IT36503: DISK EXCLUDES ARE NOT HONORED WHEN THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM IN A SINGLE SLA

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When there are a large number of disk excludes for VM's in a
  single SLA, the excludes are not honored. The large number
  of disk excludes can also result in the following error in
  the job log:
  
  Failed to get instance of HypervisorVirtualDiskDTO and query
   mongo com.mongodb.MongoException: Can't canonicalize query:
   BadValue: Regular expression is too long.
  
  Note: In this case, there were over 900 disk excludes.
  
  Affected Version: IBM Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.7 ifix2.
  
  Keywords: TS005102344 vmdk exclusion
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.7 ifix2.                *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See Error Desription.                                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply the fixing level when available. This problem is       *
  * projected to be fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus level     *
  * 10.1.8. Note that this is subject to change at the           *
  * discretion of IBM.                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Resolved the issue where disk exclusion was not respected in the
  backup job by reformatting the MongoDB query if the query fails
  because it is too long.
  

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

  SP PLUS

• Fixed component ID

  5737SPLUS

Applicable component levels