TS7700 Maintenance Release Letter - 8.21.0.178 (2.

1 PGA7)

IBM System Storage TS7700 Maintenance Release Letter for the TS7740/TS7720 [3957-
V06/V07 & 3957-VEA/VEB]. Maintenance release 8.21.0.178
EC: M13231, Released on 12/13/2013.

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CONTENTS

1. Code Levels
2. Fix List

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1. Code Levels

Product Code
Hydra 8.21.0.178 (EC: M13231, PN 38L6652 and 38L6653 (DVD
1 & 2))
DB2 9.7.0.4
AIX Base Level 6.1.6.15
AIX Fixpack 6100-06-06-1140+07
TS3500 (3584) Firmware Anaconda R8B FP5 (8980)
Anaconda R11B FP3 (B570)
Anaconda R12A FP2 (C460) Included under EC M12993
3592 J1A Tape Drive D3I0_C90 (PN 45E6140)
3592 E05 Tape Drive D3I1_F1F (PN 95P9200)
3592 E06 Tape Drive D3I2_883 (PN 13X4428)
3592 E07 Tape Drive D3I3_90E (PN 38L6439)
TSSC 7.4.11 EC - M13077
3956-CC6 (DS6000) Firmware R11f.5b100624a
DS CLI 5.2.2.571
ESSNI R11f.5b100624a
GUI 5.2.200.1762
3956-CC7/CS7 (DS4200/DS4700) 07.60.62.00
Firmware 10.77.x5.14
Storage Manager GUI
3956-CC8/CS8 Firmware 07.84.46.00
Storage Manager GUI 10.77.x5.14
3956-CC9 Firmware 07.83.29.00
Storage Manager GUI 10.77.x5.14
TKLM V 2.0.1
ISKLM ISKLM wrapper V2.1 for ISKLM1.1 245
Atape 12.5.8.0
GPFS 3.4.0.6
ITDT 6.0.0.047
4Gbit Emulex Switch Firmware 3.55
8Gbit Emulex Switch Firmware 1.7

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2. Fix List:

IMPROVED RELIABILITY / DATA AVAILABILITY

66322 SLT: MDE 5000 doesn't have MDE value

68986 SLT: Cancel Service Prep(71) and Cancel Service(72) mixed up
68258 SLT: AIX dump tracking for Alternate Caisson I/O Drawer issue
70446 SLT: Long running HDB query caused unexpected hot tokens
69719 Fig with 4 Hankie adapters will not come online
70515 Failed ioctl call to driver: /dev/ksundd0 during R/R of Hankie
70956 SURPRIZE_DOWN_MASK had been off at EEH recovery process
71026 HOT: Hankie-bad input to phyprtascfgw() during EEH recovery
70966 Join fail due to hot tokens
71497 Add ksundd+kseh_eeh_master hookwords in default trace
71613 DB2 Hang detection
70756 Need to fix lock upgrade code
71880 SLT: volume searches taking to long do to debug code left
71897 Prefer Local nonFR when resident does not seem to work
70931 SLT: Add Cntl_C trap to avoid entering to the CLI
72048 Update exec.134 to increase stall entry threshold
72070 Queuing up too many runstats because of SQL437 error
71939 Hydra rebooted due to hdm core dump
71982 DB2 stop in go_hdb needs a switch instance before it
72140 Remote cluster can't be online after service
72163 COPYRFSH NORECALL triggered recall on two different clusters
72206 Pending force copyQ remained on test machine
71972 SLT: improve query optimization
72275 Failed act_go to .45: db2stop ended with rc=2
72272 Avoid HDB mutex deadlock CMVC69850 in hsmutil
72291 Increase vpd_msg logging
72328 SLT: vpd failed to update def_copy_jobs at system offline mode
72349 Unexpected copy attempt when the mount cluster isn't a copy src
72288 Ficon1 check1 lead to hydra reboot
72517 Add Support for 10G Rain ethernet used for PT-Hydra
72533 CTRL+C kills the SSH connection to hydra
72392 Grid join failed due to hot tokens against unjoined c0
72260 PSIRT Advisory 875: Java Update
72297 hydra rebooted at code level 8.30.1.15 (VTD_EXEC.166)
72512 scratch mount failure
71968 SYSTABLES: Change create/drop merge tables to truncate
70655 delete/expire view to include vols with disaster_rec set to 'A'
72184 FW check failed w/ invalid hex number in 8.21.0.162 activation
72504 H3.1: hydradump stops at hdb_dump on dedup machines
67589 All code levels should be in hist_stat in a mixed lvl join
71749 config_caisson script does not block Hydra online when it fails
72778 TS7700 reboots after logical volume inserts started
72797 Close other holes related to cmvc 72778.
72605 check for start blocks first in online -c
72773 SLS: no MDE definition for E094
70304 Limit GetTaskListForExternalName
72481 SLT: CMQ took five minutes to return failure to VPD
72901 SLT: Logging error emerging during hdb_create_special_dir call
71119 Failed Grid Merge due to maxlimit of 256 DC records
72908 *CRITICAL* Copies not done but DB updated - wrong data recalled
72846 DB2 Reorg on DRM table causing deadlocks
72733 SLT: DB2 trapped caused reboot
72930 Include "hdb_check_lvol_to_pvol" tool for Hydra
72856 TPF instantaneous write performance enhancement
72720 Host read of c1 resident lvol caused recall from tape on c0
73083 HSM should check old files used for DBbackup deleted at CEXP
72971 Collect new logs when eeh errors occurr
73062 No Call Home for bad Croton Card nor accurate syscheck message
73121 vtd_exec 138v5 fixes and protective code in proxy
73134 hsm_drive & error queries record E501 on TS7740
73199 join failed because category table is empty
73238 Modify hdb_check_lvol_to_pvol and VTD_EXEC.171
73299 next improvements for hdb_check_lvol_to_pvol and VTD_EXE.171
71951 Intermittend "Tape path not enabled" warn. caused false alarms
73356 exec171 causes readrec cores on migrated lvols
73347 Offsite_reclaim running slow
73418 vtd_exec.171 fails very often with BVIR (ver103)
68695 SLT: kseh_eeh_master no longer MASTER
72702 Copyright message when logged in show a old year(2006)
71612 join/merge should include check for 0001 FC (25GB lvols)
72274 Hydra FIELD CS8 MES could not find wwid for string 0
72885 RAS: warning for F3 or CTRL-C for open SIMs in service session
73091 Caisson access loss leaves blocked threads
73693 HYDME0066E when accessing historical summary on cl0
73540 script to add cache drawer interfered with by /home/service/1
73560 Hydra unable to go online due to stuck messages in CMQ queues
73469 SLT: Join recovery enhancement, join failed when I/O going
73550 mount stuck - DRM deletes slow
73754 lvl mounts failing - slow DRM transactions (add drm defaults)
73830 cl4 hang caused mount failures on cl0,1, 2
73791 Mount failed at R2.1 PGA6
73437 Unable to pause reorgs
73861 PSIRT Advisory 1285: Java Update
72629 join failed - grep for feature code needs to be more specific
73696 Replacement DDM caused an Phantom Array
73446 Copy Export test used up all scratch
74101 service cancel (or online process) never finishing
73833 Return ERA64 instead of ERA27/FD when volume busy
74155 kseh_eeh_master no longer MASTER
73648 SLT: h_tok -gt with rc=255
73975 CEXP & PreMig timing window
74230 limited shared access violation
73914 Hydra unexpected reboot - 'bte_master has failed'
73140 Delay the device free until PSCABUFR is received
74443 BVIR Historical Stats missing info for time intervals
74757 Create a new DRM index
75141 SLS: Change the way defined users logs in
74425 problem renumbering 2 cluster, vtd_exec.182
74506 SLT: Don NOT show INFO SIMs to Service Users when logging out
75309 PSIRT Advisory 1732: Java Update
73792 CIE: Imbedd Config File Version 2.5 into CC8/CS8 Firmware
75451 gpfs stopped following error recovery (eehdump)
71905 H3.1 : Upgrade CC7/CS7 firmware
72309 SLT:double check for the fw upgrade procedure
73796 Storage Frame MES needs to complete without arrays from mfg
74387 drawers built with wrong configuration
75744 Config file version 2.5 into cc8/cs8 firmware in mixed code
75648 DDM 600GB/15K drives failure at 8.31.0.89
75941 PSIRT Advisory 1929: Java Update
73912 RAS: limit smit log size
73962 Update SNMP MIB file version in the TS7700
73077 SLT: add hdb_execute statement back when truncating bulk table
76481 System Checkout didn't show all vtd_execs installed on machine.
76474 vtd_exec.154 does not contain correct drive firmware
76470 Return ERA64 rather than ERA27/FD when volume busy
76591 Add Java 7 to R2.1 for Storage Manager
76571 old storage manager version not compatible with cache fw
76597 H21PGA: Remove java 1.4.2 - backport Defect 70400
76606 H2.1PGA: Failure updating ESM config file
76623 PSIRT Advisory 2290: SSLv3 POODLE Attack - CVE-2014-3566
76689 Telnet/SSH connection is refused after the act_go activation
72760 PSIRT Advisory 1050: Java Update
74219 PSIRT Advisory 1455: Java Update
76884 fcs device did not reconfigure after activation
76578 SLS: Missing java class makes auth policies using ssl to fail
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