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IV55736: REPLACEPV MAY FAIL W/ 0516-1232 WHEN DISK WAS PHYSICALLY REMOVED APPLIES TO AIX 7100-03

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • replacepv may fail with a 0516-1232 error when a disk is
    physically removed:
    0516-1232 replacepv:
            NOTE: If this program is terminated before the
    completion due to
            a system crash or ctrl-C, and you want to
    continue afterwards
            execute the following command
            replacepv -R /tmp/replacepv12976316
    0516-015 lmigratelv: The migrate was done but the
    partition
            could not be resynced.
    0516-1227 replacepv: Warning, replacepv did not
    completely succeed.
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • Replacepv has some faulty logic to try and validate that it has
    successfully mirrored an LV onto the new replacement disk.
    So when you are replacing a bad disk that has stalepps (would
    not be uncommon), replacepv will create a copy of each LV onto
    the new disk, sync, and then verify.
    When it verifies, it sees that the copy on the bad disk is
    still stale, so it warns that the LV may not be fully migrated,
    but still removes the copy of the bad disk, and then
    fails out of replacepv without migrating any remaining LVs
    to the new disk.
    .
    You'll see the warnings above, and see that one LV was
    successfully moved to the new disk, but if you had any other
    LVs on the bad disk, they would not be moved.
    

Problem conclusion

  • Correct the validation part of replacepv so that it will not
    warn/fail if the LV is not fully syncd, so long as the new copy
    on the new disk is sync'd.
    .
    This will allow replacepv to continue migrating the rest of
    the LVs to the replacement disk.
    

Temporary fix

Comments

  • 6100-07 - use AIX APAR IV58384
    6100-08 - use AIX APAR IV58050
    6100-09 - use AIX APAR IV56891
    6100-09 - use AIX APAR IV56891
    6100-09 - use AIX APAR IV56891
    7100-01 - use AIX APAR IV57587
    7100-02 - use AIX APAR IV57381
    7100-03 - use AIX APAR IV55736
    7100-03 - use AIX APAR IV55736
    7100-03 - use AIX APAR IV55736
    7100-04 - use AIX APAR IV56904
    

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV55736

  • Reported component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Reported component ID

    5765H4000

  • Reported release

    710

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Submitted date

    2014-02-20

  • Closed date

    2014-03-18

  • Last modified date

    2016-05-10

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    AIX V7.1

  • Fixed component ID

    5765H4000

Applicable component levels

  • R710 PSY

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Document Information

Modified date:
10 May 2016