Control-M/Server PACTV.9.0.21.201


BMC Software is releasing Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.201, which corrects the following problems in Control-M/Server on UNIX and Windows.

Information
Important

Verify that Control-M/Server 9.0.21.200 is installed before you install this patch.

Corrected Problems

The following table describes the problems that are corrected in Control-M/Server PACTV.9.0.21.201.

Tracking NumberDescription

CTM-9717

Order requests complete successfully, even though not all folders are ordered. This occurs when the number of jobs that are currently ordered reaches the limit stated in the value of the ORDERING_MAX_CONCURRENT_JOBS system parameter, which has a default value of 20,000.

CTM-9712

An order request incorrectly ends with the following error message and a completion code of 99, even though the order was successful:

Order complete, one or more jobs may not have been ordered.

CTM-9601

The ctm_agstat utility fails to run the -LIST_WITH_TAGS option after an upgrade to Control-M/Server 9.0.21.200. This occurs when the Control-M/Server runs on Windows with an MSSQL database.

CTM-9559

Control-M/Server version 9.0.21.200 migration fails on UNIX in the Import Keys step, with the following error message:

Failed to convert passwords.

CTM-9205

Control-M/Server stops sending job updates to Control-M/EM when the connection is configured with TLS (SSL).

The following message is written to the CE log:

DB updates sending is temporarily suspended since gateway is not coping. Pending packets... more than twice the updates chunk size (2000).

CTM-9111

Order of a job defined with Run job on all hosts in group (MULTIAGENT=Y) might not occur on every Agent when the Control-M/Server runs on Windows with an external MSSQL database and a database rollback occurs during the order.

Installing Control-M/Server Patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 on UNIX

This procedure describes how to install Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 on UNIX.

Before You Begin

  • Verify that Control-M/Server 9.0.21.200 is installed.

Begin

  1. Download the installation package from Control-M/Server 9.0.21 Patches.
  2. Log in to the account where Control-M/Server is installed and copy the installation package to a temporary directory on your local hard drive (not a network drive).
  3. Extract the patch installation file that you obtained into a temporary directory, using one of the following commands:
    • Linuxzcat PACTV.9.0.21.201.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
    • AIX: gunzip -c PACTV.9.0.21.201.tar.gz | tar xvf -
  4. Log in as the Control-M/Server user and navigate to the $HOME directory.
  5. Shut down both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • shut_ca
    • shut_ctm
  6. Run the following command:
    <temporary directory>/install_patch.sh
  7. Restart both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • start_ctm
    • start_ca

Installing Control-M/Server Patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 on Windows

This procedure describes how to install Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 on Windows.

Before You Begin

  • Verify that Control-M/Server 9.0.21.200 is installed.

Begin

  1. Download the installation package from Control-M/Server 9.0.21 Patches.
  2. Log in to the account where Control-M/Server is installed, copy the installation package to a temporary directory on your local hard drive (not a network drive), and then extract the package.
  3. Open a Windows command prompt and navigate to the Control-M/Server home directory.
  4. Shut down both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • shut_ca
    • shut_ctm
  5. Run the following command:
    <temporary directory>\PACTV.9.0.21.201\Windows\install_patch.bat
  6. Restart both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • start_ctm
    • start_ca

Uninstalling Control-M/Server Patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 from UNIX

This procedure describes how to uninstall Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 from UNIX.

Begin

  1. Log in as the Control-M/Server user and navigate to the Control-M/Server home directory.
  2. Shut down both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • shut_ca
    • shut_ctm
  3. Run the following command:
    ${HOME}/patches/PACTV.9.0.21.201/uninstall_patch.sh

  4. Restart both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • start_ctm
    • start_ca

Uninstalling Control-M/Server Patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 from Windows

This procedure describes how to uninstall Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.201 from Windows.

Begin

  1. From a command line, navigate to the Control-M/Server home directory.
  2. Shut down both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • shut_ca
    • shut_ctm
  3. Run the following command:
    "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\BMC Software\PACTV.9.0.21.201\uninstall_patch.bat"
  4. Restart both the Control-M/Server and the Control-M/Server Configuration Agent with the following commands:
    • start_ctm
    • start_ca

 

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