IJ43349: THE MMBACKUP COULD FAIL IF USER-DEFINED POLICY IS USED WITH -P OPTION AND THE POLICY CONTAINS -AUDITLOGNAME

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The policy rule generated by mmbackup contains an
  EXTERNAL LIST rule that instructs mmapplypolicy
  to call BAexecScript which is also generated by mmbackup.
  One of the options passed to the script was
  -auditlogname which is a deprecated function.
  

Local fix

• Remove "-auditlogname=<XXX>" option from EXTERNAL LIST rule
  

Problem summary

• The policy rule generated by mmbackup contains an
  EXTERNAL LIST rule that instructs mmapplypolicy
  to call BAexecScript which is also generated by mmbackup.
  One of the options passed to the script was
  -auditlogname which is a deprecated function.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.1.5 PTF 1
  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:
  The BAexecScript in mmbackup command will handle
  the user-defined policy with old format.
  
  
  Work around:
  Remove "-auditlogname=<XXX>" option from EXTERNAL LIST rule
  Problem trigger:
  This problem occurs if user-defined policy is used with
  -P option, and the policy contains -auditlogname option,
  and the Scale version is 5.1.4.0, 5.1.4.1, or 5.1.5.0.
  Symptom:
  Component Level Outage
  Platforms affected:
  all platforms that support mmbackup
  Functional Area affected:
  mmbackup with -P option
  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