This section contains a cumulative list of new features introduced in the
current fix pack and in the previous fix packs.
The following new features have been introduced in previous fix packs.
- Specifying the path where a single file is saved on the destination
system - APAR IY68180
- According to the new product design, files moved using data moving are
saved to a default directory. Using this option you can specify the path where
a single file is saved on the destination system. In the Software Distribution
command line the -G option has been added to the wspmvdata command, while in the Activity Planner and Software
Distribution GUI, the Modify Destination Path check
box has been added for the send and retrieve operations.
If you specify
the -G option or select the Modify
Destination Path check box, the file is saved on the destination system
according to the following naming convention: name_endpoint_timestamp_distribution_id.extension. If you do not specify the -G option or do not
select the Modify Destination Path check box, the default
behavior applies and the retrieved file is saved with its original name to
a directory on the destination system named according to the following convention: endpoint_distribution_id_timestamp.
- Cancelling an activity plan in Starting state - APAR IY70368
- In the released version of the product, when you issue a cancel command
for an activity plan, the command is queued and subsequently performed. If
any activity in the plan to be cancelled is being submitted, the cancel command
for that activity is performed only at the end of the submission, resulting
in the possibility that the distribution is sent to some targets.
To solve
this problem, the cancel command is now performed while the activity is still
being submitted. This operation is performed only when the cancel command
is requested for the entire plan, and not when the operation is requested
only for a subset of the activities in the plan.
- Concurrent login feature - Feature 54613
- On Windows(R) operating systems, you can use the concurrent
login feature to prevent the end user from logging in to the workstation and
performing a shutdown while a distribution is taking place. This feature guarantees
that critical distributions are not interrupted. You can also define a maximum
number of logins that can be performed during a distribution. In this case,
the distribution is paused and restarts after the user logs off. For more
information, see Implementing the concurrent login feature.
- Displaying the .jar files version - Feature 55204
- You can display the version of APM .jar files, if the version is indicated
in the .jar file. You can issue the command on Tivoli(R) servers and managed nodes after having
set the Tivoli environment, as described below:
- On UNIX(R) operating systems:
- . ./wjarversion.sh jarfile
- On Windows operating systems:
- wjarversion.bat jarfile
where:
- jarfile
- Is the name of the .jar file for which you want to display the version.
The following are the .jar files supported for this feature:
- apm.jar
- apm_utils.jar
- swd_plugin.jar
- tl_plugin.jar
The files required for implementing this feature are located in the /JarVersion
folder on IBM(R) Tivoli Configuration Manager, Version 4.2.2 Fix Pack 2 CD 2.
- Modify cancel button on endpoint notification panel - Feature
55522
- With this feature you can close the Software Distribution panel in a different way. On the Software Distribution panel when enabling the User notification, the X in the title bar of
the panel has been removed, and the Cancel button has
been replaced by the Reset button, that resets the original
values, if they have been changed. The only way to close the panel is to click OK.
- Immediate start of distribution for "unique" targets
in conditioned activities- Feature 56050
- With this feature you can add a new submission parameter to the Activity
Planner. When submitting a plan, it is now possible to enable the Activity
Planner server to evaluate all the conditioned activities of a plan, as soon
as the plan is submitted. In this way if a conditioned activity has a target,
which is not contained in a conditioning activity, the operation for that
target starts immediately. One limitation is that a plan with at least one
activity, having the option target computation at activity execution set, cannot be submitted if this feature is enabled.
To enable this
feature from the Activity Planner command line, run the wsubpln command in the following way:
wsubpln -r plan_name -Dpre_eval_conditions=true
To enable this feature
from the Activity Planner GUI, the Pre-evaluate conditions
at plan submission check box has been added to the Plan Submission Parameters panel.
To enable this feature from the
Change Manager command line, specify the -e option when
running the wsyncrmod command, or select the Pre-evaluate conditions at plan submission check box which has
been added to the Select activity plan name panel.
- Stop on failure check box - Feature 56087
- With this feature you can soften the check performed by Change Manager
on each ex-requisite dependency, related to a Software Distribution element,
to avoid a failure in the synchronization process, if the condition is not
met on one of the target machines. Using this feature you can control the
Change Manager behavior when evaluating the dependency. The Stop on failure check box has been added to Change Manager to activate
the feature.
To enable this feature, perform one of the following actions:
- Right-click the Dependencies pane of the Software Distribution element panel. Select the Software
Distribution Ex-requisite dependency type from the Add menu. By default, the Stop on failure check
box is selected and active, to maintain compatibility with the previous fix
pack level.
- Select Software Distribution element from the Add menu. The Software Distribution element panel is displayed. Click the Distribution Options button to display the Distribution Options panel.
By default, the Stop on failure check box is greyed
out. It becomes active after adding a Software Distribution ex-requisite dependency
to the Software Distribution element specified.
- From the Edit menu, select Create
Reference Model. The Properties panel is displayed.
By default, the Stop on failure check box is greyed
out. It becomes active after adding a Software Distribution element, which
contains a Software Distribution ex-requisite dependency.
- Cancel as preferred final status for a plan - Feature 56137
- Before submitting a plan, you can define its final status to Cancel
if any of the plan activities have been cancelled and the others are successful,
either by selecting Set Cancel as preferred final status in the General page of the Plan Submission Parameters notebook or by specifying -Dis_cancel_preferred=y in the wsubpln command.
- New 32-bit MRMBIOS.EXE - Feature 180357
- With this feature the Windows 64-bit platforms support has been extended.
The old 16-bit mrmbios.exe file has been now replaced by a 32-bit
file having the same name, and using new device drivers. You can use the mrmbios.exe file to scan new platforms such as AMD 64 and Itanium 64.
- Customize the source host for Data Moving Endpoint to Endpoint
send and delete - Feature 57318
- With this feature the source host for Data Moving Endpoint to Endpoint
send and delete operations is not necessarily the Tivoli server anymore. With
this feature the source host can be customized. A default value can be set
using the following command:
wswdcfg -s datamoving_source_host=ManagedNode name