IC80574: TPC-R SESSION IS HUNG IN FLASHING STATE DUE TO A I2-J2 VOLUME REMAINING IN RESTORING STATE

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• FLASH command starts and then  hangs in FLASHING state.
  To identify this problem, issue the <specific> DSCLI
  command and observe that the H1 and I2 volumes are both
  listed as Suspended Primaries. TPC-R  will show
  Target Available for most of the role pairs of I2-J2
  and H1-J2 and few copyset was the pairs as restoring/
  recovering.
  
  When these copyset clicked for more details, TPC for
  Replication had already recovered and should  have moved
  the pairs to Target Available status.  FRR
  poller completed an event before marking the H1-J2 pairs
  to recovering. So the one copyset that
  is stuck in restoring status, and never gets updated to
  Target Available, so the event gets ignored.
  Afterwards, the H1-J2 pairs are updated to recovering.
  

Local fix

• 1. Do db2 updates UPDATE REPMGR.PAIR SET STATE1 =
  'Target Available', PENDINGSTATE= '' WHERE
  SESSIONNAME = 'HQ_GLOBAL_MIRROR' AND SEQUENCENAME
  = 'H1-J2'
  
  UPDATE REPMGR.PAIR SET STATE1 = 'Target Available',
  PENDINGSTATE= '' WHERE
  SESSIONNAME = 'HQ_GLOBAL_MIRROR' AND SEQUENCENAME =
  'I2-J2'
  
  2. Issue "Refresh States" against the TPC-R session
  

Problem summary

• FLASH command hung in FLASHING state due to the I2-J2 volumes
  remaning in restoring state
  

Problem conclusion

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

Applicable component levels

• R410 PSY

     UP

• R411 PSY

     UP

• R420 PSY

     UP