IV71253: TEPSRESTORE IS VERY SLOW AND RUN MORE THAN 6HOURS

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix Pack 6 (6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0006)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The client runs the tepsRestore script on AIX
  the tepsRestore very slow it has over 6 hours runtime.
  
  
  RECREATE INSTRUCTIONS:
  - run tepsRestore but it was not recreatable in house.
  

Local fix

• Modify the tepsRestore script as below.
  ================================================================
  ==
  The the last (6.30.5) /opt/IBM/ITM/bin/tepsRestore execute at
  line
  107 - 114  the following:
  
  if [ -s $OutDir/target.lst ]
  then
     for a in `cat $OutDir/target.lst`
     do
        tar -xf $OutDir/TEPS.tar $a
     done
  fi
  tar -xf $OutDir/TEPS.tar cq/sqllib/saveexport.sql
  
  After some investiagtion the client changed in the tepsRestore
  script
  line 114
  
  tar -xf $OutDir/TEPS.tar -L $OutDir/target.lst
  

Problem summary

• The tepsRestore script can run very slow, for example taking
  more than 6 hours to complete.
  

Problem conclusion

• Modified the script to use appropriate options to extract lists
  in the files.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
    | fix pack | 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0006
  

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

  TEPS

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04PS

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

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