Control-M/Agent PAKAI.9.0.21.201


BMC Software is releasing Control-M/Agent patch PAKAI.9.0.21.201, which corrects the following problems in Control-M/Agent on Windows.

Information
Important

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

Corrected Problems

The following table describes the problems that are corrected in PAKAI.9.0.21.201.

Tracking NumberDescription

CTM-9628

OS jobs sometimes fail to submit when more than one Agent instance is installed on the same Windows machine.

The following errors are issued:

  • Failed to receive AM confirmation on job submit
  • ReadFile operation is pending

CTM-9613

Communication between Agent processes p_ctmag and p_ctmam sometimes has errors, mainly when the machine is very busy. This causes a delay in job completion tracking.

CTM-9570

Jobs disappear or appear as executing even though they finished executing when a Windows machine is experiencing a heavy workload.

For more technical details about these issues, see BMC Knowledge Article 000420832.

Installing Control-M/Agent Patch PAKAI.9.0.21.201 on Windows

This procedure describes how to install Control-M/Agent patch PAKAI.9.0.21.201 on Windows.

Before You Begin

  • Verify that Control-M/Agent 9.0.21.200 is installed.
  • Verify that Control-M jobs are not running on the Control-M/Agent.

Begin

  1. Download the installation package from Control-M/Agent 9.0.21 Patches.
  2. Log in to the account where Control-M/Agent 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. Run the following command:
    <temporary directory>\PAKAI.9.0.21.201_windows_x86_64.exe
  4. If you have changed the Agent configuration to bypass the issues that are resolved by this patch, do the following to revert to the default configuration after applying the patch:
    1. In the Windows registry, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BMC Software\Control-M/Agent\WIN
    2. Set SOCKET_AM_AS_COM to a value of N.

Uninstalling Control-M/Agent Patch PAKAI.9.0.21.201 from Windows

This procedure describes how to uninstall Control-M/Agent patch PAKAI.9.0.21.201 from Windows.

Before You Begin

  • Verify that Control-M jobs are not running on the Control-M/Agent.

Begin

  1. Log in as the Control-M/Agent administrator.
  2. Navigate to the Control-M/Agent home directory.
  3. Run the following command:
    <AGENT_HOME>\install\PAKAI.9.0.21.201\uninstall.bat

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

Control-M 9.0.21