IJ52204: MMIMGRESTORE HANDLES DANGLING SYMBOLIC LINKS BETTER AND CONTINUES RESTORE.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• mmimgrestore reports failure if a symbolic link has no content.
  This could result in an incomplete file system restore.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• mmimgrestore reports failure if a symbolic link has no content.
  This could result in an incomplete file system restore.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.1.9.6
  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:
  mmimgrestore completes the restore successfully even though some
  of the symbolic links have no content.
  
  Work around:
  none
  
  Problem trigger:
  This problem could occur if file system that image backup was
  taken from contains dangling symbolic links.
  
  Symptom:
  File system Outage after restore.
  
  Platforms affected:
  all platforms that support SOBAR (mmimgbackup/mmimgrestore)
  
  Functional Area affected:
  SOBAR (mmimgbackup/mmimgrestore)
  
  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