IJ52266: MMIMGRESTORE MAY FAIL IF TARGET SYSTEM IS TOO BUSY.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When mmimgrestore creates a file with a saved inode, if the
  inode is already assigned as logfile, Storage Scale tries to
  move the logfile to another available inode. But if moving the
  logfile to another inode fails, Storage Scale returns EAGAIN and
  the mmimgrestore command will fail.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• When mmimgrestore creates a file with a saved inode, if the
  inode is already assigned as logfile, Storage Scale tries to
  move the logfile to another available inode. But if moving the
  logfile to another inode fails, Storage Scale returns EAGAIN and
  the mmimgrestore command will fail.
  

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:
  Even though creating the saved inode file fails with EGAIN,
  mmimgrestore will retry and continue restore.
  
  Work around:
  none
  
  Problem trigger:
  This problem could occur if system is highly loaded and
  mmimgrestore is executed with very large file system.
  
  Symptom:
  Cluster/File System Outage
  
  Platforms affected:
  all platforms that support SOBAR
  
  Functional Area affected:
  SOBAR
  
  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