IJ35259: MMREPQUOTA COMMAND FAILURE WITH MESSAGE SIZE TOO BIG DUE TO EMPTY QUOTA ENTRIES

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• mmrepquota command failure with message size
  too big due to empty quota entries
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• mmrepquota command failure with message size
  too big due to empty quota entries
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.0.5  PTF 11
  To see all Spectrum Scale APARs and
  their respective fix solutions refer to page
  https://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/spectrumscale/spectrum_scale_
  apars.html
  
  Benefits of the solution:
  
  Allow the mmrepquota to run when there
  are less than 1 million (approximately)
  valid quota entries in the file system.
  
  Work Around:
  
    None
  
  Problem trigger:
  
  The problem is triggered when there are too
  many un-used quota entries accumulated
  in the quota file.
  
  Symptom:
  
    mmrepquota fails with message size too big
  
  Platforms affected:
  
     ALL Operating System environments
  
  Functional Area affected:
     Quotas
  
  Customer Impact:
  
     High Importance
  

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