IT24182: IBM SPECTRUM CONTROL SERVER DEVICE SERVER PROCESS ENCOUNTERS OUTOFMEMORY CONDITIONS.

IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.17 (May 2018)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• </path/to/actual_file_name> are full of OutOfMemory errors.
  
  Analyzing heapdumps  from wlp/usr/servers/deviceServer reveals
  following leak suspect
  Leak suspect 1,212,598,792 bytes (83.3 %) of Java heap is used
  by 773,634 instances of
  com/ibm/tpc/infrastructure/database/DBLeakTracker$JDBCWrapperRes
  ultSetWeakReference
  Total size 1,212,598,792 bytes
  
  The LeakTracker crashes device server with OutOfMemory because
  of incorrectly identified unclosed ResultSets
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Control 5.2.x users who have 100+ hundred       *
  * hypervisors.                                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The Spectrum Control device server crashes with an           *
  * OutOfMemory error.                                           *
  *                                                              *
  * The fix closes the result sets as soon they as are no longer *
  * used, and that resolves the error state.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  package:
  
  IBM Spectrum Control 5.2.17  |  refresh pack  |
  5.2-TIV-TPC-RP0017  |  May 2018
  
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg21320822
  
  The target dates for future releases 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 ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5608TPCA0

Applicable component levels