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IV88980: AFTER LKU ROLLBACK, MISSING DUMP LV COPY, OR LOG RMLVCOPY ERROR

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • This only occurs during a rollback.
    
    1) If the customer runs mklvcopy on an LV in rootvg designated
    as a dump device and not used for paging but doesn't mirror the
    rest of rootvg, his manual copy will be removed by unmirrorvg
    during rollback.
    
    2) If the customer does not mklvcopy such an LV and also does
    not mirror the rest of rootvg, lvupdlog shows
    
    0516-681 rmlvcopy: Name provided is of illegal length or
    content.  0516-922 rmlvcopy: Unable to remove logical partition
    copies from logical volume lg_dumplv.
    
    for rmlvcopy run after unmirrorvg.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • This only occurs during a rollback.
    
    1) If the customer runs mklvcopy on an LV in rootvg designated
    as a dump device and not used for paging but doesn't mirror the
    rest of rootvg, his manual copy will be removed by unmirrorvg
    during rollback.
    
    2) If the customer does not mklvcopy such an LV and also does
    not mirror the rest of rootvg, lvupdlog shows
    
    0516-681 rmlvcopy: Name provided is of illegal length or
    content.  0516-922 rmlvcopy: Unable to remove logical partition
    copies from logical volume lg_dumplv.
    
    for rmlvcopy run after unmirrorvg.
    

Problem conclusion

  • During rollback, run rmlvcopy before unmirrorvg.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV88980

  • Reported component name

    AIX V7.2

  • Reported component ID

    5765CD200

  • Reported release

    720

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2016-09-06

  • Closed date

    2016-09-06

  • Last modified date

    2017-10-12

  • 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

    AIX V7.2

  • Fixed component ID

    5765CD200

Applicable component levels

  • R720 PSY U869936

       UP17/10/12 I 1000

PTF to Fileset Mapping

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 September 2025