I think that you'll find that APAR's are specific to a particular OS.
APAR's for AIX will have different numbers than APAR's for Solaris
or NT.

Look for APAR's in ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/adsm/fixtest/v3r1/
Look for PTF's  in ftp://index.storsys.ibm.com/adsm/fixes/v3r1/

Rich

At 04:39 PM 2/8/99 -0500, you wrote:
>How can one tell if files are not being expired? Does it log a error message
>in the accounting log or something?
>Also I did a search for the apar IX85298 and couldn't find anything. I also
>could find the fix mentioned for Windows NT. Is there one available for
>Windows NT?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Mark
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Colin Dawson [SMTP:redhead AT US.IBM DOT COM]
>> Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 4:10 PM
>> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject:      Server 3.1.2.1 file expiration/back file versioning
>>
>> ADSMer's,
>>
>>      The ADSM server ptf 3.1.2.1 had an error in the file versioning
>> algorithm for backup file processing.  The error was that files that
>> exceeded the version constraints for the appropriate policy were not
>> marked
>> for expiration.  As a result of this, files were not being versioned
>> properly and expired.  This error can cause DB utilitization and storage
>> pool space to increase as more files are being kept on the server than
>> necessary.  The apar that documents this error is IX85298.  In response to
>> this error, an emergency fix ptf is available on index.storsys.ibm.com
>> under the directory /adsm/fixes/v3r1 and look in the platform appropriat
>> directory.  For example, the aix emergency fix is located in
>> /adsm/fixes/v3r1/aixsrv/3.1.2.13/IX85298.bff.  This fix corrects the
>> versioning algorithm and as files are subsequently backed-up, the
>> versioning will be corrected and expiration for these files will again
>> process as normal.
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Colin Dawson
>> ADSM Server Development
>
>

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