DP 6.21 CM freezes when Aix 7.1 MA backups are running

  • KM01097429
  • 18-Aug-2014
  • 18-Aug-2014

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Summary

Problem: AIX media manager throws a lot of FC alerts and after some time it hangs with no progress Solution: Fix as in QCCR2A27239 from DP Labs helps fixing this issue

Question

DP 6.21 CM hangs/freezes and requires a system reboot to cleanly kill off all locked devices and processes.
Latest observation is copious FCP_ERR10 occuring on Aix 7.1 MA clients whilst backups are running.

LABEL: FCP_ERR10
IDENTIFIER: 5A7598C3

Date/Time: Thu Aug 14 14:29:07 EST 2014
Sequence Number: 2470349
Machine Id: 00C32B874C00
Node Id: aup4051l
Class: O
Type: INFO
WPAR: Global
Resource Name: fscsi7

Description
Additional FC SCSI Protocol Driver Information

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Answer

Problem: Data Protector's Media Agent module is unable to work with
tape drives on AIX 7.1 servers.

Symptom: AIX media manager is throwing copious FCP_ERR10
alerts and after some time session hangs with no progress and impacts performance of Cell Manager

Solution:
Fixed in DP 7.01 version onwards.
For DP 7.0 and below, please log a service request for hotfix: QCCR2A27239_TM3 which provides the fixed binaries for Media Agent

IBM AIX 7.1
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