IT47585: UPON APPLIANCE RESTART ALL PENDING JOB SCHEDULES ARE UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED CONCURRENTLY

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The IBM Storage Protect Plus appliance will start all pending
  
  scheduled jobs at the same time upon restart.
  This is not much noticeable when just rebooting the appliance
  but can be a problem if the appliance is restarted after several
  
  
  hours or days and for example hourly Microsoft SQL log backups
  
  are scheduled.
  In that example, if restarting 10 hours after power down,
  
  10 similar log backup jobs for the same SQL instance will start
  
  
  at the same time when only one such job would be necessary.
  
  
  IBM Storage Protect Plus Versions Affected:
  IBM Storage Protect Plus 10.1.x
  
  Additional Keywords: SPP, SPPLUS, TS017860472
  

Local fix

• Before stopping the appliance, pause all schedules.
  After restart, resume schedules in a staged manner.
  

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.16 and later                  *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * This problem is currently projected to be fixed in IBM       *
  * Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.17.2. Note that this is     *
  * subject to change at the discretion of IBM.                  *
  * Problem Description: See Error Description                   *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

• The user will not facing SPP hang  issue which happens due to
  queue messaging.
  

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

  SP PLUS

• Fixed component ID

  5737SPLUS

Applicable component levels