IJ54985: MMCHDISK START --PIT-CONTINUES-ON-ERROR DOES NOT CREATE/POPULATE THE PIT.INTERESTINGINODES FILE IF THE COMMAND ENCOUNTERS A CORR

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• On doing mmchdisk start if the command encounters a corrupted
  inode that fails inode validation then it would not produce the
  interesting inode list showing the bad inode number. due to this
  the user did not come to know the affected inode number and had
  to rely on long running traces to get this information.
  

Local fix

• Capture long running traces and provide the traces to support
  for getting this infomation.
  

Problem summary

• On doing mmchdisk start if the command encounters a corrupted
  inode that fails inode validation then it would not produce the
  interesting inode list showing the bad inode number. due to this
  the user did not come to know the affected inode number and had
  to rely on long running traces to get this information.
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem is fixed in 5.2.3.1
  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:
  With this fix mmchdisk start will create/populate the
  pit.interestingInodes file which will also list the corrupted
  inode encountered.
  
  Work Around:
  Capture long running traces and provide the traces to support
  for getting this infomation.
  
  Problem trigger:
  When mmchdisk start encounters a corrupted inode.
  
  Symptom:
  pit.interestingInodes file not generated/populated
  
  Platforms affected:
   ALL Operating System environments
  
  Functional Area affected:
  PIT
  
  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