IC66143: SERVER MAY CRASH ON SELECT OR QUERY FROM CONTENTS TABLE IF THE OUTPUT IS DISPLAYED IN HEX.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• SELECT  from CONTENTS and the command QUERY CONTENT using
  the Option Format=Detail can cause Tivoli Storage Manager
  server to crash.
  
  
  
  Stack from a core caused by  "select * from content":
  
  BaseTableIterator_Fetch(??) at 0x100203560
  sqlIterator_Fetch(??) at 0x1001f9d1c
  SelectIterator_Fetch(??) at 0x100201e7c
  sqlIterator_Fetch(??) at 0x1001f9d1c
  sqlQuery_Fetch(??) at 0x1001f61b0
  AdmSQLExecute(??) at 0x100614448
  AdmCommandLocal(??, ??, ??, ??, ??) at 0x10015da1c
  admCommand(??, ??, ??, ??, ??) at 0x10015e834
  SmAdminCommandThread(??) at 0x1006eba2c
  StartThread(??) at 0x10000ff28
  
  
  error in dsmserv.err:
  ANR9999D pkmemory.c(577): Error detected while   freeing memory;
  free was called from 10000726c (psxpg.c(1207)), memory   was
  allocated from psxpg.c(1107).
  
  
  Platform/Version affected :
  Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4 and V5.5 on ALl supported platforms
  
  Additional keywords:
  contents pkmemory.c  psxpg.c zz61
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Tivoli Storage Manager users.            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The following commands can cause a      *
  *                      crash in the Tivoli Storage Manager     *
  *                      server when the output from the         *
  *                      command contains hexadecimal            *
  *                      format of the file name or file         *
  *                      space name.                             *
  *                      select * from filespaces                *
  *                      select * from vfsmappings               *
  *                      select * from contents                  *
  *                      query filespace                         *
  *                      query virtualfsmapping                  *
  *                      query content                           *
  *                      query toc                               *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing level when available. This      *
  *                 problem is currently projected to be fixed   *
  *                 in levels 5.5.5 and 6.1.4. Note that this    *
  *                 is subject to change at the discretion of    *
  *                 IBM.                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was fixed.
  Affected platforms:  AIX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux, Windows
  and z/OS.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  PM10241 PM15685

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM SERVER

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMSV

Applicable component levels

• R55A PSY

     UP

• R55H PSY

     UP

• R55L PSY

     UP

• R55S PSY

     UP

• R55W PSY

     UP

• R61A PSY

     UP

• R61H PSY

     UP

• R61L PSY

     UP

• R61S PSY

     UP

• R61W PSY

     UP