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Hi all,



This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and
had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.

Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it had
to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".



Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.



Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised another
call for this.



Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
6.2 so they recommend either:



- Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3

- Roll back to AIX 6 TL2



You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware



Best Regards,

Oscar





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Oscar,

Before you upgrade TSM or AIX, check out the level of bos.mp64 and bos.iocp.rte. They need to be at 6.1.7.1 NOT at 6.1.7.0 for the fix. They issued two version of AIX 6.1 TL7 SP0. You have to get the 2nd version of the SP to get the real fix.

David Ehresman

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Oscar Kolsteren
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:44 AM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

Hi all,



This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and
had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.

Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it had
to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".



Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.



Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised another
call for this.



Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
6.2 so they recommend either:



- Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3

- Roll back to AIX 6 TL2



You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware



Best Regards,

Oscar





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What to expect when we have products from two totally different companies.

Thanks for the tip!

Hans Chr.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Ehresman,David E.
<deehre01 < at > louisville.edu> wrote:
Oscar,

Before you upgrade TSM or AIX, check out the level of bos.mp64 and bos.iocp.rte.  They need to be at 6.1.7.1 NOT at 6.1.7.0 for the fix.  They issued two version of AIX 6.1 TL7 SP0.  You have to get the 2nd version of the SP to get the real fix.

David Ehresman

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Oscar Kolsteren
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:44 AM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

Hi all,



This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and
had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.

Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it had
to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".



Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.



Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised another
call for this.



Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
6.2 so they recommend either:



-          Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3

-          Roll back to AIX 6 TL2



You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware



Best Regards,

Oscar





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Hi David,

Thanks for your response

We've upgraded AIX to TL7 FP2 after which we were having these slow TSM database issues

bos.mp64 6.1.7.2
bos.iocp.rte 6.1.7.1


Best Regards,
Oscar

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Ehresman,David E.
<deehre01 < at > louisville.edu> wrote:
Oscar,

Before you upgrade TSM or AIX, check out the level of bos.mp64 and bos.iocp.rte.  They need to be at 6.1.7.1 NOT at 6.1.7.0 for the fix.  They issued two version of AIX 6.1 TL7 SP0.  You have to get the 2nd version of the SP to get the real fix.

David Ehresman

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf
Of Oscar Kolsteren
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:44 AM
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

Hi all,



This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and
had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.

Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it
had to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".



Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.



Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised
another call for this.



Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
6.2 so they recommend either:



-          Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3

-          Roll back to AIX 6 TL2



You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware



Best Regards,

Oscar





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Hi Oscar,

Technote 1052220 states that AIX 7.1 is supported in combination with TSM 6.2.2 and higher:

" OR​
​
AIX 7.1 Service Pack 1 running in a 64-bit kernel environment (starting with Tivoli Storage Manager server V6.2.2.0 )​"

Best Regards,
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Oscar Kolsteren
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 14:44
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

Hi all,



This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and
had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.

Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it had
to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".



Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.



Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised another
call for this.



Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
6.2 so they recommend either:



- Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3

- Roll back to AIX 6 TL2



You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware



Best Regards,

Oscar





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Thanks Paul,

I've read thru the notes and you're right. TSM 6.2.2 is supported on AIX 7.1.

So upgrade to AIX 7.1 and leave TSM to version 6.2.3 is the best solution here

Best Regards,
Oscar

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul van Dongen
Sent: 31 January 2012 15:53
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

Hi Oscar,

Technote 1052220 states that AIX 7.1 is supported in combination with TSM 6.2.2 and higher:

" OR​
​
AIX 7.1 Service Pack 1 running in a 64-bit kernel environment (starting with Tivoli Storage Manager server V6.2.2.0 )​"

Best Regards,
Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Oscar Kolsteren
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 14:44
To: ADSM-L < at > VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Be Aware: TSM 6.2.3 & AIX 7 TL2 FP2 don't mix

Hi all,



This is just a warning; we had updated our AIX servers to TL6 FP6 and had issues with our TSM server rebooting unexpectedly at random times.

Raised a call with IBM and they came back with the response that it had to do with "APAR IV08112: POSSIBLE CRASH POSTING AIO/IOCP PACKET".



Solution was to upgrade AIX to TL7 hence I did.



Since then the TSM database backups are terrible slow so raised another call for this.



Shockingly TSM support came back that AIX TL7 isn't supported for TSM
6.2 so they recommend either:



- Upgrade AIX to v7 and TSM to 6.3

- Roll back to AIX 6 TL2



You can imagine how annoying this is so please be aware



Best Regards,

Oscar





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