IT20527: REPAIR STGPOOL NOT REPAIRING ALL EXTENTS

IBM Spectrum Protect Server V7.1.7.X interim fix downloads

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CUSTOMER/L2 DIAGNOSTICS:
  
  In this section "target server" means the following:
  
  1. The first target server in a configuration where data is
  protected, by using the PROTECT STGPOOL command, from a target
  server to a second target server.
  
  2. The target server that is specified by the PROTECT STGPOOL
  command in a configuration where data is protected, by using the
  PROTECT STGPOOL command, from a target server to a
  container-copy storage pool.
  
  To determine whether skipped data extents exist in your server
  environment, complete the following steps:
  
  1. From the first target server, issue the following command to
  identify the pool ID  that must be checked for skipped data
  extents:db2 "select poolid from tsmdb1.ss_pools where
  poolname=upper('Pool1')"
  
  2. Then, use the pool ID that is displayed in the output of step
  1 and issue the following command:
  
  db2 "select 1 from tsmdb1.sd_non_dedup_locations where
  poolid=<poolID> and refcount>1 for read only with ur"
  
  If the number 1 is displayed in the output of step 2, the REPAIR
  STGPOOL command is not repairing all of the data extents. Any
  other result indicates that data extents are repaired.
  
  INITIAL IMPACT:
  
  The PROTECT STGPOOL command might not protect all data extents
  in the following circumstances:
  
  1. When you issue the REPLICATE NODE command and the PROTECT
  STGPOOL command from a source server to a target server, and
  then issue only the PROTECT STGPOOL command from that target
  server to another target server. In this instance, data extents
  on the target server might not be protected to the second target
  server.
  
  2. When you issue the REPLICATE NODE command and the PROTECT
  STGPOOL command from a source server to a target server, and
  then issue the PROTECT STGPOOL command from that target server
  to a local container-copy storage pool. In this instance, data
  extents on the target server might not be protected to the
  container-copy storage pool.
  
  No error message is displayed until you attempt to restore the
  damaged objects. Then, ANR0548W error message is displayed on
  the server, or the ANS4035W error message is displayed on the
  client.
  
  RECOMMENDATION:
  
  If you use the PROTECT STGPOOL command from a target server to
  another target server, you must also use the REPLICATE NODE
  command to protect all data extents to the second target server
  until the fixing level is applied.
  
  If you use the PROTECT STGPOOL command from a target server to a
  container-copy storage pool, there is no workaround available.
  Apply the fixing level when available.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All Tivoli Storage Manager and IBM Spectrum Protect server   *
  * users of REPLICATE NODE and PROTECT STGPOOL commands that    *
  * use a second target server or a container-copy storage pool  *
  * on a target server.                                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See error description.                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is projected to be resolved in IBM Spectrum Protect
  server levels 7.1.7.200, 7.1.8, and 8.1.2. This is subject to
  change at the discretion of IBM.
  

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