IC86790: TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER SERVER MEMORY LEAK IN IMDMGR.C WHEN ISSUING "EXPIRE INVENTORY" COMMAND.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Tivoli Storage Manager server memory usage may increase
  when running expiration process.
  Results of "show alloc" running after each expiration process
  will show the memory usage of imdmgr.c increasing
  until the server needs to be restarted.
  
  
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions Affected: TSM 6.X for all
  platforms
  
  
  Customer/L2 Diagnostics (If Applicable)
  Results of "show alloc" commands show that an entry for memory
  allocation
  increase monotonically for each expiration process as follows:
  
  imdmgr.c line 6456: 3 entries for 984 bytes (StoreMsgInfo)
  thread XX()
  ..
  imdmgr.c line 6456: 5 entries for 1640 bytes (StoreMsgInfo)
  thread XX()
  ...
  imdmgr.c line 6456: 7 entries for 2296 bytes (StoreMsgInfo)
  thread XX()
  ...
  imdmgr.c line 6456: 9 entries for 2952 bytes (StoreMsgInfo)
  thread XX()
  
  * Number of the second column may be different depending on
  version.
  
  
  Initial Impact: Low
  
  
  Additional Keywords: zz61 zz62 zz63 imdmgr StoreMsgInfo
  expiration
  

Local fix

• Recycle Tivoli Storage Manager server process to free memory.
  

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 6.2.6, and 6.3.4. 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, and Windows.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM SERVER

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMSV

Applicable component levels

• R62A PSY

     UP

• R62H PSY

     UP

• R62L PSY

     UP

• R62S PSY

     UP

• R62W PSY

     UP

• R63A PSY

     UP

• R63H PSY

     UP

• R63L PSY

     UP

• R63S PSY

     UP

• R63W PSY

     UP