IT02089: VIRTUAL MACHINE MESSAGES REPORT INCORRECTLY IN SERVER ACTIVITY LOG

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Results received from the Tivoli Storage Manager client
  are not inserted into the database correctly. This is
    due to improper data types being assigned to numeric
    values received.
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions Affected:
    Version 6.3.x. and 7.1 on all supported platforms
  Customer/L2 Diagnostics (If Applicable):
    The server activity log shows the following results
    for a VM backup:
  
      ANE4140I (Session: nnn, Node: node_name)
        Backup VM command complete (SESSION: nnn)
      ANE4141I (Session: nnn, Node: node_name)
        Total number of virtual machines backed up
        successfully: 406346984 (SESSION: nnn)
      ANE4142I (Session: nnn, Node: node_name) virtual
        machine vm_machine_name backed up to nodename
        node_name (SESSION: nnn)
      ANE4143I (Session: nnn, Node: node_name)  Total
        number of virtual machines
        failed: 406346984 (SESSION: nnn)
      ANE4149I (Session: nnn, Node: node_name)  Total
        number of virtual machines processed: 406346984
        (SESSION: nnn)
  Initial Impact:
    Low
  Additional Keywords:
    TSM VM RESULTS CLIENT SERVER MESSAGES 58840
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

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 6.3.5 and 7.1.1. Note that   *
  * this is subject to change at the discretion of IBM.          *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was fixed.
  Affected platforms:  AIX.
  

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

• R63A PSY

     UP

• R71A PSY

     UP