IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact V7.1.0 Fix Pack 32 (7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0032)

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Abstract

This fix pack is a cumulative release and addresses some new APARs and internally found issues since the release of IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Version 7.1.0

Prerequisites

This fix pack includes all maintenance since the GA of Impact V7.1.0. This fix pack can be applied directly to the base V7.1.0 product release or any previous fix pack or interim fix level.

NOTE:

Upgrading to IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Version 7.1.0.4 is required when the Impact version to be updated is at 7.1.0.0, 7.1.0.1, 7.1.0.2, or 7.1.0.3
Before the installation or the upgrade of IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact, download the attached 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0032-README file and review the section "3.0 Installation information" and associated subsections.

Installation Instructions

Fix pack installation steps are listed in the "3.0 Installation information" section of the enclosed 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0032-README file.

For more information about enhancements, prerequisites, installation instructions, and known issues, see the 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0032-README file.

Problems Solved

Issues and Enhancements Addressed in IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Version 7.1.0.32 and its extension for Netcool Operations Insight

For details on individual APARs, go to the Support Search site. Enter the APAR identifier in the input field and then click the Search button.

Note: The Full list of enhancements and fixes since the prior fix pack is listed in the enclosed 7.1.0-TIV-NCI-FP0032-README file.

APARs Resolved:

IJ48027: IMPACT GUI FAILS TO LOAD FOR NON-DESKTOP BROWSERS
IJ48334: ADD OPTION TO IGNORE JSON VALIDATION ERRORS IN REST DSA·
IJ48346: ADD OPTION TO CONFIGURE MAC ALGORITHMS IN COMMANDLINEMANAGER
IJ48548: DIRECTSQL CAUSES NULL POINTER EXCEPTION OCASSIONALLY
IJ48576: DATA ITEMS WITH SQL FILTER (LIKE OPERATOR)
IJ48626: PASTED-IN POLICY TEXT GETS CORRUPTED WITH SOME BROWSERS
IJ48627: TOO MANY AUTH:IMPACT CONNECTIONS TO OMNIBUS GETTING CREATED
IJ48752: IMPACT HEALTH CHECKER FAILURE UPGRADING FROM FP13 OR OLDER TO MUCH NEWER FIX PACKS
IJ48822: ON-PREM NOI CONFIGURATION ANALYTICS WIZARD IS HARDCODED TO USING NON-SSL PORT
IJ48904: MWM GUI DOES NOT WORK WHEN DESCRIPTION FIELD IS SET TO BLANK IN DERBY DATABASE
IJ48956: NEED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FILE PERMISSIONS TO THE POLICYLOGGER AND SERVICES LOG FILES
IJ49002: THE PUT METHOD SHOULD BE UPDATED TO MATCH THE POST METHOD BEHAVIOUR
IJ49021: CUSTOM TIME ZONES IN MWM NOT WORKING CORRECTLY

Security-related APARs:

IJ48780: SECURITY APAR: REMOVE JQUERY-UI
IJ49019: SECURITY APAR: SET LIBERTY HTTP VERSION TO 1.1 ONLY
IJ49020: SECURITY APAR: UPGRADE DB2 JDBC DRIVER TO LATEST FOR IMPACT
IJ49071: SECURITY APAR FOR CVE-2023-46604 REMOTE CODE EXECUTION IN IMPACT 710·
IJ49080: SECURITY APAR: UPGRADE XMLSEC IN IMPACT 710 FOR CVE-2023-44483
IJ49081: SECURITY APAR: UPGRADE CHARTSJS IN IMPACT 710 FOR CVE-2020- 7746
IJ49177: SECURITY APAR: UPGRADE TO LATEST IBM SDK 8 IN IMPACT 710 FP32
IJ49178: SECURITY APAR: UPGRADE TO LATEST WebSphere Application Server LIBERTY IN IMPACT 710 FP32

List of Impact APARs that have documentation updates or have additional information:

IJ48334: ADD OPTION TO IGNORE JSON VALIDATION ERRORS IN REST DSA
IJ48346: ADD OPTION TO CONFIGURE MAC ALGORITHMS IN COMMANDLINEMANAGER
IJ48864: REMOVE PAGES RELATING TO PREREQUISITE CHECKER FROM THE DOCS
IJ48956: NEED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FILE PERMISSIONS TO THE POLICYLOGGER AND SERVICES LOG FILES
IJ49120: UI DATA PROVIDER FAILS TO START WITH INCOMPLETE PARAMS FILE

Enhancements:

Handle corrupted derby in a cluster scenario
The $IMPACT_HOME/install/dbcore directory contains scripts that can be run periodically to back up the ImpactDB database.

For more information:

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/7.1?topic=issues-performing-database-backup
Probable Cause for EventManagementAnalytics (with Human-in-the-loop probable cause analysis)
https://bigblue.aha.io/features/IRISCART-2166
The new "Human-in-the-loop probable cause analysis" functionality allows a user to manually assign a specific probable cause value to an event. This functionality can complement or override an existing probable cause calculation performed by the topological correlation. Or can be used to calculate the probable cause when the topological correlation is not enabled. This new functionality allows the user to set keywords that can be used to set the probable cause and distinguish the events and their probable cause values.

For more information:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/7.1?topic=configuring-human-in-loop-probable-cause-analysis

The following UI pages were updated to use the IBM Carbon Design System:

Maintenance time windows
View Data Items - Schedule data type

New Support added in Fix Pack 32

JazzSM 1.1.3.20 DASH 3.1.3.20
IBM Installation Manager 1.9.2.5
For On-Prem Event Analytics:
Compatible with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus WEB GUI 8.1 FP 33
Operating Systems:
RHEL 9.3 (on both Linux and Linux for System z)
SLES 15.5 (on both Linux and Linux for System z)
Browser:
Firefox 119
Google Chrome 119
Microsoft Edge 119
Safari 17
Component Updates
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment "1.8.0_381" (8.0.8.10 (SR8 FP10))
WebSphere Application Server Liberty 23.0.0.9

Known Side Effects

For known issues reported in other fix packs, refer to the previous release notes:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6837193
And
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/7.1?topic=release-notes-tivoli-netcoolimpact

For known issues related to Cloud Native Event Analytics, refer to the following link:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7005515

Impact Health Checker SSL Certificate check possible failure
Symptom:
Starting with Impact 7.1.0.32, the Health Checker is now performing a check of the SSL certificates to determine whether the certificates are expired.
The Health Checker logic is automatically executed when the Impact fix pack upgrade scripts update_*.bat|sh are used.
If the Health Checker fails due to the SSL Certificate checks, there could be a need to bypass the SSL certificates check.

Resolution:
Before the fix pack upgrade scripts update_*.bat|sh are run/re-run, set the following system environment variable:
impactbypasscertcheck=true

NOTE:
On Windows environments, make sure that after setting the environment variable, a new command window is open and confirming the "echo %impactbypasscertcheck%" command returns the value "true" before re-attempting to re-run the upgrade from that command window. On Unix environments, issue the following command, to confirm the property is set: echo $impactbypasscertcheck

Remove the environment variable "impactbypasscertcheck" after the upgrade has been completed!
JavaScript changes in Fix Pack 30
Symptom:
In Netcool/Impact Fix Pack 7.1.0.30, the Rhino JavaScript engine was updated to a new release. This change might affect how some of your JavaScript functions work.

Resolution:
For more information:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/7.1?topic=fundamentals-javascript-changes-in-fix-pack-30
MWM page flickers in the Chrome browser
Symptom:
The MWM page flickers when opened in the Chrome browser. This happens when trying to launch the MWM window soon after the upgrade to Impact FP32.

Affected Systems:
The MWM page opened in the Chrome browser after the upgrade to Impact FP32.

Resolution:
The issue is not persistent. The MWM page will load within a few seconds on the Chrome browser after the flicker. It affects only the Chrome browser.
A newly created schedule data type shows the wrong data items page when clicking the 'Add New' button.
Refer to the following link, for the latest list of deprecated or disabled Impact 7.1.0 components:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6347586
And
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tivoli-netcoolimpact/7.1?topic=release-notes-tivoli-netcoolimpact

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Product Synonym

Tivoli; Netcool;IMPACT;NOI

Problems (APARS) fixed
IJ48027; IJ48334; IJ48346; IJ48548; IJ48576; IJ48626; IJ48627; IJ48752; IJ48780; IJ48822; IJ48864; IJ48904; IJ48956; IJ49002; IJ49019; IJ49020; IJ49021; IJ49071; IJ49080; IJ49081; IJ49177; IJ49178

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