12 troubleshooting, Troubleshooting failures, Error notification – HP XP Racks User Manual

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12 Troubleshooting

This chapter describes the troubleshooting procedures provided by Business Continuity Manager:

Troubleshooting Failures

Because Business Continuity Manager is frequently used in large-scale systems, a system failure
might cause a substantial problem.

The following are possible types of failure:

Volume errors

Line errors

Hardware or software errors not included in the above

Table 125 (page 712)

lists the functions provided by Business Continuity Manager to mitigate

failures.

Table 125 Troubleshooting Functions

Objective

Function

Reports errors by using a message or return code when a volume status changes to
an error status.

Error notification

Monitors events that might cause an error in the future. Provides information to help
prevent errors from occurring or identify the cause of an error after it has occurred.

Performance Monitor

Extracts trace information such as macros issued to the storage system to help find
the cause of errors when they occur.

Collecting trace
information

Stores traced information in log files. The logs for commands executed from the ISPF
panel and the CLI can also be collected.

Collecting logs

For 2DC configurations with HyperSwap and Cnt Ac-J Z, a HyperSwap is performed
for Cnt Ac-S Z copy groups with the HyperSwap attribute, and detected upon
completion.

HyperSwap
completion detection

Error Notification

BC Z, Cnt Ac-S Z, TCA, or Cnt Ac-J Z copy pairs enter an error status when an error occurs. Business
Continuity Manager supports a function that monitors this status transition and notifies you of when
a copy pair enters an error status.

Table 126 (page 712)

lists the error statuses.

Table 126 Error Statuses

Error Status

Classification

When the pair enters the SUSPER status.

Suspend status

When the pair enters a status other than the target status or a temporary status that
results in the target status.

Unexpected status

When an I/O error occurs in a status acquisition I/O.

I/O error in a status
acquisition I/O

Error notification is part of the YKWATCH, YKEWAIT, or YKQUERY command. If the status changes
to an error status such as those above, the YKWATCH command outputs the YKW003E message,
and the YKEWAIT command outputs the YKE003E message, and then terminates with the return
code 8. If you want to be notified of errors, you must execute the YKWATCH command beforehand.

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