OLAP Server patch - US English

Downloading the Patch

1. Download the patch (EOD060US.EXE - 24.1 MB), saving the file in any convenient directory on your PC.

 
2. In Windows Explorer, double-click EOD060US.EXE. When the dialog box appears, click Extract and you will be prompted to save the file in a new directory. Click Yes. EOD060US.BIN will be saved.

Prerequisites for Applying the Patch

• Verify that the version of ShowCase STRATEGY Essbase/400 installed is 3.01. Type the following to display the ESSSVR version:

<Essbase Installation Library>/DSPESSENV
• To find out if this patch has already been applied to 3.0, check if the ShowCase PTF user space exists.
DSPOBJD <Essbase installation library>/EOD060US *USRSPC If the following message appears, the patch has not been applied. CPF9801 - Object EOD060US in library <Essbase installation library> not found.
• Ensure that you can use FTP between your PC and your AS/400.
• You will be required to sign on to your AS/400 as QSECOFR or with equivalent authority (*ALLOBJ, *IOSYSCFG, *SAVSYS, *JOBCTL, and *SECADM special authorities are needed) to apply the patch.
• Ensure no one is currently using the Essbase server. Use ESSCMDAPI to check which users are still connect, as follows:
1. Login with the LOGINESS command and enter your username and password
2. Type LSTESSUSR to display the list of users that are still connected to the server. Your username will appear in this list.
3. Type the following to log out all users:

        RUNESSCMDC COMMAND('LOGOUTALLUSERS Y')
NOTE: You will receive a message that you cannot log yourself out with this command.
4. Logout of the ESSCMDAPI with the LOGOUTESS command.
• The Essbase server to which this patch will be applied must be shut down before applying the patch. Either use your typical method of shutting down, or use the ShowCase-supplied command, ENDESSSVR.
• Bring down your OLAP server. Either use your typical method of shutting down, or use the ShowCase-supplied command, ENDAOSSVR.
• We recommend waiting 15 minutes after shutdown to ensure that all system resources have been released.

Installing the Patch

Note: Before installing the patch, be sure to read and follow the prerequisites listed above.

1. OS/400: Create a save file in QGPL:
CRTSAVF QGPL/EOD060US
2. PC: Use FTP to transfer EOD060US.BIN to the AS/400:
C:\>FTP<AS/400 IP Address>
User (system:(none)): <userid>
331 Enter password.

Password: <password>
230 <userid> logged on.
ftp> binary
ftp> put c:...\EOD060US.BIN QGPL/EOD060US
ftp> quit
C:\>

3. OS/400: Restore the LODRUNS program and command from the save file using the following command. This may replace an existing version of the command and program which is OK:.
RSTOBJ OBJ(LODRUNS) SAVLIB(QTEMP) DEV(*SAVF) OBJTYPE(*ALL) SAVF(QGPL/EOD060US) RSTLIB(<Essbase installation library>) ALWOBJDIF(*ALL) MBROPT(*ALL)
4. OS/400: If the restore is correct, the following message will appear:
2 objects restored from QTEMP to <Essbase installation library>. Note: If the RSTOBJ command fails, be sure you successfully created the save file in step 1 and that the FTP in step 2 was also successful.
5. OS/400: Update the command as follows.
CHGCMD CMD(<Essbase installation library>/LODRUNS) PGM(<Essbase installation library>/LODRUNS)
6. OS/400: Apply the patch as follows. When prompted, enter the name of the Essbase installation library.
<Essbase installation library>/LODRUNS SAVF(QGPL/EOD060US)
7. OS/400: A journal will be created during the apply process. The journal contains information about the apply process and the last entry in the journal contains the PTF level. There should not be any journal entries of type ER or CE. The last ID entry will indicate the latest PTF level that was applied:

          DSPJRN JRN(<Essbase installation library>/SCPTFLOG)
8. We recommend that you run the OPTESSSVR command to optimize your Essbase programs after installing this patch. By default, these programs are already optimized for the V4R3 operating system level. While this level of optimization is good, newer versions of OS/400 may provide better optimizations and ultimately improve your run time performance. The process of optimizing the programs for the current release can require a great deal of CPU time and can significantly affect the performance of other activity on the system. If you do not want to optimize the programs for your current release at this time, you can install the programs optimized for V4R3. You may run the OPTESSSVR a later time when it is more convenient. The format of the command is:
essbase_lib/OPTESSSVR
where essbase_lib is the Essbase library.

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