IT22851: IN IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SRA DAEMON DOES NOT START AUTOMATICALLY AT SYSTEM REBOOT ON RED HAT LINUX 7.

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• If the SRA is installed in daemon mode then the SRA Agent
  service does not start up automatically after reboot.
  

Local fix

• Customer need to create a system service file:
  =======================================================
  cat /lib/systemd/system/sra.service
  [Unit]
  Description=IBM Spectrum Control Storage Resource Agent
  After=syslog.target network.target
  
  [Service]
  ExecStart=/opt/IBM/TPC/agent/bin/agent.sh start
  ExecStop=/opt/IBM/TPC/agent/bin/agent.sh stop
  Restart=on-failure
  RestartSec=5
  Type=forking
  PIDFile=/opt/IBM/TPC/agent/log/agent.pid
  
  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target
  =======================================================
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Control 5.2.x users installing the SRA on RHEL  *
  * 7                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * When the IBM Spectrum Control Storage Resource Agent (SRA)   *
  * is installed on Red Hat Linux 7 in daemon mode then the SRA  *
  * service fails to automatically start after server reboot.    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply fix maintenance when available                         *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

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

Applicable component levels