IT42180: REPLICATION JOB SESSION STARTS WHEN ANOTHER REPLICATION JOB SESSION FROM SAME SLA IS IN PROGRESS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.12, two replication job
  sessions from the same SLA can be started concurrently. Running
  concurrent replication job sessions from the SLA can cause
  resource contention, where both job session compete to use the
  same storage or cloud resources, or access the same source data
  to be replicated, and the job sessions may interfere with one
  another. This concurrency can cause one or both replication jobs
  to fail or only partially complete.
  
  
  Affected Versions: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.12
  

Local fix

• Adjust the schedule for replication jobs to ensure that
  replication job sessions from the same SLA do not overlap.
  Do not start replication job session manually while scheduled
  replication job session is currently running.
  Pause schedule for replication jobs for an SLA when a
  replication job session is already running for the SLA.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.12                      *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * see ERROR Description                                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply the fixing level when available. This problem is       *
  * currently projected to be fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus *
  * level 10.1.13. Note that this is subject to change at the    *
  * discretion of IBM.                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Prior to IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.13, a scheduled job
  could start even though a job of the same job type and SLA
  (i.e., a hpyervisor replication job from the same SLA) was
  manually started and was still running. IBM Spectrum Protect
  Plus 10.1.13 now prohibits a duplicate job from running and will
  result in the duplicate job failing. Note that this prohibition
  does not apply to ad hoc jobs, which can still be run in
  parallel.
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• Platform
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SP PLUS

• Fixed component ID

  5737SPLUS

Applicable component levels