IJ54978: CREATE/RENAME OPS QUEUED FROM .PTRASH DIRECTORY CAUSING ERROR 112

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• There is a issue where the .ptrash directory's local bit gets
  reset and as a result - some operations performed during
  recovery in the trash dir are getting requeued to the remote
  site and causing queue to bedropped in a repeated loop.
  

Local fix

• Setting the ptrash bit local manually and re-running the
  recovery.Problem trigger:
  

Problem summary

• There is a issue where the .ptrash directory's local bit gets
  reset and as a result - some operations performed during
  recovery in the trash dir are getting requeued to the remote
  site and causing queue to bedropped in a repeated loop.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.1.9.10
  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:
  Recovery won't attempt queuing ops in the ptrash dir and lesser
  chancesof replication failing because of the same.
  
  Work around:
  Setting the ptrash bit local manually and re-running the
  recovery.
  
  Problem trigger:
  Recovery repeatedly failing because of ptrash bit being non
  local
  
  Symptom:
  Unexpected Behaviour
  
  Platforms affected:
  All Linux OS Environments (AFM Gateway nodes)
  
  Functional Area affected:
  AFM
  
  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