Privileged Account Manager 4.1 Patch Update 1 Release Notes

September 2021

Privileged Account Manager 4.1 Patch Update 1 (4.1.0.1) resolves several previous issues and contains improvements to existing features.

Many of these improvements were made in direct response to suggestions from our customers. We thank you for your time and valuable input. We hope you continue to help us ensure that our products meet all your needs. You can post feedback in the Privileged Account Manager Community Support Forum, our online community that also includes product information, blogs, and links to helpful resources.

The documentation for this product is available on the NetIQ website in HTML and PDF formats. If you have suggestions for documentation improvements, click the comment icon on any page in the HTML version of the documentation posted at the Privileged Account Manager Documentation website. To download this product, see the Software License and Download portal.

1.0 Software Fixes

This release includes the following software fixes:

Component

Bug ID

Issue

LDAP-Access Control

363027

The Access Control LDAP User Selection window is blank when you click Next to view more users.

Privileged Account Manager Agent

386022

During the upgrade, Privileged Account Manager Agent tries to communicate with the old authentication server. This authentication server does not exist in the Privileged Account Manager framework manager.

User Interface

363032

When you edit a resource pool to add another resource, the newly added resource is not displayed in the user interface.

User Interface

377025

When you navigate to My Access > Reports, an Unknown Error is displayed on the screen.

2.0 Installing Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1

After installing Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1, download the software and the license from the Software License and Download portal. For information about how to download the product from this portal, watch the following video.

The following file is available with the Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1 release:

Table 1 File Available for Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1 Release

File/Folder name

Description

netiq-npam-packages-4.1.0.1.tar.gz

Contains the Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1 .tar file.

3.0 System Requirements

For information about hardware requirements, supported operating systems, and browsers, see Privileged Account Manager 4.1 System Requirements and Sizing Guidelines.

4.0 Upgrading Privileged Account Manager

You can upgrade to Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1 from Privileged Account Manager 4.1. When you upgrade to Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1, a rollback of packages to version 4.1 or an earlier version is not supported.

NOTE:Extract the netiq-npam-packages-4.1.0.1.tar.gz file to the framework directory. For Windows platforms, use WinZip to extract the file. Ensure the packages are in the 4.1.0.1 version. For UNIX and Linux platforms, use the following commands:

gunzip netiq-npam-packages-4.1.0.1 tar.gz

tar -xvf netiq-npam-packages-4.1.0.1.tar

For information about upgrading to Privileged Account Manager 4.1.0.1, see Upgrading Privileged Account Manager in the Privileged Account Manager Installation Guide.

5.0 Updated Modules

This version updates the following modules:

  • Registry agent <regclnt>

  • Administration manager <admin>

  • Framework package <spf>

  • Audit manager <audit>

6.0 Known Issues

Micro Focus strives to ensure our products provide quality solutions for your enterprise software needs. The following issue is currently being researched. If you need further assistance with any issue, please contact https://www.microfocus.com/support-and-services/.

6.1 Registering and Uninstalling of Solaris SPARC Fails

Issue: While registering PAM 4.1 agent on Solaris 10 SPARC 64 bit and Solaris 10 Intel version 32 bit with PAM framework manager fails with error message (Bug: 287160):

ld.so.1:unifi:fatal:libgcc_s.so.1:open failed:no such file or directory

Workaround: Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/netiq/npum/sbin/unifi regclnt register. The following example illustrates the workaround.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/netiq/npum/bin/libgcc_s.so.1
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/netiq/npum/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

7.0 Contacting Micro Focus

For specific product issues, contact Micro Focus Support at https://www.microfocus.com/support-and-services/.

Additional technical information or advice is available from several sources: