IC95938: MESSAGE "ANR9999D_2644193874 BFCHECKENDTOEND" DURING HANDLING OF DEDUPLICATED DATA

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V6.3 Fix Pack 5 (6.3.5.000) Server Downloads

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• During various Tivoli Storage Manager tasks, an error on a
  deduplicated object might be reported in the ACTLOG of the
  Tivoli Storage Manager server, such as:
  dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss      ANR9999D_2644193874
  BfCheckEndToEnd(bfdedup.c:9033) Thread<51>: Data integrity error
  detected for deduplicated object 9876543210 (SESSION: 12345)
  
  Such tasks can be (but not limited to):
  Client restores
  Node replication
  Exports
  Generate backupsets
  
  The intent of this APAR is to mark such objects as damaged
  allowing them to be handled from a copy storagepool on the next
  action.
  
  Customer/L2 Diagnostics:
  For example in case of a client restore, following messages will
  be seen in the ACTLOG as well:
  [...]
  dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss      ANR0548W Retrieve or restore failed for
  session 12345 for node NODENAME (WinNT) processing file space
  <FS_NAME> 6 for file <FILE_NAME> stored as Backup - error
  detected. (SESSION: 12345)
  dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss      ANE4035W (Session: 12345, Node:
  NODENAME)  File <FILE_NAME> currently unavailable on server.
  (SESSION: 12345)
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions Affected:
  All Tivoli Storage Manager V6 server on all supported platforms
  
  Initial Impact:
  Medium
  
  Additional Keywords:
  TSM dedup deduplication ANR9999D BfCheckEndToEnd ANR0548W
  ANE4035W
  

Local fix

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 6.3.5.                              *
  *                 Note that this is subject to change at the   *
  *                 discretion of IBM.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• This problem was fixed.
  

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

• R63A PSY

     UP

• R63H PSY

     UP

• R63L PSY

     UP

• R63S PSY

     UP

• R63W PSY

     UP