IC70325: SERVER AGENT. TIME DIFFERENCE ON TPC PROBES

4.2.1 Interim Fix 1 (November 2011) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Jobs run on the SRA remain in running state in Data Server even
  if they have finished on the SRA.
  Additionally the overall job status is not reported correctly:
  sometimes is warning and other times
  successful
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: TPC 4.1.0 and 4.1.1 users who use            *
  *                 Storage Resource Agents.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The overall status of a probe with      *
  *                      SRA jobs is sometimes success even if   *
  *                      some of the jobs finish with warnings   *
  *                      and others remain forever in            *
  *                      "Running" state.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
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Problem conclusion

• SRA sends one notification to Data Server before a probe job
  is started and one after the probe ends.
  Data Server removes the job form its list of running jobs when
  it receives the "probe ended" notification.
  If SRA completes the probe very quickly then these two
  notifications will be sent in reversed order
  (i.e SRA sends first the probe ended notification
  and then probe started).
  
  This APAR modifies Data Server code to ignore "probe started"
  notification when it does not find the
  notification's running job in its internal list of running jobs.
  
  
  The fix for this APAR is targeted for the following
  maintenance packages:
  
  | fix pack | 4.1.1-TIV-TPC - FP0005 - target October 2010
  
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?&uid=swg21320822
  
  The target dates for future fix packs do not represent a formal
  commitment by IBM. The dates are subject to change without
  notice.
  

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

  TPC FOR DATA

• Fixed component ID

  5608TC300

Applicable component levels

• R41A PSY

     UP

• R41L PSY

     UP

• R41W PSY

     UP