Uspv & Uspvm MICROCODE VERSION 60-05-15-00/00 RELEASED 09/30/2009 Newly Supported Features and Functions For Version 60-05-15-00/00

USPV & USPVM
MICROCODE VERSION 60-05-15-00/00

RELEASED 09/30/2009
Newly supported features and functions for Version 60-05-15-00/00
1. Mainframe & OPEN System
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2. Mainframe System
NONE
3. OPEN System
3-1 RAID Manager/LIB Ver. 01-14-03/01

Description Corrected a problem that pair create () spends internally free CTGID for HOMRCF (SI).
Changed Part RAID Manager/LIB

Note None
Documented None
The change of contents for Version 60-05-15-00/00
1 FCA blockade failure resulted in time-out

Phenomena When a failure occurred on a specific DKA PCB, an FCA
was not blocked and many time-out errors occurred during
drive data transfer.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Medium
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when a hardware-related failure
occurs on a DKA PCB.
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: All
Fixed Product/Version DKCMAIN: 60-05-15-00/00
Category Open or mainframe
Changed Part DKCMAIN
HDS Confidential 1 of 7
2 When installing a CHA, an MP of another CHA was
blocked
Phenomena When installing a CHA on a DKC with micro-program
version lower than V04 loaded,
an MP of another CHA was blocked, where many CHK2
occurred and the number of CHK2 occurrences exceeded
the threshold.
Conditions of Occurrence The problem occurs when all the following conditions are
met.
(1) The version of micro-program in DKC is earlier than 60-
04-04-00/00.
(2) The version of micro-program written in FM of CHA to
be installed is 60-04-04-00/00 or higher.
(3) During installation of a CHA (CMF, CHT, CHE), the
CHA is inserted before the SVP message [ONL0869i]
"Please install the units in the system before starting this
process. If installation has been completed, select [OK]."
appears.
In detail, there are two cases in (3).
3-1) The CHA is inserted after the micro-program transfer
from SVP to SM is initiated. (micro-program in SM is
unavailable)
3-2) The type of CHA that should be installed on the DKC
is not inserted. (Micro-program version of SM doesn't
support that of the installed CHA)
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: Lower than 60-04-04-00/00
Category Open
3 Incomplete pool recovery and error occurrence

[3005-58491]
Phenomena Pool recovery could not be completed and a Storage
Navigator error message [3005-58491] (communication
time-out error) might occur.
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when performing pool recovery
operation in the case of;
- Non-rebalanced pool.
(1) Pool capacity is more than 90 TB, or
(2) Pool used capacity is more than 90 TB.
- Rebalanced pool.
(1) There is, at least, one pool volume whose capacity is
more than 700 GB.
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: 60-02-04-00/00 and higher
Category Dynamic Provisioning
4 Pool missing during pool recovery
Phenomena A pool disappeared from the window during pool recovery.
* Pool volumes, which the disappeared pool used, remained
in use.
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when SI initialize is executed after
either of the following occurs or is performed.
(1) An error message [3005-58491] (Communication
timeout error) occurs during pool recovery.
(2) SVP is rebooted during pool recovery.
Category Dynamic Provisioning
5 Host time-out during GDPS hyper swap

Phenomena When GDPS hyper swap was executed, host time-out
occurred (ABEND2E0).
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when all the following conditions
are met.
(1) True Copy for z/OS or Open.
(2) On RCU target side where a remote copy path is
established.
(3) TC RCU device exists.
(4) Hyper swap is executed.
Category True Copy for z/OS or Open
6 Failed to report SIM for SM blockade

Phenomena After an SM was blocked, as an MP, which was supposed to
report a SIM, was rebooted due to a failure, the SIM for the
SM blockade was not reported.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) Low
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when an invalid access to the SM
occurs due to an MP failure during Send & Receive
processing.
Category Mainframe or Open
7 No output of user name to audit log

Phenomena When Storage Navigator was activated from the Physical
View of HDvM, a user name specified by HDvM was not
output to the audit log.
Conditions of Occurrence The problem occurs when Storage Navigator is activated
from the Physical View of HDvM.
Affected Products/Version SVP: All
Fixed Product/Version SVP: 60-05-12/00
Category Storage Navigator
Changed Part SVP
8 CHP blockade during host I/O for TC pair volume

Phenomena When a host I/O for a TC pair volume was executed, a CHP
in operation on the TC pair was blocked.
are met.
(1) TC for Open.
(2) Version of micro-program on RCU is 60-02-48-00/00
(DP-TC concatenation support) and higher.
(3) RCU-Target port.
(4) HDP-VOL is included in the CHP which controls (3).
(5) A reset is issued from MCU to RCU.
Category True Copy for Open
9 Occurrence of SSB=AE63
Phenomena When a write operation was performed on an un-copied area
of FC, SSB=AE63 might occur. (This is just a matter of log
output)
are met.
(1) FCv2 is used.
(2) A write operation is performed on an un-copied area of
FC.
Category Flash Copy version2
10 High cache write pending

Phenomena The following may cause cache write pending rate to exceed 70%
(I/O inflow limit). In the worst case, the rate increases to nearly
100%, and systems may go down.
1. Read I/O operation from host to target volume (T-VOL) of a
Flash Copy Version2 (FCv2) pair
2. Write I/O operation from a host to a source volume(S-VOL) of
an FCv2 pair in a configuration where the S-VOL and T-VOL are
defined in different CLPR
3. Configuration where volume is shared by FCv2 T-VOL and a
True Copy (TC) primary volume (P-VOL) is created
4. Configuration where volume is shared by FCv2 T-VOL and a
Universal Replicator (UR) P-VOL is created
5. Configuration where volume is shared by FCv2 source volume
and a TC secondary volume is created
Severity (High, Medium, Low) High
Conditions of Occurrence - Phenomenon 1 Failure may occur with the following met.
A. All current RAID600 micro-program versions
B. FCv2 configuration
C. Read I/O operation from host to T-VOL of an FCv2 pair
- Phenomenon 2 Failure may occur with the following met.
B. FCv2 configuration
C. Write I/O operation from host to S-VOL in configuration where
S-VOL and T-VOL are defined in different CLPR
-Phenomenon 3 Failure may occur with the following met.
A. RAID600 code versions 60-02-25-00/00 and higher
B. Volume is shared by an FCv2 T-VOL and a TC P-VOL
C. The following which trigger copy of TC pair in (B)
(i) FCv2 pair, with configuration (B), is created while TC pair is in
Duplex or Duplex Pending status
(ii) TC pair, with configuration (B), is created
(iii) TC pair re-sync is executed with configuration (B)
-Phenomenon 4 Failure may occur with the following met.
A. RAID600 code versions 60-05-06-00/00 and higher
B. Volume is shared by an FCv2 T-VOL and a UR P-VOL
C. The following which trigger copy of UR pair in (B)
(i) An FCv2 pair, with configuration (B), is created while the UR
pair is Duplex or Duplex Pending status
(ii) UR pair, with configuration (B), is created
(iii) UR pair re-sync is executed with configuration (B)
-Phenomenon 5 Failure may occur with the following met
B. Volume is shared by FCv2 T-VOL and TC 2nd VOL
C. Configuration where the FCv2 S-VOL and T-VOL are defined
in the different CLPR
D. Any of the following operations which trigger the copy of the
above configuration (B) is executed
(i) An FCv2 pair, with configuration (B), is created while the TC
pair is in Duplex or Duplex Pending status
(ii) A TC pair, with configuration (B), is created
(iii) TC pair re-sync is executed with configuration (B).
Category Flash Copy Version 2, True Copy for z/OS, Universal Replicator
for z/OS
11 Inconsistency of licensed capacity with actually used

capacity ½
Phenomena When Volume Migration/Quick Restore was executed for a
DP-VOL which was being used by SI/CoW, the licensed
capacity in-use of SI/CoW was not consistent with the
actually used capacity. There were cases of inconsistency
that the used capacity was larger or smaller.
Conditions of Occurrence The problem may occur when sets of the following
conditions (1) to (3) or (4) to (6) are respectively met.
(1) RAID600: 60-02-25-00/00 and higher.
(2) Migration from an SI P-VOL or S-VOL is executed
using Volume Migration.
(3) The above migration is either (a) or (b) below.
(a) From a normal LDEV to an HDP LDEV
(b) From an HDP LDEV to a normal LDEV
(4) RAID600: 60-02-48-00/00 and higher.

(5) Quick Restore of SI is executed.
(6) The above SI pair is made of either combination (a), (b),
or (c) below.
(a) P-VOL is a normal LDEV, S-VOL is an HDP LDEV
(b) P-VOL is an HDP LDEV, S-VOL is a normal LDEV
(c) P-VOL is an HDP LDEV, S-VOL is an HDP LDEV
Affected Products/Version DKCMAIN: 60-02-25-00/00 and higher, 60-02-48-00/00
and higher
Category Dynamic Provisioning, Shadow Image for Open, Copy-on-
Write Snapshot, Volume Migration
12 Inconsistency of licensed capacity with actually used

capacity 2/2
Phenomena When PS ON or offline micro-program exchange was
performed while an SI pair made of a DP-VOL and non DP-
VOL existed, the licensed capacity used by SI became
inconsistent with the actually used capacity. There were
cases of inconsistency that the licensed capacity in use was
larger or smaller.
Conditions of Occurrence The problem occurs when all the following conditions are
met.
(1) SI for Open is used.
(2) Either SI P-VOL or SI S-VOL uses a DP-VOL.
(3) PS ON or offline micro-program exchange is performed.
Category Dynamic Provisioning, Shadow Image for Open
13 No progress of TC pair initial copy processing

Phenomena As TC pair initial copy processing was not progressed, the
pair status didn't change to PAIR, but remained in COPY.
Severity (High, Medium, Low) High
Conditions of Occurrence Problem may occur with the following conditions met.
(1) 60-02-48-00/00 and higher
(2) Open Volumes
(3) TC or UR pair with P-VOL and S-VOL are HDP-VOL
(4) During the operation in (3), the usage rate of a pool
associated with the S-VOL is lower than the value of 20%
reduced from the threshold. * Usage rate is lower than the
value of 20% reduced from the lower one between the
variable threshold (5 to 95%) and the fixed threshold (80%).
(5) Any of the following
- After the pair in (3) is deleted, a TC pair is created using
the previous S-VOL as the P-VOL
- In the UR-TC cascading configuration, a TC pair is created
using the UR S-VOL as the TC P-VOL
- Takeover and Re-sync are performed for TC pair in (3)
Category Dynamic Provisioning, True Copy for Open, Universal
Replicator for Open
14 Occurrence of WCHK1 at Initial port MPs

Phenomena WCHK1 occurred at 2 MPs of TC A-sync Initiator port.
Conditions of Occurrence Not clarified yet.
Causes and Updates System option mode 758 is available to recover the problem
and for information enhancement.
Restricted Mode - RSD Permission Required to Use.
Affected Products/Version DKXMAIN: All
Category True Copy A-sync for Open
15 Incorrect calculation of SI licensed capacity

Phenomena If recovering a CoW Snapshot pool which was blocked due
to PS ON with volatilization or SI Initialize, the capacity of
recovered pool was not added to SI licensed capacity.
Conditions of Occurrence Problem occurs with the following conditions met.
(1) Either or both of PS ON with volatilization and SI
Initialize is executed
(2) A blocked CoW Snapshot pool is recovered
Affected Products/Version DKXMAIN: 60-01-68-00/00 and higher
Category Shadow Image for Open, Copy-on-Write Snapshot

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MICROCODE VERSION 60-05-15-00/00

3-1 RAID Manager/LIB Ver. 01-14-03/01

Changed Part RAID Manager/LIB

The change of contents for Version 60-05-15-00/00

1 FCA blockade failure resulted in time-out

3 Incomplete pool recovery and error occurrence

5 Host time-out during GDPS hyper swap

6 Failed to report SIM for SM blockade

7 No output of user name to audit log

8 CHP blockade during host I/O for TC pair volume

10 High cache write pending

11 Inconsistency of licensed capacity with actually used

(4) RAID600: 60-02-48-00/00 and higher.

12 Inconsistency of licensed capacity with actually used

13 No progress of TC pair initial copy processing

14 Occurrence of WCHK1 at Initial port MPs

15 Incorrect calculation of SI licensed capacity

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