IC66087: INSTALLATION TSM 6.1 REPORTING AND MONITORING FEATURE MAY FAIL IF /HOME IS NOT WRITABLE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The installation of the 6.1 Tivoli Storage Manager reporting
  and monitoring feature on AIX and Linux will attempt to create
  and write to:
     /home/db2inst1
  If the directory can not be created or written to, the install
  attempt can fail with errors in db2setup.log.   The default
  location of db2setup.log is here:
    /opt/tivoli/tsm/reporting/_uninst/plan/tmp/db2setup.log
  The following errors may be seen in db2setup.log if this
  problem occurs:
  ERROR:One or more errors occurred while committing the changes
  to the user "db2inst1".  Create or make any changes to this
  user manually.
  ERROR:An error occurred while creating the instance "db2inst1".
  The return code is "HOME_DIRECTORY_DOES_NOT_EXIST". Create the
  instance manually using the command "db2icrt".
  ERROR:An error occurred while configuring the instance
  "db2inst1".
  Configuring DB2 instances:.......Failure
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions Affected:
    reporting and monitoring feature  6.1
  Initial Impact: Medium
  
  ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS:
  zz61 zzrm61 written write create
  

Local fix

• Make sure /home/db2inst1 does not exist, but can be created
  before installing the 6.1 Tivoli Storage Manager reporting
  and monitoring feature.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users installing Tivoli Storage Manager      *
  *                 for Reporting and Monitoring                 *
  *                 6.1 to a read-only /home directory on        *
  *                 AIX and Linux platforms.                     *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See error description                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: This problem is currently projected to be    *
  *                 fixed in level 6.1.4. Note that this is      *
  *                 subject to change at the discretion of       *
  *                 IBM.                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was fixed in the installer.
  The installer on AIX and Linux platforms will check the
  accessibility of /home, if it is read-only then the installer
  will produce an error message and terminate.
  
  Affected platforms: AIX and  Linux
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM SERVER

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMSV

Applicable component levels

• R61A PSY

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