IJ36554: FILE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN MMREPQUOTA AND MMLSFILESET

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Problem: After run mmcheckquota the file discrepancy
  between mmrepquota and mmlsfileset
  
  Before running mmcheckquota,
  both mmrepquota and mmlsfileset reported used files
  (inodes) as 3018649
  
  After running mmcheckquota towards the same fileset,
  used files reported by mmrepquota is 3018648 (reduced by
  1).
  
  Found in Spectrum Scale v5.1.1.0
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• In fileset level mmcheckquota, if no free inode left
  in the fileset (all inodes are allocated),
  when calculate the max inode number for the
  fileset, the last inode number is miss counted,
  which causes 1 inode usage discrepancy for the
  fileset quota.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.1.2  PTF 3
  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:
  Fix inaccurate quota value
  
  Work around:
  Switch to a filesystem level quota check
  
  Problem trigger:
  fileset level quota check
  
  Symptom:
  Unexpected Results/Behavior
  
  Platforms affected:
  ALL Operating System environments
  
  Functional Area affected:
  Quotas
  
  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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SPEC SCALE STD

• Fixed component ID

  5737F33AP

Applicable component levels