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Prerequisite Scanner 1.2.0.3

Prerequisite Scanner Team Demo

IBM Prerequisite Scanner Team

February 21, 2013

IBM Software Group | Tivoli Software

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Agenda

1.2.0.3 adopters

Windows prerequisite simplification

New properties and overview

Fixpack documentation process and translation update

Reference


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1.2.0.3 & Adopters


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Download standalone PRS 1.2.0.3• Fix Central<version_num>-Tivoli-PRS-Windows-fp0001.zip <version_num>-Tivoli-PRS-Unix-fp0001.tar.gz

• iRAM (IBM internal only)precheck_windows_20130206.zipprecheck_unix_20130206.tar

Embeded PRS 1.2.0.3

• JazzSM 1.1


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New Adopters & Configuration FilesProduct Configuration File

JazzSM for Service Management 1.1

Common prerequisites ODP_01010000.cfg

Dashboard Application Services Hub 3.1 DSH_03010000.cfg

Security Services 1.1 ESS_010100000.cfg

Administration Services 1.1 FAS_01010000.cfg

Registry Services 1.1 FRS_01010000.cfg

Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1 TCR_03010000.cfg

Security Access Manager 7.0

Authorization Server AMA_07000000.cfg

Policy Server AMP_07000000.cfg

WebSEAL AMW_07000000.cfg

Tivoli Business Service Manager 6.1.1 BSM_06010100.cfg

Tivoli Netcool/Impact 6.1.1 NCI_06010100.cfg


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PRS JazzSM Convenience Scripts

Simple installation support integrated with JazzSM installer


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Windows Prerequisite Simplification


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Windows Prerequisite Simplification

.NET Framework prerequisite is removed for PRS Windows component

In PRS previous releases:

Windows 2012 .NET Framework 3.5, or use activation configuration files

Other Windows .NET Framework 1.0 or later


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Key New & Updated Properties Overview


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New Property – os.UACEnable

Requested by Tpae

—Checks whether User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on the target computer.

—Windows only

UAC Supported Windows platforms

Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7 and Windows 8 (not tested)

Microsoft document reference on supported platforms

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

Note: If the tool runs the scan on a Windows system that does not have this security component, it returns a FAIL result, with [Not Found] as the actual value.

Supports Boolean value, True or False

— Sample configuration file entry

— Sample result output


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Usability Enhancement On Network Port Properties

Requested by JazzSM

network.availablePorts.app_type – updated

network.UDPavailablePorts.app_type – updated

network.portsInUse.app_type – updated

network.UDPportsInUse.app_type – updated

—Usability enhancement to include “PortsInUse:” string in “Found” value


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New Property – numLogicalCPU Requested by JazzSM and OMEGMON

—The number of logical processors available to the operating system on the computer.

—Support Windows and Unix.

The check can run under the following conditions:

• On Windows 2003, hotfix 932370 must be installed.

• On Windows XP, either SP3 and later or hotfix 936235 must be installed.

• ON UNIX systems, the binary for the command to return the number of logical processors must be available on the local system and set in the PATH environment variable.

Note: This property is not supported on Windows 2000

For more details, see previous sprint demo slides and recording.


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Updated Property – numCPU

—The number of independent physical processors on the computer. If the tool scans the computer and does not find any physical processors, it returns “Found result” as “0”.

—Restriction: The prerequisite property is not supported on HP-UX 11i v2, Linux virtual machines, Linux for System z®, and Linux PowerPC.

** PRS forum discussion: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=470626&tstart=0


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New Properties – os.isUnixServiceRunning.daemon_name

Requested by JazzSM

—Checks whether the daemon name daemon or service is running on the machine.

—Unix only

Example : os.isUnixServiceRunning.sshd=True

os.isUnixServiceRunning.inetd=True


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Updated Property – os.kernelversion

Requested by TPAe

—Checks the release of the kernel for UNIX operating systems.

—Unix only

Example :

os.kernelversion=7.1.0.2

os.kernelversion=7.1+

os.kernelversion=7.*

The check supports special characters + and * in the expected value.


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FixPack Documentation Process


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Fixpack Documentation & Translation

• No longer publishing EN and translated versions of the information center for FPs

— Enable quick FP turnaround

— Allows us to publish an FP with minimal doc and code end of a sprint

— Reduce ID overhead

• Documentation provided with FP 3 and later FPs

— Readme (offline version): EN only and made available with code packages

— Download document (Readme online version): machine translated and made available as News item on PRS page on Support Portal and More info links with packages on Fix Central

— QSG: translated and made available as News item on PRS page on Support Portal and PRS community on SMC

— What's new document: machine translated and made available as News item on PRS page on Support Portal

— Convenience PDF file of info center: EN only and made available on iRAM for internal deployers and PRS community on SMC

• Readme and What's new documents are cumulative

— Contain what's new and changed in the current and previous FPs


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References 1.2.0.3 image download site

— iRAM

— Fix Central

PRS page on Support Portal

SMC Prerequisite Scanner project dashboard

Content is freezing. Waiting for new SMC update to refresh contents.

Leverage IBM Prerequisite Scanner forum and mailing alias [email protected]

1.2 GO training

—Playback Link (Password: IBMPSV1.2)

—Presentation Link

Field problems use formal PMR process– PRS PMRs queued to product first to validate .cfg file checks and values

– PMR passed to PRS L3 queue if check problems or framework issues

– PRS PMR L3 queue [PRSL3,13K]


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Back up


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What is PRS

A lightweight and easy-to-use scanning tool to automate prerequisite checks for single or multiple products in a solution

Automated and standardized prerequisite checking solution across products and deployment types

Simplicity of use and lightweight solution

Improve TTV, with ready-to-use out-of-the-box predefined checks

Extensibility to expand coverage easily in the field

Key Benefits & Differentiator

IBM Prerequisite Scanner


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Prerequisite Scanner 1.1 TTEC GO training

Time given: March, 2011

Recording and presentation deck on TTEC site

URL: https://de202.centra.com:443/GP/main/000001a9883d0000012e34281f5f9d84 USERNAME: Use your IBM intranet address PASSWORD: scanner NOTES: Playback link for the event.

Prerequisite Scanner 1.2 TTEC GO training

Time given: Jan, 2013

Recording and presentation deck on TTEC site

— Playback Link (Password: IBMPSV1.2)

— Presentation Link

PRS GO Training


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numLogicalCPU

As PRS adopter, I would like PRS to support number of logical processor check (34094)


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numLogicalCPU – requirement and overview

Requester

JazzSM, OMEGAMON

Request Description

PRS’ existing numCPU property checks on the number of physical processors available to the operating system.

JazzSM and OMEGAMON team have requested PRS to provide a new capability to check for number of logical processors, to support their installation prerequisite scenario.

Property Name: numLogicalCPU

Supported Value: positive integer

For example:

numLogicalCPU=2


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numLogicalCPU – Windows overview

Implementation

Calculated by add up number of logical processors per physical processor, reported by win32_processor class

Requirements for Windows XP, Windows 2003 and limitation for Windows 2000

** As a known Windows limitation, WMI class win32_processor does not support attribute NumberOfLogicalProcessors.

Windows XP

—Required hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936235

—Required SP level: SP3 + (which includes the hotfix)

Windows 2003

—Required hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932370

Windows 2000 NOT supported

Microsoft ended Windows 2000 support at July 13, 2010

Tips – how to check for hotfixUse this command to get all hotfix installed on the system:

wmic qfe list


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numLogicalCPU – Windows error message


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numLogicalCPU – UNIX overview

Implementation

UNIX collector executes the following commands to get the set of Logical processors available in different flavors of UNIX.

RHEL and SUSE platforms : cat /proc/cpuinfo

AIX platform : bindprocessor -q

HP-UX platform : machinfo

SunOS platform : uname -X


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numLogicalCPU – UNIX output message


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numLogicalCPU – UNIX Error message

Precheck.log file

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