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Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Refresh Pack 5
Refresh Pack 5.2.5 (March 2015) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Fix Pack 5.2.5.1 (April 2015) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Refresh Pack 5.2.6 (June 2015) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
Refresh Pack 5.2.7 (August 2015) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.8 (December 2015)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.9 (February 2016)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.10 (May 2016)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.10.1 (July 2016)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.11 (August 2016)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.12 (November 2016)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.13 (March 2017)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.14 (May 2017)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.15 (August 2017)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.15.2 (November 2017)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.16 (March 2018)
IBM Spectrum Control V5.2.17 (May 2018)
Fix Pack 5.2.7.1 (February 2016) for Tivoli Storage Productivity Center
APAR status
Closed as fixed if next.
Error description
A fix was needed to handle DS8000 8 port support when establishing from a DS8000 with 4 ports. This scenario requires special handling for path support on a target with 8 ports in order to establish paths. This special handling does not take in to consideration other vendors that do not require the special handling for more than 4 ports at the target. Introduced when we fixed IT01752 in TPC 5.2.3.
Local fix
Please contact support for workaround.
Problem summary
| fix pack | 5.2.5-TIV-TPC-FP0000 - target 1Q 2015 | 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. Users who have Hitachi or EMC devices connected via zOS attachment who are starting a MM or Hyperswap session for the first time or trying to establish a path will fail because TPC-R is attempting to address an issue specific to DS8000 compatibility of 4 port (on pre 8300 devices) to 8 port fiber channel cards. This causes the path establishment to fail on Hitachi and EMC because these devices do not have a requirement for special handling - but the special handling is applied anyway without checking the device manufacturer.
Problem conclusion
Temporary fix
as a workaround and to prevent the issue from occurring, you can set the minimum code level required for this special handling to lower than the code level in the Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication rmserver.properties file by adding the following property to the file: com.ibm.csm.server.hw.lic.ess.EightPortFeatureCodeService.MinCod eLevel=0.0.0.0 This rmserver.properties file is in the following directory: Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication: WAS_HOME/profiles/ReplicationServerProfile/properties Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication for System z: WAS_HOME/profiles/ReplicationServerProfile/properties *Note that if this setting is in place then path creation will fail when trying to establish a path between a DS8000 storage system using 4 port adaptors to 8 port adaptors.
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APAR Information
APAR number
IT05599
Reported component name
TPC
Reported component ID
5608TPC00
Reported release
520
Status
CLOSED FIN
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt / Xsystem
Submitted date
2014-11-19
Closed date
2015-01-27
Last modified date
2015-03-06
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
PI29886
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Applicable component levels
Document Information
Modified date:
05 October 2023