IC96984: DEFINE VOLUME COMMAND FAILS WITH ANR9999D INVALID CAPACITY WHEN SIZE IS GREATER THAN 8TB

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V7.1 Fix Pack 1 (7.1.1.000) Server Downloads

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using the DEFINE VOLUME command and defining a DISK
  volume with a size greater than 8 TB the following message
    will be seen:
  
      ANR9999D_2926469880 bvCreate(bv.c:234) Thread<XXXX>:
        Invalid capacity (-1610612737)
  
    This issue is caused by a data overflow. The variable
    holding the volume size value is defined as a 32 bit
    integer data type, which has a maximum allowed value of
    2,147,483,647.
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions Affected:
    6.1 6.2 6.3
  Customer/L2 Diagnostics (If Applicable)
    The following message is seen when defining a DISK volume
    that is greater than 8 TB in size:
    define volume diskpool /tsmdisk/disk001.dsm
      formatsize=10485760
    ANR2491I Volume Creation Process starting for
             /tsmdisk/disk001.dsm, Process Id 145
    ANR9999D_2926469880 bvCreate(bv.c:234) Thread<14908>:
             Invalid capacity (-1610612737)
    ANR9999D Thread<14908> issued message 9999 from:
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000d6ae73 OutDiagToCons
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000d6dc68 outDiagfExt
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000ad3848 bvCreate
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000c9833f DsDefineVol
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000cd52d5 ssDefineVolume
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x000000005f079e AdmDoDefineVolume
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000e25748 psFormatVolumeThread
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000dfc3e6 StartThread
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00003efa40673d *UNKNOWN*
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00003ef9cd3f6d *UNKNOWN*
    ANR9999D_2136354628 DsDefineVol(dsvol.c:611) Thread<14908>:
             Error 7720 creating bit vector DSKV0000003857 for
             disk /tsmdisk/disk001.dsm.
    ANR9999D Thread<14908> issued message 9999 from:
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000d6ae73 OutDiagToCons
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000d6dc68 outDiagfExt
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000c983a2 DsDefineVol
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000cd52d5 ssDefineVolume
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x000000005f079e AdmDoDefineVolume
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000e25748 psFormatVolumeThread
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00000000dfc3e6 StartThread
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00003efa40673d *UNKNOWN*
    ANR9999D Thread<14908>  0x00003ef9cd3f6d *UNKNOWN*
    ANR2032E DEFINE VOLUME: Command failed - internal server
             error detected.
  Initial Impact:
  LOW
  Additional Keywords:
    TSM zz61 zz62 zz63 int32 int64 capacity
  

Local fix

• Define a volume that is less than 8 TB in size.
  

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 level 7.1.1. Note that this is            *
  *                 subject to change at the discretion of IBM.  *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was fixed.
  
  The message:
  
  ANR4945E DEFINE VOLUME:The volume named <volume_name> is
  larger than is allowed for a volume on your system.
  
  has been updated as follows:
  
  ANR4945E DEFINE VOLUME:Error creating volume <volume_name>:
  FORMATSIZE exceeded the maximum size allowed.
  
  Affected platforms:  AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, and Windows.
  

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

     UP

• R61H PSY

     UP

• R61L PSY

     UP

• R61S PSY

     UP

• R61W PSY

     UP

• R62A PSY

     UP

• R62H PSY

     UP

• R62L PSY

     UP

• R62S PSY

     UP

• R62W PSY

     UP

• R63A PSY

     UP

• R63H PSY

     UP

• R63L PSY

     UP

• R63S PSY

     UP

• R63W PSY

     UP

• R71A PSY

     UP

• R71H PSY

     UP

• R71L PSY

     UP

• R71S PSY

     UP

• R71W PSY

     UP