The corrective service files in this directory are of the form: U4xxxxx.tar.Z This means that they have been processed by the tar program and then compressed. PTF U469861 provides fixes for problems with the new clustering feature. In particular it provides fixes for APARs IC24222 and IC25493. This PTF also provides fixes for APARs IC24655 and IC25020. Unless you require immediate relief for the problems described by one or more of these APARs, it is recommended that you wait for PTF U469913 which should be available for download from the web before the end of March. The latest PTF (U469861) supersedes all previous PTFs for MQSeries for Sun Solaris V5.1 and it contains updates to the following components of MQSeries for Sun Solaris: runtime MQSeries Runtime support for external applications server MQSeries server support for client connections dce_server MQSeries support for DCE in server sol_client MQSeries client for Sun Solaris and client for Java samples MQSeries sample application programs base MQSeries Base Kit for Client and Server java_bind MQSeries Java Bindings java_clnt MQSeries Client for Java - Runtime De_DE MQSeries Messages - German Es_ES MQSeries Messages - Spanish Fr_FR MQSeries Messages - French It_IT MQSeries Messages - Italian Ja_JP MQSeries Messages - Japanese Ko_KR MQSeries Messages - Korean Pt_BR MQSeries Messages - Portuguese-Brazilian Zh_CN MQSeries Messages - Simplified Chinese Zh_TW MQSeries Messages - Traditional Chinese To use the latest PTF file, perform the following steps: 1) download the file to your local system in binary mode 2) uncompress U469861.tar.Z 3) tar -xvf U469861.tar Applying Maintenance to MQSeries for Sun Solaris V5.1 ----------------------------------------------------- These steps will ensure that you are left with files that are installable using the normal install method for your platform. +--- ATTENTION -----------------------------------------+ | | | Do not have any queue managers operating during | | installation of maintenance on MQSeries for Sun | | Solaris V5.1. | | | | Remove any existing MQSeries shared memory and/or | | semaphores before applying or removing maintenance | | updates to MQSeries for Sun Solaris V5.1. | | | +-------------------------------------------------------+ | | | To end all running queue managers: | | | | 1. End the queue manager by issuing the command: | | | | endmqm -i QMgrName | | | | 2. Check that the queue manager has ended. | | | | Use the command: | | | | endmqm -w QMgrName | | | | The message returning should show that the queue | | manager is not available. | | | | Alternatively, use the command: | | | | ps -ef | grep mq | | | | where | is the pipe symbol. Check that there are | | no processes listed that are running command | | lines commencing "amq" or "runmq". Ignore any | | that start with "amqi". | | | | 3. Issue the IPCS -A command to identify any shared | | memory segments or semaphore sets that were | | created by MQSeries. Remove these using the | | IPCRM command. | | | +-------------------------------------------------------+ SPACE REQUIREMENTS ------------------ The installation process for this PTF requires 14MB of disk space for installation. In addition, the installation process requires an additional 14MB of disk space to save the previous level. This allows a PTF to be removed, and the previous level to be automatically restored. If disk space is limited, the backup can be suppressed by creating an empty flag file called MQPTF_NOSAVE in the directory "/var/sadm/pkg". Note that if this option is used, the previous level will not be restored if a PTF is removed. The only way to restore a previous level in this instance is to reinstall the product and then to reapply a previous PTF image. APPLYING THE MAINTENANCE INFORMATION ------------------------------------ 1. Mount the CD by typing the following commands: mkdir -p /cdrom/mq_solaris mount -F hsfs -r /dev/dsk/cntndnsn /cdrom/mq_solaris substituting "cntndnsn" with the name of your CD-ROM device. 2. Install the software by entering the following command: pkgadd -d /cdrom/mq_solaris/mqm/patchname For further information on using PKGADD to install software packages, see the Solaris documentation. RESTORING THE PREVIOUS SERVICE LEVEL ------------------------------------ To restore the previous service level: 1. Log in as root, or use the command su. 2. Use the PKGRM command to remove the latest PTF from the system. For example, to remove PTF "U469861" issue the following command: pkgrm MQSERIES.U469861 Error messages of the form "" can be ignored. Details of the PKGRM command can be found in the Solaris documentation, or by using the MAN PKGRM command. 3. If you have installed an MQI client, and the client was updated after installing the PTF that is being removed, then you MUST specifically update your MQI client installation again, after the PTF has been removed.