SI38944 - OSP-PARTITION INFORMATION MISSING ON PRE-V5R3 NWSSTG

TYPE PROGRAM  REL  NUMBER   MIN/MAX  OPTION
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NONE



NOTICE:
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Application of this PTF may disable or render ineffective programs that
use system memory addresses not generated by the IBM translator,
including programs that circumvent control technology designed to limit
interactive capacity to purchased levels.  This PTF may be a prerequisite
for future PTFs.  By applying this PTF you authorize and agree to the
foregoing.

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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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An issue may be seen for storage spaces created in V5R2 or
earlier releases that have been migrated to IBM i 6.1. This
issue appears as though the partition information on the disk is
not accessible and Windows Disk Management will report the disk
as Failed or Offline.


CORRECTION FOR APAR SE42220 :
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The problem occurs because calculations used to find the end of
a virtual disk was not including the last sector for these old
storage space objects.  Applying this PTF will modify the disk
length calculations and allow the entire virtual disk file to be
used.



If any alterations to the disk or volume have been made to cause
a new partition to be created, a restore from backup will be
required to return to the original state.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR SE42220 :
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None.


Activation Instructions


None.




Special Instructions


None.


Default Instructions

THIS PTF CAN BE APPLIED IMMEDIATE OR DELAYED.



Supersedes

PTF/FIX NO(S).  APAR TITLE LINE
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   SI38111      OSP-NWSSTG SIZE NOT SET CORRECT AFTER RESTORE
   SI37436      OSP-CHGNWSSTG CAUSES DATA LOSS ON A RESTORED STORAGE SPACE
   SI37436      OSP-RESTORED NWS STORAGE SPACE SHOWS 0 BYTE DATA LENGTH

Summary Information

System i Support