IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version 5.1.0.3, Readme
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This readme file contains the latest information about Tivoli®
Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, including enhancements added since Tivoli
Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Interim Fix 2, Version
5.1.0.2.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, contains the following enhancements:
- Improved collection of error logs during the operating system installation
stage
- Improved server replication process and reporting
- Improved cancellation of ongoing activities
- Improved support for executing third-party pre-operating system
configuration tools
- Improved text mode driver parsing and injection
- Improved handling of boot servers in closed mode
- Improved hardware compatibility with IBM® Systems & Technology
Group hardware
- Improved hardware compatibility of PXE activation boot CD-ROM
- Improved handling of IDE disks for RHEL 4 scripted install
- Improved platform coverage (AIX® and Linux® on PowerPC®
as server, RHEL5 as target)
- Improved usability with AIX DHCP server by adding a boot redirection
mechanism
- Improved installer compatibility with upcoming Windows® server
operating systems
- Improved deployment activity triggering, monitoring and reporting
interface
- Improved RAD file import/export support
- Improved capture of DHCP parameters to static IP settings
- Improved support for user-provided custom configuration file for Linux
scripted install
- Improved support for USB CD-ROM drives
- Published a Java™ API to drive the deployment server
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, contains the following fixes since Interim Fix
2, Version 5.1.0.2:
- Fixed DNS search order configuration (when using fixed IP settings)
- Fixed post-configuration settings for Linux cloning
- Fixed import of CSV host lists containing semicolons
- Fixed integration with Tivoli Configuration Manager
- Fixed redeployment support from CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
- Fixed server start problem after reboot on Windows 2003 SP2
- Fixed generation of RAD archives and deployment DVD-ROM on Solaris
- Fixed duplication of deployment logs for Linux scripted install
- Fixed detection of user-created ODBC sources on Windows 64-bit
- Fixed WIM cloning support for files larger than 4GB
- Fixed a TFTP Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability (CVE-2007-3268,
reported by iDefense)
- Fixed DisableSSL option on UNIX® installer
- Fixed a memory leak on the server
- Fixed APAR IY99915; IY99630; IY99576; IY99359; IY98647
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, contains the following known issues:
- On SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, including the Mail Server
cluster seems to confuse AutoYast. However, if you need it, install the
Mail Server cluster as a software package rather than during the
initial operating system installation.
- Support for Windows Vista is restricted to NTFS partitions. FAT 32
partitions are not supported.
- When installing Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment on a UNIX
computer with a MySQL database, use MySQL version 4.1
exclusively.
- The Linux cloning support expects the boot loader to be GRUB (installed in
the MBR). Other boot loaders are not supported.
- The Xen virtualization package that is part of RHEL5 is not supported in
this Fix Pack.
- When using the product with an Apache Derby database, ensure that you
always start the database server from the same directory, otherwise Derby
might not be able to find back the existing database.
- When importing deployment objects from a RAD archive, the byte ordering
must be the same as the one used for the export. To be able to import a
RAD archive created using a byte ordering different than the receiving server,
you must perform the import using the Web interface extension, running on a
platform with the original byte ordering.
- CD or DVD-based deployments have a few limitations in this Fix
Pack. In particular, the Microsoft® Vista scripted install and
SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop cloning are not supported.
- Globalization is not complete:
- Some parts of the user interface might appear in English only.
- The Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment User's Guide has
been updated in English only.
- The Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Developer's Guide
is available in English only.
Review the following information before proceeding with the installation of
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3.
- Creating Windows Vista unattended setup and WIM cloning images
- Use of these functions is possible only for users that have separately
obtained the Microsoft Windows Automated Imaging Kit (WAIK) and installed it
on the computer running the Web interface extension. The WAIK is
licensed to you by the code's owner and not by IBM; it is your
responsibility to determine whether the license terms offered by the
code's owner are acceptable to you. YOUR USE OF THE WAIK AND ANY
URL'S OR MATERIALS ON THIRD PARTY WEBSITES ("THIRD PARTY MATERIALS") IS
"AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY FROM IBM OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IBM DISCLAIMS ALL
LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF USE OF THE THIRD PARTY
MATERIALS.
- Product key for Windows Vista
- In some circumstances, Windows Vista might ask for a product key during
deployment. This is a known issue with Windows Vista, which occurs only
if you are not deploying an Enterprise volume license of Windows Vista with a
license server. If the product key was provided in the configuration,
you do not have to enter the key, you can simply click to continue. If
Windows Vista prompts you for an Administrator user name, it is because
Windows Vista requires a new local account when starting for the first
time. If you want to avoid being prompted for an Administrator user
name, provide it in the configuration.
- Creating Windows Vista WIM images and Windows Vista setup images on a
Windows 2000 server
- The driver required to manipulate WIM images and Vista setup images does
not work properly on Windows 2000 servers (this problem is specific to Windows
2000 and does not occur with Windows 2003). If you want to create
Windows WIM images or Windows Vista setup images on a Windows 2000 server, you
must install the Web interface extension on another Windows XP or Windows 2003
machine and work from that machine.
- Deploying Windows Vista 64-bit setup images and Windows Vista WIM images
- To be able to deploy Windows Vista 64-bit setup images and Windows Vista
WIM images, your Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment server must
contain a Windows Vista 32-bit image and its associated WinPE2 software
package in the same language as the 64-bit image. This WinPE2 software
package must be bound to the Windows Vista profile to ensure proper
deployment. In most cases, the binding is automatic.
- Creating SuSE Linux Enterprise Server profiles including service packs
- For SuSE Linux Enterprise Server unattended installation, the automated
creation of profiles including service packs is not supported. The
wizard does not prompt for service pack CD-ROMs.
- Installing Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment on Windows 2000
- To install Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment on a Windows 2000
operating system, you must have installed Service Pack 4 and Windows Installer
3.1.
- Redeployment requires network connectivity
- Redeployment is an optimization allowing an operating system to be
installed on the computer without having to be downloaded over the
network. All the necessary files are pre-loaded and stored locally on
the computer. Nevertheless, redeployment activities are tracked on the
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment server, which implies that the
redeployed computer must have network connectivity.
- Incoherent timestamps on Linux with an Apache Derby database
- Java processes may experience difficulties in providing accurate
timestamps. Thus, activities may appear with erroneous dates and times
in the Web interface. To make sure Java processes are able to find the
correct timestamps, you can choose one of the following two options:
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, is a cumulative differential image, installed on
top of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1, that patches
or replaces all binaries as needed. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS
Deployment, Fix Pack, Version 5.1.0.3, can also be
uninstalled to return to the GA version of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS
Deployment 5.1.
- Installing Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack,
Version 5.1.0.3
- To install Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack,
Version 5.1.0.3, on Windows computers, follow these
steps:
- If you had installed a fix pack or an interim fix on top of Tivoli
Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Version 5.1, you must uninstall
it first.
To uninstall a fix pack or an interim fix from Tivoli Provisioning Manager
for OS Deployment, from Windows computers, use the Add or Remove
Programs tool in the Windows Control Panel:
- From the Windows desktop, click Start > Settings > Control
Panel.
- From the list, select Add or Remove Programs.
- In the list of currently installed programs, find IBM Tivoli
Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Fixpack. Click
Remove to initiate the uninstallation.
- Run the
5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-windows-FP0003.exe executable
file located at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/tivoli_support/patches/patches_5.1.0/5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-FP0003/.
- It is recommended to restart your computer.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, supports unattended install for Windows
computers.
The following files are available for UNIX installation at
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/tivoli_support/patches/patches_5.1.0/5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-FP0003/:
- 5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-aix-FP0003.tar.gz
- 5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-freebsd-FP0003.tar.gz
- 5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-linux-FP0003.tar.gz
- 5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-linuxppc64-FP0003.tar.gz
- 5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-osx-FP0003.tar.gz
- 5.1.0-TIV-TPMOSD-solaris-FP0003.tar.gz
- Note:
- Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3 for AIX and Linux on PowerPC 64-bit must be
installed on top of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1
for Linux, as there is no Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment
5.1 GA version for AIX or Linux on PowerPC 64-bit.
To install Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, on UNIX computers, follow these steps:
- If they are running, stop the rbagent, rembo and dbgw daemons.
- If you had installed a fix pack or an interim fix on top of Tivoli
Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Version 5.1, you must uninstall
it first.
To uninstall a fix pack or an interim fix from UNIX computers and return to
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1 GA version, navigate
to tpmfos-5.1/ and run
./ifixremove.
- Extract the interim fix on top of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS
Deployment 5.1, for example in the /usr/local
directory.
- Navigate to tpmfos-5.1/ and run the command
./ifixapply. The interim fix patches or replaces all
binaries as necessary.
- It is recommended to restart your computer.
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version
5.1.0.3, can be uninstalled to return to Tivoli
Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1 GA version.
To uninstall Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack,
Version 5.1.0.3, from Windows computers, use the Add
or Remove Programs tool in the Windows Control Panel:
- From the Windows desktop, click Start > Settings > Control
Panel.
- From the list, select Add or Remove Programs.
- In the list of currently installed programs, find IBM Tivoli
Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Fixpack. Click
Remove to initiate the uninstallation.
To uninstall Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, Fix Pack,
Version 5.1.0.3, from UNIX computers, and return to
Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1 GA version, follow
these simple steps:
- If they are running, stop the rbagent, rembo, and dbgw daemons.
- Navigate to tpmfos-5.1/
- Run ./ifixremove
You can view an updated User's Guide for Tivoli Provisioning Manager
for OS Deployment, Fix Pack, Version 5.1.0.3, on
ibm.com® by visiting http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/IBMTivoliProvisioningManagerforOSDeployment5.1.0.3.html.
There you can also find links to documentation for the 5.1 GA release
of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment, as well as for the
5.1.0.1 and 5.1.0.2 fix packs and
interim fixes of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment.
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