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Environment checker reports HMC release 9.2.953 is unsupported while it is supported - PowerVC 2.2.0

Troubleshooting


Problem

In PowerVC 2.2.0 environment checker may report unsupported HMC release 9.2.953
Checking Knowledge Center documentation we can see this is actually listed as a supported release:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/powervc-cloud/2.2.0?topic=powervc-hardware-software-requirements#powervc_hwandsw_reqs_cloud__d467e1190__title__1
PowerVC supports the following HMC releases:
  • V9.2.953
  • V10.1.1020
  • V10.2.1030
  • V10.2.1040
  • V10.3.1050
  • V10.3.1051
  • V10.3.1060

Diagnosing The Problem

when running environment checker from either GUI or CLI, we get:
[root@PowerVC01 gag]# /opt/ibm/powervc/ttv-validation/powervc-validator --validator hmc_version_val
{"ValidationResult": {"ValidationID": "HMC_VERSION_VALIDATOR", "ValidationStatus": "Success", "Description": "HMC Version Validations", "TargetedResourceType": "hmc", "IpAddress": "", "refs": [], "ValidationDetail": {"ChecksList": [{"ip": "x.x.x.x", "response": "The HMC must be at version 10, release 2, modification 0 or higher.", "msg": "The version of HMC software that is installed is not supported. The HMC is at version 9, release  2, modification 0.", "refs": [], "msg-id": "HMC_CONFIGURATION_ERROR", "MsgSubstitutes": "", "status": "fail",

Resolving The Problem

To resolve this, the downgraded value can be hard-coded:
vi /opt/ibm/powervc/ttv-validation/conf/solution_spec.json
:set  nu

Change line 7-9 from this:
6     "hmc": {
  7         "min_version_level": "10",
  8         "min_release_level": "2",
  9         "min_maintenance_level": "0"
To this:
6     "hmc": {
  7         "min_version_level": "9",
  8         "min_release_level": "2",
  9         "min_maintenance_level": "0"
Save and exit the file
Verify issue got resolved by running Environment checker from GUI or CLI:
/opt/ibm/powervc/ttv-validation/powervc-validator --validator hmc_version_val
NOTE:
After a PowerVC upgrade/restore or add node scenario has been performed to 2.2.0 environment, this configuration gets changed.
So the workaround needs to be applied again.

Document Location

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 February 2025

UID

ibm17181996

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