BTACS0043E: Probe fails after upgrading IBM Spectrum Control
After upgrading to IBM
Spectrum Control 5.3.2
or later, you encounter a BTACS0043E
error during a probe.
Problem
After you complete the upgrade of IBM Spectrum Control to 5.3.2 or later, and a probe attempts to collect metadata from a device, authentication to the IBM Spectrum Control server fails.
Error BTACS0043E
is shown in the following log files:
- Data collection log
-
STS0306I: Job queued for processing. Waiting for idle thread. GEN0404I: Probe started. SAA0022I: Storage Subsystem XYZ (0) will be probed. SRV0451E: Error calling device server probeAll service. BTACS0043E Failed to authenticate with host my.spectrum.control.server.ibm.com:9550. Invalid host authentication password. GEN0400E: Probe completed with errors.
- Server log
-
GEN0042E: Error reading log-file installation_dir/device/log\SVC-2145-0123456789-IBM.340\msg.33 520527.1.0000020012345678.log BTACS0043E Failed to authenticate with host my.spectrum.control.server.ibm.com:9550. Invalid host authentication password. java.lang.RuntimeException: BTACS0043E Failed to authenticate with host my.spectrum.control.server.ibm.com:9550:. Invalid host authentication password.
Action
Contact IBM® Software Support for assistance. For more information about this issue, see https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/IT31727.