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Re: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

2012-01-31 09:57:56
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix
From: Hans Christian Riksheim <bullhcr AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:27:04 +0100
What to expect when we have products from two totally different companies.

Thanks for the tip!

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Ehresman,David E.
<deehre01 AT louisville DOT edu> wrote:
> Oscar,
>
> Before you upgrade TSM or AIX, check out the level of bos.mp64 and 
> bos.iocp.rte.  They need to be at 6.1.7.1 NOT at 6.1.7.0 for the fix.  They 
> issued two version of AIX 6.1 TL7 SP0.  You have to get the 2nd version of 
> the SP to get the real fix.
>
> David Ehresman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of Oscar Kolsteren
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:44 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and
> had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.
>
> Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it had
> to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".
>
>
>
> Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.
>
>
>
> Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised another
> call for this.
>
>
>
> Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
> 6.2 so they recommend either:
>
>
>
> -          Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3
>
> -          Roll back to AIX 6 TL2
>
>
>
> You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Oscar
>
>
>
>
>
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