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Control-M/Server PACTV.9.0.21.003

BMC Software is releasing Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.003, which corrects the following problems in Control-M/Server 9.0.21.000 and 9.0.21.002 for UNIX and Windows.

Information

Important

Verify that Control-M/Server 9.0.21 installed before you install this patch. This patch is cumulative. You do not need to install previous patches before you install this patch.

Corrected Problems

The following table describes the problems that are corrected in Control-M/Server PACTV.9.0.21.003.

Tracking Number

Patch

Description

CTM-7759

PACTV.9.0.21.003

There are missing job updates because notifications between Control-M/Server processes are not sent.

CTM-7760

PACTV.9.0.21.003

Job orders made with the ctmudchk utility are very slow when you upgrade to Control-M/Server 9.0.21.

CTM-7300

Control-M/Server on Windows fails to connect to the Control-M/Agents through a TCP connection after an upgrade to version 9.0.21.000 that was performed from a network drive without write permissions. This occurs due to a problem in the SSL upgrade step during the product upgrade. An error message regarding the failed connection notifies you that the system cannot find the ess_key.txt file.

CTM-7398

A search in Control-M Workload Archiving 9.0.21.000 does not return all rows of job logs for cyclic jobs with a rerun count greater than 5.

CTM-7487

Jobs fail to run when Control-M/Server is hosted on a Linux machine and the /tmp directory is mounted with the noexec property.

CTM-7496

The CVE-2015-7501 vulnerability was detected in the commons-collections library used by various Control-M installer JAR files.

CTM-7500

The bmcryptpw utility for password encryption fails after an upgrade to version 9.0.21.000.

CTM-7515

A cyclic job stops cycling. The job remains in a Wait Time state and is not submitted, even though all its perquisites are met.

For more information see Knowledge Article 000403662.

Installing Control-M/Server Patch PACTV.9.0.21.003 on UNIX

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

Before You Begin

  • Verify that Control-M/Server 9.0.21 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:
    • Linux: zcat PACTV.9.0.21.003.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
    • AIX: gunzip -c PACTV.9.0.21.003.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>/PACTV.9.0.21.003/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.9.0.21.003 on Windows

This procedure describes how to install Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.003 on Windows.

Before You Begin

  • Verify that Control-M/Server 9.0.21 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.9.0.21.003\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.9.0.21.003 from UNIX

This procedure describes how to uninstall Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.003 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.9.0.21.003/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.9.0.21.003 from Windows

This procedure describes how to uninstall Control-M/Server patch PACTV.9.0.21.003 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.9.0.21.003\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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