IC87553: PERFORMANCE COLLECTION FAILS FOR SMI-S BSP DEVICES WHEN PERFORMANCE DATA CONTAINS SPACES.ERROR CODE HWNPM2132W

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
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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The TPC code is not addressing this scenario properly (e.g.
  volume or array names
  containing spaces), allowing the Space as a valid delimiter
  character for the performance data
  records, hence breaking the parsing algorithm.
  
  Below are the details of this issue being reproduced within
  customer's environment:
  
  This is one of the performance records sent to TPC by the CIMOM
  for the xxx.xxxx  device after
  TPC is calling the SMI-S "GetStatisticsCollection" function
  (the fields of one performance record are always separated by
  the semicolon ";" character):
  
  012-10-22  14:45:01.037+01:00  CollThread8 CollectorThread
  processCollection FATAL Sample pass
  failed for device Clariion CCEA (CLARiiON )
    java.util.NoSuchElementException
   at
  java.util.StringTokenizer.nextToken(StringTokenizer.java:347)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.discovery.PmBspUtilities.computeStatsFromCsvTok
  enizer(PmBspUtilities.java:853)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.discovery.PmBspUtilities.buildStatsListFromCsvS
  tringList(PmBspUtilities.java:1135)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.counter.CounterDataServiceSmisCim.parseCsvStats
  StringArray(CounterDataServiceSmisCi
  m.java:1847)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.counter.CounterDataServiceSmisCim.pollForCounte
  rData(CounterDataServiceSmisCim.java
  :1640)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.counter.CounterDataServiceSmisCim.pollForCounte
  rData(CounterDataServiceSmisCim.java
  :772)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.base.CollLogic.collectData(CollLogic.java:1535)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.base.CollLogic.performSamplePass(CollLogic.java
  :1262)
   at
  com.ibm.tpc.perf.base.CollectorThread.recoverableRun(CollectorTh
  read.java:1608)
   at com.ibm.tpc.perf.base.PmThread.run(PmThread.java:390)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: TPC 4.2.2.143 (FP3) and earlier users        *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See ERROR DESCRIPTION                   *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is targeted for the following maintenance
  package:
  
  | fix pack | 4.2.2-TIV-TPC-FP0004 - target 2013
  
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg21320822
  
  The target dates for future fix packs do not represent a formal
  commitment by IBM. The dates are subject to change without
  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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TPC FOR DATA

• Fixed component ID

  5608TPCD0

Applicable component levels

• R422 PSY

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