NOT YET AVAILABLE FOR THE DEVICE. STATISTICS WITH TIME STAMPS LATER THAN <TIMESTAMP>
IT32477	ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAYED WHEN RUNNING CREATESRACERTS.BAT SCRIPT ON IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SERVER
IT32601	DUPLICATE DATA COLLECTOR ENTRY IN STORAGE INSIGHTS GUI WITH IP SET TO UNKNOWN
IT32670	IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL CREATE INCORRECT VALUES IN CERTS.ZIP WHEN RUNNING CREATESRACERTS.BAT ( SRA )
IT32683	DC_QUEUE CONSUMES EXCESS DISK SPACE
IT32685	IBM STORAGE INSIGHTS FAILS TO COLLECT THE PERFORMANCE DATA FOR RESTRICTED VOLUME ON NETAPP
IT32721	NO PERFORMANCE MONITOR JOBS DEFINED FOR DEVICES ADDED TO STORAGE INSIGHTS
IT32846	THE EXPORTED PERFORMANCE DATA REPORT IN CSV FORMAT FOR RUSSIAN LOCALE HAS AN EXTRA COMMA CHAR IN THE TRANSLATED HEADER
IT32913	RESPONSE TIME METRICS SHOULD BE SET TO 0 IF I/O RATES ARE LESS THAN 1 OPS/SEC
IT33032	PROBE FAILS TO EMC DELL UNITY DEVICE DUE TO LARGE NUMBER OF LUNS / MAPPINGS EXCEEDING THE CONFIGURATION CONSTRAINTS
IT33073	STORAGE INSIGHT TICKET PANEL SHOWS THE SAME TICKET MANY TIMES IN BOTH OPEN OR CLOSED LIST
IT33152	ALL STORAGE PROBES FAIL [MAX VALUE REACHED WITH AUTOIDS] FIX CONTINUATION			MDVPARTL
IT33153	DATA COLLECTOR AGENTS DO NOT ALLOW PERFORMANCE MONITOR JOBS TO RESUME AFTER A STORAGE INSIGHTS OUTAGE
IT33162	HOST NAMES NOT RESOLVED CORRECTLY
IT33173	UPGRADE FAILS WHEN USER NAME CONTAINS A HYPHEN [SQLSTATE: 42601, VENDOR ERROR CODE: -104]
IT33241	PERFORMANCE MONITORS FAIL TO RUN BECAUSE PERFORMANCE MONITORS MIGRATION FAILED
IT33302	SPECTRUM SCALE PROBES FAIL TO COMPLETE
IT33348	IBM STORAGE INSIGHTS OPERATIONS AND NOC DASHBOARDS ARE FAILING TO LOAD PERFORMANCE DATA
IT33366	DEVICE SERVER STOPPED UNEXPECTEDLY DUE TO A JAVA CRASH
IT33416	IBM STORAGE INSIGHT / SPECTRUM CONTROL DATA COLLECTOR NOT CLEANING UP /TMP/_MEI*** FOLDERS WHEN PROBE AND/OR PM FAILED
IT33483	EXPORT PERFORMANCE DATA WITH SPECTRUM CONTROL FAILS FOR SOME COMPONENTS
IT33494	STORAGE DEVICE LOGS FAIL TO UPLOAD WHEN LOG COLLECTION IS INITIATED FROM STORAGE INSIGHTS
IT33609	NETAPP STORAGE DEVICE PROBE FAILS WITH: HWNEP0135E EXTERNAL PROCESS FAILED WITH ERROR CODE 99
IT33671	STORAGE INSIGHTS REST API RETURNS BPCUI0032E MESSAGE WHEN TRYING TO VIEW ALERTS WITH BLANK FIELDS PRESENT

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