IJ07443: GUI: MSG LOCAL_FS_UNKNOWN ON AIX

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• GUI reports for each healthcheck a event like:
  The fill level of local file systems is unknown because
  of
  a non-expected output of the df command. Return Code: 0
  Error: internal parsing error of system health's df
  monitor"
  
  
  Reported in:
  Spectrum Scale AIX 5.0.0.0
  
  Known Impact:
  No other impact then the daily amount of same events.
  
  
  Verification steps:
  
  - check /var/adm/ras/mmsysmonitor.log
  you will see many lines:
  2018-05-29_12:53:21.875+22121456: [I] ET_gpfs
  info: handle (u'local_fs_unknown', '')
  2018-05-29_12:53:21.903+22121456: [I] ET_gpfs
  Event=local_fs_unknown identifier= arg0=0 arg1=internal
  parsing error of system health's df monitor
  

Local fix

• - modify  file /mmsysmonitor/mmsysmon/GPFSService.py on
  all affected nodes
  - change line
  cmd = "{0} '{1}' '{2}'
  -P".format(ConfigManager.commands["df"], "/var/mmfs",
  path_for_dataStructureDump)
  - to line
  cmd = "{0} -P '{1}'
  '{2}'".format(ConfigManager.commands["df"], "/var/mmfs",
  path_for_dataStructureDump)
  - restart the sysmoncontrol
  mmsysmoncontrol restart
  

Problem summary

• On AIX a check to monitor that the local disk is not filling up
  did not work correctly and caused an "local_fs_unknown" event.
  

Problem conclusion

• Command used to retrieve the data was corrected.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  IJ07442

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels

• R501 PSY U881687

     18/08/15 I 1000