SI46627 - OSP-INTSRVSUP CPE3029 WHEN ESX STORAGE IS SAVED WHILE ACTIVE

TYPE PROGRAM  REL  NUMBER   MIN/MAX  OPTION
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PRE  5770999  710  MF53609   00/00    0000
PRE  5770999  710  MF53610   00/00    0000
PRE  5770SS1  710  SI43463   00/00    0000



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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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Save while active of storage spaces linked to multiple *ESX NWSD
servers can occasionally fail with MSGCPFA09E Object in use even
though ESX server is correctly configured for save while active
of network server storage spaces.

CORRECTION FOR APAR 'SE51739' :
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A fix is being provided to correctly search through all NWSDs
that are currently linked to this storage and verify that each
NWSD supports save while active before stating that the storage
cannot be saved while in use.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR 'SE51739' :
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Supersedes

PTF/FIX NO(S).  APAR TITLE LINE
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   SI43969      OSP-INTSVRSUP-PERFM Remove duplicate initializing of new NWS
   SI43825      OSP-WINDOWS VOLUME NOT USEABLE AFTER IBM i UPGRADE
   SI43007      OSP-ACTIVE SAVES OF SHARED UPDATE STORAGE ON ESX NWSDS
   SI41708      OSP-OTHER-THREADS-MSGCPDA4C5 COPY OF NWSSTG FOR HOSTED IBM I
   SI41049      OSP-INTSVRSUP COPYING NWSSTG REQUIRES BATCH STATUS MESSAGES
   SI38944      OSP-PARTITION INFORMATION MISSING ON PRE-V5R3 NWSSTG
   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

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