Troubleshooting
Problem
The dsmserv format command is used to format a new server instance but the command does not complete and hangs.
Symptom
An example of the format command follows.
/opt/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/dsmserv format dbdir=/myfs/db activelogsize=131072 activelogdir=/myfs/actlog archlogdir=/myfs/archlog archfailoverlogdir=/myfs/archlogfail mirrorlogdir=/myfs/actlogalt
ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 11:26:10 on Aug 2 2011.
Tivoli Storage Manager for Solaris SPARC
Version 6, Release 2, Level 3.0
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ANR7801I Subsystem process ID is 26077.
ANR0900I Processing options file /disk/apps/tsmt300/home/dsmserv.opt.
ANR7814I Using instance directory /disk/apps/tsmt300/home.
ANR4726I The ICC support module has been loaded.
<hang>
Cause
The file system of the DB2 instance home directory is mounted with the "nosetuid" option.
Diagnosing The Problem
Review the DB2 db2diag.log for error messages. For example :
<timestamp> I187709A392 LEVEL: Error
PID : 5323 TID : 12 PROC : db2sysc 0
INSTANCE: tsminst1 NODE : 000
EDUID : 12 EDUNAME: db2hinit 0
FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, routine_infrastructure, sqlerAddFmpToPool, probe:40
DATA #1 : String, 30 bytes
Startup of FMP process failed.
DATA #2 : signed integer, 4 bytes
-1042
Following this, the db2diag.log shows the instance then stops immediately.
Review the mount option of the home file system used by the Tivoli Storage Manager server instance. For example :
home /myfs/home zfs rw,devices,nosetuid,nonbmand,exec,xattr,atime,dev=401001b 1313505276
In this example, the file system is mounted with the "nosetuid" option. This is the cause for the db2 instance failure on startup and the cause of the Spectrum Protect server instance format hang.
Resolving The Problem
Re-mount the file system without the "nosetuid" option and re-run the dsmserv format command.
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Modified date:
17 June 2018
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