VM66199: STANDALONE DUMP FAILS IF LPAR HAS MORE THAN 40 CPUS

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as unreproducible in next release.

Error description

• When running V710 stand-alone dump in an LPAR with more than
  40 processors defined, stand-alone dump stops with no messages
  indicating that it failed.  Subsequent attempts showed that
  stand-alone dump works if there were 40 or fewer processors
  defined in an LPAR.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of the Stand Alone Dump utility    *
  *                 and all users of the SMAPI LOHCOST server    *
  *                 are affected by this change.                 *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
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  When running V710 stand-alone dump in an LPAR with more than 40
  processors defined, stand-alone dump stops with no messages
  indicating that it failed.  The failure also occurs sporadically
  on second level systems that have 64 virtual CPUs defined.
  Subsequent debugging showed that stand-alone dump works if
  there were 40 or fewer processors defined in an LPAR.  V640
  stand-alone dump worked in all of the failing environments.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

• FOR RELEASE ES-CMS-640-BASE :
  PREREQ: VM66061 VM65955
  CO-REQ: NONE
  IF-REQ: NONE
  FOR RELEASE ES-CMS-710-BASE :
  PREREQ: NONE
  CO-REQ: NONE
  IF-REQ: NONE
  

Comments

• For V710, the image files are changed to allow up to 64 CPUs
  to be dumped.  Also, SADU71 IMAGE was changed so that the
  dump produced will cause VM Dump Tool to use the V710 BLKLIBS
  (files HCQD8710 VMDTDATA and HCQB8710 VMDTDATA) instead of
  V640 BLKLIBS by default.  Finally, the V710 image files are
  updated to the latest service level.
  For V640, the image files are updated to the latest service
  level.
  

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UM35405 UM35406

Modules/Macros

• SADU64   SADU71   SSPI64   SSPI71   SSPJ71   SSPK64   SSPK71
  SSPLVM   SSPN     SSPP64   SSPP71
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  VM CMS

• Fixed component ID

  568411201

Applicable component levels

• R640 PSY UM35739

     UP20/09/29 I 1000

• R710 PSY UM35406

     UP21/06/29 P 2101

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