IC81366: INCORRECT COMMAND SYNTAX CAN CAUSE TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER SERVER TO CRASH

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 Fix Pack 7 (5.5.7.000) Server Downloads

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• There are many server commands which use commas to separate
  entries in the command. For example, the command syntax for
  DELETE NODEGROUPMEMBER is as follow:
                                         .-,---------.
                                         V           |
  >>-DELete NODEGROUPMember?group_name----node_name-+-----------><
  
  Commas are used as delimiters to separate the node names. If
  there are syntax errors such that periods are used instead of
  commas, the Tivoli Storage Manager server may crash. An example
  of the error messages in the activity log before the server
  crash is as follow (This was done using an incorrect syntax for
  DELETE NODEGROUPMEMBER command):
  
  01/23/2012 13:55:41      ANR0162W Supplemental database
  diagnostic    information: -1:22001:-99999 ([IBM][CLI Driver]
  CLI0109E
  String data right truncation. SQLSTATE=22001). (SESSION:
  28743)
  01/23/2012 13:55:41      ANR0157W Database operation FETCH for
  table      Nodes failed with result code 8 and tracking ID:
  0000000020D86ED8. (SESSION: 28743)
  
  01/23/2012 13:55:41      ANR0158W Database operation FETCH for
  table      Nodes failed with operation code 8 and tracking id
  0000000020D86ED8. The data for column 0 is: (string,
  len=370)0x41455348435550532E414553554E494D312E4145535556-
  494F312E4145535556494F322E41554131363032302E415541313630-
  32312E41554131363032332E415557696E4E54505043363400000000-
  00000053415000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  000000000000460C0B05CCBDE915FAAD77DFD6E0316B000000000000-
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006F05111100-
  2A000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000-
  0000000000000000000000. (SESSION: 28743)
  01/23/2012 13:55:41      ANR0106E admnode.c(11933): Unexpected
  error 8 fetching row in table "Nodes". (SESSION: 28743)
  
  01/23/2012 13:55:41      ANR9999D_3513315229
  AdmDeleteNodeGroupMember(admndgrp.c:1613) Thread<75>: Error 14
  retrieving attributes for node
  AESHCUPS.AESUNIM1.AESUVIO1.AESUVIO2.AUA16020.AUA16021.AU-
  A16023.AUA16024.AUA16025.AUA312.AUA791.AUBHCUPS.AUBUNIM1-
  .AUBUVIO1.AUBUVIO2.AUV38022.AUV390.AUV391.AUV392.AUV393.-
  AUV394.AUV395.AUV396.AUV397.AUV398.AUV490.AUV491.AUV492.-
  AUV493.AUV494.AUV495.AUV496.AUV497.AUV590.AUV591.AUV592.-
  AUV593.AUV594.AUV595.AUV596.AUV597.AUV690.AUV691.AUV692.-
  AUV693.AUV694.AUV695.AUV696.AUV697 (SESSION: 28743)
  
  This APAR is not limited to DELETE NODEGROUPMEMBER command. It
  will affect any server commands that use commas-delimited
  parameters.
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions Affected:
  All supported Tivoli Storage Manager version on all platforms
  
  Customer/L2 Diagnostics (If Applicable)
  None
  
  Initial Impact:
  Low
  
  Additional Keywords:
  TSM abend core die stop
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Tivoli Storage Manager server users.     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See ERROR DESCRIPTION.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing level when available. This      *
  *                 problem is currently projected to be         *
  *                 fixed in levels 5.5.7, 6.2.5 and             *
  *                 6.3.3. Note that this is subject to          *
  *                 change at the discretion of IBM.             *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was fixed.
  Affected platforms: AIX, HP-UX, 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:

  PM83054

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

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• R61W PSY

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• R62A PSY

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• R62H PSY

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• R62L PSY

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• R62S PSY

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• R62W PSY

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• R63A PSY

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• R63H PSY

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• R63L PSY

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• R63S PSY

     UP

• R63W PSY

     UP