IJ03770: 4.X MMBACKUP/MMAPPLYPOLICY BROKEN WITH SPECTRUM PROTECT 7.1.8

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• 4.x mmbackup/mmapplypolicy can produce errors when
  running
  with Spectrum Protect 7.1.8 and above.
  
  Error Description:
  This customer runs GPFS GPFS 4.2.2-3 on Linux.
  Customer recently upgraded the TSM client from 7.1.4.1 to
  7.1.8.0. Since the TSM client upgrade, the GPFS mmbackup
  now fails  to run. It logs the following error :
  --------------------------------------------------------
  mmbackup: Backup of /gpfs/eichler1 begins at   Wed Oct 11
  09:00:36 PDT 2017.
  --------------------------------------------------------
  Wed Oct 11 09:00:37 2017 mmbackup:IBM Tivoli Storage
  Manager
  Command Line Backup-Archive Client Interface
    Client Version 7, Release 1, Level 8.0
    Client date/time: 10/11/17   09:00:37
  (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2017.
  All Rights Reserved.
  Node Name: GPFS-EICHLER1
  ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.
   returned 12. Skipping server 1
  Wed Oct 11 09:00:37 2017 mmbackup:No valid servers,
  previous
  shadow files or query data available for any specified
  TSM server.  exit 12
  ---------------------------------------------------------
  -
  mmbackup: Backup of /gpfs/eichler1 completed with errors
  at Wed Oct 11 09:00:37 PDT 2017.
  ---------------------------------------------------------
  -
  
  The TSM client error log shows the following errors :
  
  ANS1579E GSKit function GSKKM_ImportKeys failed with 17:
  GSKKM_ERR_DATABASE_INVALID_FILE_TYPE
  ANS9020E A session could not be established with a TSM
  server or  client agent.  The return code is -1.
  ANS5283E The operation was unsuccessful.
  

Local fix

• 1) Make a copy of the /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmbackup file
  2) Edit the /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmbackup file and change :
  
  archiveProgram=${backupProgram}
  
  to :
  
  archiveProgram="LD_LIBRARY_PATH='' ${backupProgram}"
  
  3) Make a copy of the /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/tsbackup33 file.
  4) Edit the /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/tsbackup33 file and change
  :
  
  $backupProgram = "/usr/bin/dsmc";
  
  to :
  
  $backupProgram = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\" /usr/bin/dsmc";
  
  Following that, the mmbackup command worked fine.
  

Problem summary

• GPFS and IBM Spectrum Protect use gskit library and both
  include gskit library in their packages. But the gskit from
  gpfs.gskt and gskit from TSM may not be compatible.
  Since all GPFS commands set the library path to
  /usr/lpp/mmfs/lib/gsk8, TSM commands may fail if invoked
  inside GPFS commands like mmbackup or mmimgbackup.
  

Problem conclusion

• Reset library path before GPFS commands invoke TSM commands.
  

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:

  IJ04132

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPECTRUM SCALE

• Fixed component ID

  5725Q01AP

Applicable component levels