Is your Security Operation Center already asked you to be alerted in real-time in case of security incident on your IBM Cloud Pak System machine? If yes, you probably answered to this request by giving access to Events web page on IBM Cloud Pak System console, like on picture below: Usually, it’s not the answerContinue reading “How to use IBM Cloud Pak System logs, in real-time, to alert your Security Operation Center in case of security incident?”
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New release 2.3.3.7 for IBM Cloud Pak System W3700
On 23rd June 2023, IBM released version 2.3.3.7 of IBM Cloud Pak System. This release is only available for IBM Cloud Pak System W3700 model, based on Power CPUs. The latest release for Intel-based IBM Cloud Pak Systems is 2.3.3.6 that was released on 31st March this year. Release 2.3.3.7 is the first release availableContinue reading “New release 2.3.3.7 for IBM Cloud Pak System W3700”
IBM BAW 21.0.3 LTSR pattern available
There are a number of IBM Cloud Pak System (CPS) clients that have been successfully running IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW) for many years. On 23 September 2022, IBM released a new pattern for IBM BAW 21.0.3 LTSR (Long Term Serviceability Release): Note: IBM updated the IBM Business Automation Workflow and IBM Integration Designer SoftwareContinue reading “IBM BAW 21.0.3 LTSR pattern available”
What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.4 and 2.3.3.5
Last week, on 12th August 2022, IBM has released IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.5. Earlier this year, on 6th May, IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.4 was released. We’ll see in this post some of the changes that were introduced in these two versions. Red Hat Enterprise Linux support IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.4 is theContinue reading “What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.4 and 2.3.3.5”
Obsolete Red Hat subscription does not impact RHEL support on IBM Cloud Pak System
IBM Cloud Pak System allows you to provision your own Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) VMs on the appliance. The IBM support provides support for RHEL, assuming Your subscription and support agreement for your IBM Cloud Pak System also includes support from Red Hat for RHEL VMs deployed on the appliance. Note: in order toContinue reading “Obsolete Red Hat subscription does not impact RHEL support on IBM Cloud Pak System”
How to avoid corrupting .tgz files downloaded from IBM Fix Central
Clients working with IBM Cloud Pak System sometimes need to download product fixes from IBM Fix Central. These are fixes are typically made availalable as .tgz files that can be downloaded from a browser. However there is a known issue downloading .tgz files from IBM Fix Central, corrupting the actual downloaded file. We strongly recommendContinue reading “How to avoid corrupting .tgz files downloaded from IBM Fix Central”
How to include more detail to IBM Support Case email notifications
From IBM Cloud Pak Systems 2.3.2.0 onwards, clients work with IBM Support through Support Cases using the IBM MySupport web site. As many clients will have upgraded their IBM Cloud Pak Systems to 2.3.2.0 or higher, being able to work efficiently with Support Cases is key. Support for IBM Cloud Pak System prior to 2.3.2.0Continue reading “How to include more detail to IBM Support Case email notifications”
Learn how to move your existing workloads between multiple IBM Cloud Pak Systems using 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1
Earlier this year myself and @hendrikvanrun had the opportunity to work on the new Workload Mobility feature with vaigadge@in.ibm.com and rahulnema@in.ibm.com from the IBM Cloud Pak System development team. As per the blog post What’s new in IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1, this feature is now available for all IBM Cloud PakContinue reading “Learn how to move your existing workloads between multiple IBM Cloud Pak Systems using 2.3.3.3 Interim Fix 1”
Upgrading to NSS 3.53 on RHEL 7 may cause an issue on IBM Cloud Pak System
Most clients running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 on IBM Cloud Pak System chose to apply security updates from Red Hat on a regular basis. This is typically done using Red Hat Satellite Server, which can be integrated with RHEL 7 VMs on IBM Cloud Pak System using the Red Hat Satellite Service. WhileContinue reading “Upgrading to NSS 3.53 on RHEL 7 may cause an issue on IBM Cloud Pak System”
IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3 introduces support for VMware Side-Channel-Aware Scheduler v2
About two years ago, IBM PureApplication System 2.2.6.0 and IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.0.0 provided mitigation against CVE-2018-3646, CVE-2018-3620 of the built-in VMware 6.5 stack (see Impact of HyperThreadingMitigation introduced in IBM PureApplication System 2.2.6.0 or IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.0.0). The mitigation provided by IBM here was to enable the Side-Channel-Aware Scheduler (SCA) v1Continue reading “IBM Cloud Pak System 2.3.3 introduces support for VMware Side-Channel-Aware Scheduler v2”
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