IJ53550: AIX SED: ILLEGAL OPTION -I

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• On AIX, GPFS commands may fail with sed: illegal option -i. This
  may occur if the cluster key has expired and GPFS commands tryto
  regenerate a temporarily certificate to get things going.
  

Local fix

• If the cluster key expired, generate new keys and commit the
  newkeys before upgrade.  Run GPFS commands on nodes that support
  -i option of sed command.
  

Problem summary

• On AIX, GPFS commands may fail with sed: illegal option -i. This
  may occur if the cluster key has expired and GPFS commands tryto
  regenerate a temporarily certificate to get things going.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.2.2.1
  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:
  Fix commands failure on AIX
  
  Work Around:
  If the cluster key expired, generate new keys and commit the
  newkeys before upgrade.  Run GPFS commands on nodes that support
  -i option of sed command.
  
  Problem trigger:
  This issue affects AIX nodes with cluster keys has expired.
  
  Symptom:
  Error output/message  Upgrade/Install failure
  
  Platforms affected:
  AIX/Power only
  
  Functional Area affected:
  Admin Commands
  
  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