IJ37679: MMBACKUP IS MISSING THE -SERVER OPTION IN ONE OF THE DSMC QUERY CALLS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• mmbackup uses Spectrum Protect
  BA client command 'dsmc' to
  communicate with the Spectrum Protect Server.
  If the -server option is not given to dsmc,
  dsmc gets a default server name from
  the Protect client configuration.
  If --tsm-servers <servername> to mmbackup is different
  from the default server name and the default server
  is not functional, mmbackup could show unexpected
  behavior because mmbackup does not provide the
  -server option in one of the dsmc query calls.
  

Local fix

• Make sure the --tsm-servers <server> is the
  same as the default servername in dsm.opt
  

Problem summary

• mmbackup uses Spectrum Protect
  BA client command 'dsmc' to
  communicate with the Spectrum Protect Server.
  If the -server option is not given to dsmc,
  dsmc gets a default server name from
  the Protect client configuration.
  If --tsm-servers <servername> to mmbackup is different
  from the default server name and the default server
  is not functional, mmbackup could show unexpected
  behavior because mmbackup does not provide the
  -server option in one of the dsmc query calls.
  

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:
  mmbackup will get consistent information
  from the Spectrum Protect server.
  
  Work around:
  Make sure the --tsm-servers <server> is the
  same as the default servername in dsm.opt
  
  Problem trigger:
  Run mmbackup when --tsm-servers <server> is not
  the same as the default servername in dsm.opt
  and default server is not functional.
  
  Symptom:
  Component Level Outage
  
  Platforms affected:
  All
  
  Functional Area affected:
  mmbackup
  
  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