IJ32648: MMCRNSD: INCORRECTLY FAIL WITH NSD EXISTS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• GPFS allows the length of NSD
  names to be up to 255 characters
  and there are no rules that say it must contain an alpha.
  If there are NSD names with all digits and long enough,
  this can be a problem.
  With long digit names, two NSDs can incorrectly
  be identified as the same NSD.
  

Local fix

• Add an alphabetic character in to the NSD name.
  

Problem summary

• GPFS allows the length of NSD
  names to be up to 255 characters
  and there are no rules that say it must contain an alpha.
  If there are NSD names with all digits and long enough,
  this can be a problem.
  With long digit names, two NSDs can incorrectly
  be identified as the same NSD.
  

Problem conclusion

• Benefits of the solution:
  GPFS commands now work with
  long numeral NSD names.
  
  Work Around:
  Add an alphabetic character in to the NSD name.
  
  Problem trigger:
  Command failure
  
  Symptom:
      Error output/message
      Unexpected Results/Behavior
  
  Platforms affected:
      ALL Operating System environments
  
  Functional Area affected:
      All Scale Users
      Admin Commands
  
  Customer Impact:
      High
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels