Issues tables


  

Review the following tables for issues that were corrected in BMC Helix Service Management deployment 26.1.01 and for known issues that remain open.

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The version number represents the update (Year.Month.Release) or release number (MajorRelease.MinorRelease.ServicePack.Patch) in which the issue is fixed.

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Information

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ComponentDescriptionStatusFound inDefect ID
BMC Helix Service Management

When you upgrade BMC Helix Service Management from version 25.4.01 to 26.1.01 in an air-gapped environment, the BMC HelixGPT upgrade fails.

Workaround:

  1. In the BMC Helix Innovation Suite namespace, edit the BMC HelixGPT deployment.
  2. In the BMC HelixGPT deployment file, in the env section, add the following parameter:
    name: HF_HUB_OFFLINE
    value: "1"
  3. Rebuild the HELIX_SMARTAPPS_DEPLOY pipeline by using the RERUN option.
 26.1.01DRM88-8839
BMC Helix Service Management

When you try to back up the BMC Digital Workplace connector, the HELIX_DB_REFRESH fails with the following error:

File "/apps/git/workspace/HELIX_DB_REFRESH/utils/python/dwpc_config_mssql.py", line 733, in <module> 

backup_dwpc_connections()

  File "/apps/git/workspace/HELIX_DB_REFRESH/utils/python/dwpc_config_mssql.py", line 255, in backup_dwpc_connections

    if decrypted_value is not None and len(decrypted_value) > 0:

       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'decrypted_value' where it is not associated with a value

Fixed in 26.1.0125.1.01DRSE3-16301
BMC HelixGPT

BMC Helix Service Management upgrade fails at the HelixGPT Apps stage when the environment lacks internet access, causing the pods to attempt to fetch files from huggingface.co.

Fixed in 26.1.0125.4.00DRM88-7363
BMC Helix Service Management

If the sr-input-file.sh file is missing in CUSOTMER_CONFIGS repository, the HELIX_DB_REFRESH pipeline fails to execute successfully.

Fixed in 26.1.0125.4.01DRSE3-16167
BMC Helix Service Management

During the execution of the HELIX_DB_REFRESH pipeline, the user interface does not provide an option to skip component stages that are not being used.

 

Fixed in 26.1.0125.4.01DRSE3-16165
BMC Helix Service Management

During the upgrade of BMC Helix Service Management to version 25.3.01, the HELIX_ONPREM_DEPLOYMENT pipeline might become stuck at the platform rolling upgrade or platform FTS stage if any FTS pods are already down before the rolling restart begins.

Workaround: Delete all the pods from the respective stateful set. To force a fresh start, manually delete the pods using the following command:
kubectl delete pod <pod name>

Open

25.3.01

DRD21-127368

DRD21-128076

BMC Digital Workplace

When you change the hannah_admin user password after installing BMC Helix Innovation Suite, the dwp-tomcat-deployment-master and dwp-tomcat-deployment-slave pods fail and do not start.

Workaround: In the BMC Digital Workplace Tomcat configuration, update the hannah_admin user password, and then restart the dwp-tomcat-deployment-master and dwp-tomcat-deployment-slave pods.

Open

21.3.04

DRIIT-56643

DRIIT-55167 

BMC Helix Platform Common Services

You cannot log in to Helix Portal if you do not specify a value for the SMTP_PASSWORD parameter in the secrets.txt file during a BMC Helix Platform services installation.

Workaround: In the secrets.txt file, specify a placeholder value for the SMTP_PASSWORD parameter.

Open

21.3.05

DRRE3-1892

Clam AV

Clam AntiVirus pod fails in any of the following cases:

  • You are using an air-gapped environment and do not have access to internet.
  • You are not using an air-gapped environment and have access to internet. However, you encounter the following warning:
    WARNING: Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 -> FreshClam received error code 429 from the ClamAV Content Delivery Network (CDN).
    Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 ->  2. If you have more than 10 hosts on your network attempting to download,
    Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 ->     it is recommended that you set up a private mirror on your network using
    Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 ->     cvdupdate (https://pypi.org/project/cvdupdate/) to save bandwidth on the
    Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 ->     CDN and your own network.
    Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 ->  3. Please do not open a ticket asking for an exemption from the rate limit,
    Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 ->     it will not be granted.
    WARNING: Mon Jul  3 10:55:25 2023 -> You are on cool-down until after: 2023-07-03 19:47:57

Workaround:

If you are using an air-gapped environment, perform the following steps:

  1. Scale down the Clam AV deployment to zero.
  2. On the AR System Configuration Generic UI form, set the configuration setting Enable-Attachment-Validation-Plugin value as false.
    See Configuration settings E-M.

If your environment has access to internet, unwait till the cool-down period is complete.

Open

22.1.06

DRD21-61101

 

 

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