IJ30493: MMCHCONFIG CHANGES TO PAGEPOOL BLOCKED ON LEGACY GNR SERVERS.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The administrator is unable to change the page pool setting
  on the GNR recovery group server. The problem is seen
  only on recovery groups not managed by mmvdisk.
  The mmchconfig command will fail, and the
  following error message:
  The --force-rg-server flag must be used to change the pagepool
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• The administrator is unable to change the page pool setting
  on the GNR recovery group server. The problem is seen
  only on recovery groups not managed by mmvdisk.
  The mmchconfig command will fail, and the
  following error message:
  The --force-rg-server flag must be used to change the pagepool
  

Problem conclusion

• Benefits of the solution:
  Code change allows the --force-rg-server option to
  successfully bypass the GNR pagepool checks
  
  Work Around:
  None
  
  Problem trigger:
  mmchconfig pagepool=<newValue> on a GNR server
  not administered by the mmvdisk command set.
  
  Symptom:
  Error output/message
  Unexpected Results/Behavior
  
  Platforms affected:
  ALL Linux OS environments
  
  Functional Area affected:
  ESS/GNR
  Customer Impact:
  Suggested
  

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:

  IJ30553

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels