IT31519: CISCO SWITCH PROBE FAILURE DUE TO NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION FOR FCADDR TYPE ZONE MEMBERS [BTADS0024E, BTADS0102E]

IBM Spectrum Control 5.3.6 (February 2020)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Fabric probes fail for some Cisco fabrics when
  NullPointerExceptions are encountered. This is due to zones
  that contain FCAddr zone members and is caught while processing
  the zoning information during the probe.
  
  BTADS0024E Error
  encountered processing scanner CiscoMDSScanner data from agent
  <switch IP>. .
  BTADS0102E The probe with the run ID xxxx
  completed with errors.
  
  
  traceTPCDeviceServer.log
  com.ibm.tpc.di
  scovery.parser.EPFabricZoneProbeParser mapFields TSANM Legacy
  Parser (Thread-4406)
  java.lang.NullPointerException
  	at com.ibm
  .tpc.discovery.parser.EPFabricZoneProbeParser.parse(EPFabricZone
  ProbeParser.java:534)
  	at com.ibm.tpc.discovery.parser.TSANMLega
  cyParser$Worker.parse(TSANMLegacyParser.java:560)
  	at com.ibm.tp
  c.discovery.parser.Parser.processJob(Parser.java:21)
  	at com.ibm
  .tpc.discovery.parser.TSANMLegacyParser.process(TSANMLegacyParse
  r.java:228)
  	at com.ibm.tpc.infrastructure.threads.TPCThread.run
  (TPCThread.java:253)
  com.ibm.tpc.discovery.parser.EPFabricZoneProbeParser parse()
  TSANM Legacy Parser (Thread-4406)
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Control users monitoring some cisco fabrics     *
  * with zones members                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Spectrum Control fabric probes may fail for some             *
  * Cisco fabrics.                                               *
  *                                                              *
  * This is due to zones that contain FCAddr zone                *
  * members and is caught while processing the zoning            *
  * information during the probe.                                *
  *                                                              *
  * Errors such as these are seen in the probe logs:             *
  *                                                              *
  * BTADS0024E                                                   *
  * Error encountered processing scanner CiscoMDSScanner         *
  * data from agent <switch IP>. .                               *
  *                                                              *
  * BTADS0102E                                                   *
  * The probe with the run ID xxxx completed with errors.        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply fix maintenance when available                         *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is targeted for the following release:
  
  IBM Spectrum Control 5.3.6   [ 5.3.6-IBM-SC ]
  
  ( release target February 2020 )
  
  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