VM66143: NO OPERATOR MESSAGE TO INDICATE A SERVICE ALERT FOR A DS8870

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• No operator message is issued to indicate a SERVICE ALERT
  condition for a DS8870.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  z/VM's current support for Storage Controller Health Messages
  received for DASD devices currently makes no indication to the
  OPERATOR console that the event has occurred.  The event is
  simply indicated to any interested or potentially affected
  guest operating system.
  

Problem conclusion

• A new message HCP6433I is being created to indicate to the
  OPERATOR console when a storage controller health message is
  received for a device.  The new message takes the following
  format:
  
  HCPSVI6433I Storage controller health message on device RDEV
  HCPSVI6433I MC = cc, TOKEN = dddd, SSID = xxxx, IDENT = iiii
  
  THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SYSTEM REFERENCE
  LIBRARIES:
  ***START PUBLICATION CHANGE*************************************
  PUBLICATION TITLE: z/VM: CP Messages and Codes
  
            RELEASE: Version 7 Release 2
  
  ORDER NUMBER: GC24-6270-07
  
  -------------------------------------------
  CHAPTER: 3
  PAGE: 733
  ABSTRACT:
  New message description for HCP6433I
  
  BODY:
  
  HCP6433I      Storage controller health message on device {rdev}
                MC = mc, TOKEN = tttt, SSID = ssid, IDENT = iiii
  
  Explanation:
  
  The storage controller has detected a health condition that
  affects one or more devices.  In the message text:
  
  MC = mc
      The message code indicating the health of the storage
      controller.  mc is one of the following:
  
      01-3F Moderate severity
      40-BF Serious severity
      C0-FF Critical severity
  
      01 - Device preemptive reconstruct mode
      02 - RAID array rebuild in progress
      03 - RAID array rebuild complete
      04 - Server offline due to error
      05 - Server offline due to service
      06 - Dual servers online
      07 - Device adapter fenced or quiesced
      08 - Device adapter no longer fenced or quiesced
      09 - SFI code activation in progress
      0A - SFI code activation complete
      0B - Host adapter code activation in progress
      0C - Host adapter code activation complete
      0D - Host adapter code recovery in progress
      0E - Host adapter code recovery complete
      0F - Last device adapter reset recovery time is excessive
      10 - PPRC path degraded
      11 - PPRC path no longer degraded
      20 - PPRC secondary controller recovery action
      21 - PPRC secondary controller warmstart recovery action
      22 - PPRC secondary controller failover recovery action
      23 - PPRC secondary controller failback recovery action
  
      40 - IO operations timing out on PPRC secondary controller
      41 - Data error during media scrub
      42 - Last device adapter reset
      80 - Server multiple warmstarts
  
      C0 - Pinned nonretryable error on device
      C1 - One or more devices unavailable due to NVS hardware
           failure
      C2 - One or more devices unavailable due to NVS hardware
           offline
      C3 - RAID rank unavailable
      C4 - Last device adapter reset recovery time is excessive
  
  TOKEN = tttt
      The unique value for this logical storage subsystem (LSS).
      Note that the message issued for each LSS contains the same
      token.
  
  SSID = ssid
      SSID for this subsystem
  
  IDENT = iiii
      Variable identifier data based on the message code:
  
      MC=01, 02, 03 - Rank ID
      MC=07, 08, 0F - Device Adapter ID
      MC=0D, 0E, 10, 11 - Interface ID
  
  System action:
  
  If a HYPERSWAP is not in progress, the message is propagated to
  any machine with dedicated or full-pack minidisk access to the
  affected devices.
  
  If any of the affected devices are HYPERSWAP enabled, the
  message is also logged in an SVMREC.
  
  User response:
  
  None.
  
  ***END PUBLICATION CHANGE***************************************
  

Temporary fix

• FOR RELEASE VM/ESACP/ESAR710 :
  PREREQ: VM66433 VM66190
  CO-REQ: NONE
  IF-REQ: NONE
  FOR RELEASE VM/ESA CP/ESA R720 :
  PREREQ: VM66469 VM66449
  CO-REQ: NONE
  IF-REQ: NONE
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UM35809 UM35810

Modules/Macros

• HCPMES   HCPMESA  HCPMESB  HCPMXRBK HCPSVI   HCP6433I
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  VM CP

• Fixed component ID

  568411202

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY UM35809

     UP21/01/29 P 2101

• R720 PSY UM35810

     UP21/01/29 P 2102

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