MF57803 - LIC-DISK-UNPRED DS8000 Metro Mirror state not correct.

TYPE PROGRAM  RELEASE   NUMBER   MIN/MAX  OPTION
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NONE



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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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The system does not properly recognize Metro Mirror relationship
state changes between two DS8000 volumes after system IPL.

CORRECTION FOR APAR MA43292 :
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A V7R2M0 PTF will be created to correct this problem.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR MA43292 :
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None.


DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM FIXED FOR APAR MA43308 :
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The system does not properly handle errors that occur on a
FiberChannel network between an IBM i host and a DS8000 disk
device.

CORRECTION FOR APAR MA43308 :
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A V7R2M0 PTF will be created to correct this problem.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR MA43308 :
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None.


DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM FIXED FOR APAR MA43309 :
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The IBM i system may create new resource names for a DS8000 disk
device and report the previous resource name as not reporting.

CORRECTION FOR APAR MA43309 :
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A V7R2M0 PTF will be created to correct this problem.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR MA43309 :
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None.


Activation Instructions


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Special Instructions


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Default Instructions

THIS IS A DELAYED PTF TO BE APPLIED AT IPL TIME.



Supersedes

PTF/FIX NO(S).  APAR TITLE LINE
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   MF57772      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT Sector I/O may not read/write the c
   MF57764      LIC-DISK-UNPRED DS8000 Metro Mirror state not recognized aft
   MF57669      LIC-DISK-UNPRED DS8000 Metro Mirror relationship not detecte
   MF57669      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT Unable to initialize/format disk un
   MF57628      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT-DISK V7K 8Gb Link Failure causes I/
   MF57629      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT-DISK Disks report improperly after
   MF57629      LIC-DISK-OTHER-INCORROUT-DISK Path to a disk has a status of

Summary Information

System i Support