IT31204: ON LINUX A "DSMC INCR -SNAPDIFF" MAY CRASH IF THE OBJECT NAME WHICH IS LOCATED ON NFS4.1 HAS A SPECIFIC SEQUENCE OF SYMBOLS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• IBM Spectrum Protect Versions Affected: All supported
  backup-archive client versions on all Linux platform
  
  Customer/Support Diagnostics:
  
  The stack looks like this:
  
  #0  0x0000000000732d59 in trPrintf(char const*, unsigned int,
  char const*, ...) ()
  #1  0x00000000006ff518 in psTrapHandler(int) ()
  #2  <signal handler called>
  #3  __strncpy_sse2_unaligned () at
  ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strcpy-sse2-unaligned.S:1670
  #4  0x00000000006d013d in StrnCpy(char*, char const*, unsigned
  long) ()
  #5  0x000000000071deec in parsePath(pathParse_t*, char*) ()
  #6  0x00000000006323f1 in dtFindMissingDir(char*, char*, char*,
  int) ()
  #7  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
  
  the issue is in the call parsePath()
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client versions 7.1 and  *
  * 8.1 running on all Linux platforms.                          *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * see ERROR DESCRIPTION                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply fixing level wen available. This problem is projected  *
  * to be fixed in level 7.1.8.9 and 8.1.10. Note that this is   *
  * subject to change at the discretion of IBM.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client will generate
  ANS1154E and directory will be skipped if directory name
  contains an invalid multibyte sequence.
  

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

• dsmc
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMCL

Applicable component levels