PM83046: EXPIRE INVENTORY MAY DISPLAY ANR9999D AND ANR0868E IN ITS PROCESS IF THERE IS ACTIVATE POLICYSET RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• EXPIRE INVENTORY may display ANR9999D and ANR0868E messages
  if there is ACTIVATE POLICYSET running at the same time.
  This is caused by a conflict to lock a resource introduced by
  the fix in APAR IC77073.
  
  When this error occurs expiration will fail to display
  informational message ANR4391I.
  However the expiration process itself ends successfully.
  Activation process will also end successfully.
  
  
  Customer/L2 diagnostics:
  ANR9999D and ANR0868E messages are recorded in ACTLOG as
  follows.
  
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued
  command: EXPIRE INVENTORY  (SESSION: 3091)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR0984I Process 7 for EXPIRE INVENTORY
  started in the BACKGROUND at 18:29:52. (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS:
  7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR0811I Inventory client file
  expiration started as process 7. (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D_2974720325
  pmGetMcName(pmmc.c:2603) Thread<6442>: Unable to get management
  class name -lock conflict detected. (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442> issued message
  9999 from: (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x000000010000c7e8 StdPutText (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x000000010000fb90 OutDiagToCons (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x000000010000a2d0 outDiagfExt (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x000000010032fa78 pmGetMcName (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x00000001007813a0 ResolveNames (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x000000010077e1e4 ReportPos (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x00000001007836c0 ExpirationProcess  (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS:
  7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x000000010078672c ImDoExpiration (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR9999D Thread<6442>
  0x00000001000151b0 StartThread (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  11/10/25   18:29:52      ANR0868E Cannot find management class
  name for ID 224. (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  ...
  11/10/25   18:30:33      ANR0812I Inventory file expiration
  process 7 completed: examined 6007 objects, deleting 5957 backup
  objects, 0 archive objects, 0 DB backup volumes, and 0 recovery
  plan files. 0 errors were encountered. (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS:
  7)
  11/10/25   18:30:33      ANR0987I Process 7 for EXPIRE INVENTORY
  running in the BACKGROUND processed 5957 items with a completion
  state of SUCCESS at 18:30:33. (SESSION: 3091, PROCESS: 7)
  
  
  TSM Versions Affected:
  Tivoli Storage Manager 5.5.6 on any supported platform.
  
  Initial Impact: Low
  
  Additional Keywords:
  zz55 0868 IC77073 expire inventory activate policyset
  

Local fix

• Ignore ANR9999D_2974720325 and ANR0868E messages
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All Tivoli Storage Manager server users.     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See error description.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing level when available. This      *
  *                 problem is currently projected to be fixed   *
  *                 in levels 5.5.6.20, 5.5.7,6.1.6, 6.2.4,      *
  *                 and 6.3.2. Note that this is subject to      *
  *                 change at the discretion of IBM.             *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was fixed.
  Affected platforms:  AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux,  and Windows.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  IC79571

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM FOR OS/390

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMVS

Applicable component levels

• R550 PSY UK91785

     UP13/02/21 P F302

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