IC85400: BROCADE FABRIC DISCOVERY JOBS FAIL.

Fix Pack 5.1.1.0 (December 2012) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.2 (September 2013) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.5 (July 2014) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.6 (March 2015) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.9 (October 2015) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.12 (October 2016) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.13 (February 2017) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.14 (June 2017) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.15 (Sept 2017) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.1.1.8 (July 2015) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• By default, the TPC Database (TPCDB) tables T_RES_FABRIC and
  T_RES_MASKING_INFO contain fields not large enough to accept
  names of Brocade fabrics.  Discovery job logs show the following
  errors:
  BTADS0062E Encountered SQL error 22001 while persisting some
  data.
  HWN021503E An internal error occurred, please try again. If the
  problem persists, please contact IBM service.
  HWN021503E An internal error occurred, please try again. If the
  problem persists, please contact IBM service.
  HWN021728I TPC discovery on CIMOM https://xx.xx.xx.xx:5989 is
  complete.
  BTADS0035E The execution of the job failed with: HWN021503E An
  internal error occurred, please try again. If the problem
  persists, please contact IBM service. .
  BTADS0001I Discover Process with Device Server RUN ID xxxx and
  Job ID xxxx is complete with Status= 4, Return Code= 1.
  This is due to the table columns which accept the fabric name
  are limited to 32 characters.  Names longer will result in this
  failure.
  RECREATE STEPS:
  Perform fabric discovery against Brocade fabrics with names
  longer than the defined column width.
  ________________________________________________________________
  DB2 Version used for Server:    N/A
  The defect is against component:   5608TPC00 TPC for Fabric
  Server/Manager build/release (TPC):   5.1.0
  Agent build/release (TPC):    N/A
  Server/Manager (OS):     N/A
  Agent (OS):       N/A
  ________________________________________________________________
  Problem as described by customer:   Brocade fabric discovery
  issued against embedded DCFM smi-s agent fails with "encountered
  sql error 22001 while persisting some data"
  Initial customer impact (low/med/high): med
  Manually edit the name of the fabric within Brocade DCFM to a
  value of 32 characters or less.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * TPC users prior to 5.1.1 who have given monitored fabrics    *
  * long names in the switch vendor's management applications.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Fabric probe fails if the Fabric Name set by the user is     *
  * larger than 32 characters.  See ERROR DESCRIPTION.           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Shorten the fabric name using the switch vendor's management *
  * application or upgrade to TPC 5.1.1 or later when available. *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Changed Name field to allow up to 256 character fabric names.
  The fix for this APAR is targeted for the following maintenance
  package:<br/><br/>| fix pack | 5.1.1-TIV-TPC-GA - target
  December
  2012<br/><br/>http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&amp;uid
  =swg21320822<br/><br/>The target dates for future fix packs do
  not represent a formal <br/>commitment by IBM. The dates are
  subject to change without <br/>notice.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• FABRIC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TPC

• Fixed component ID

  5608TPC00

Applicable component levels

• R510 PSY

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