IBM HPSS manual Hpss 5.1 to 6.2 Conversion Utility Errors, Hpssmdconvert51 Errors

Error: write_bitfile_to_ASC failed to write to pipe, fd is -1, errno = 9 => This error results when running a long running conversion program that cannot write to /var/hpss/convert/6.2 and create a file called asc_fifo_bitfile (the named pipe for the C program to communicate with the DB2 load).

Resolution: Ensure that the user running the conversion has write permissions on /var/hpss/convert/6.2. Rerun the conversion program.

Could not find database 'subsys1' using schema 'hpss'. => This error is usually followed by Error: mm_InsertRecord failed, mm_status = -2001, for entry 0 and indicates that the program could not connect to the database.

Resolution: Make sure the database and schema exist (and that the schema is the same as the user under which the conversion is being run). For example, when trying to insert data into a table under schema 'hpss', run the conversion as user 'hpss'. Rerun the conversion program. Sometimes alterations to the database, or starting and stopping DB2, can result in a first connection failing; normally the second connection attempt succeeds.

Error: MigPolID 1 is in use by both disk and tape storage classes, exiting! => The

db_convert_migpol, or migration policy conversion, program produces this error upon trying to convert a migration policy (in this case, migration policy 1) that in 4.5 was used by both disk and tape storage classes. This can no longer be the case as of HPSS version 5.1.

Resolution: Create a new identical migration policy and set the disk storage class to use one policy and the tape storage class to use the other. Rerun the conversion program.

Error: convert_ReadServer failed, mm_status = -32016 => This error results from a partially configured 4.5 system. Specifically, the conversion program found a general configuration record for a Storage Server or Name Server and could not find the corresponding specific configuration record.

Resolution: Either remove the general configuration record for the partially configured server or contact your HPSS customer support representative and use the force option to skip converting metadata related to the partially configured server.

6.4.2. HPSS 5.1 to 6.2 Conversion Utility Errors

This section provides troubleshooting procedures for errors that occur during the metadata conversion from HPSS 5.1 to 6.2.

6.4.2.1. hpss_md_convert_51 Errors

Description of Error: When running option 5 (Convert Server Generic config table) Error -2 is HPSS_ENOENT on call to mm_GetDefaultServerConfig(), <no error> is encountered.

Resolution: The uuid_create call can fail if /var/hpss/etc/ieee_802_addr file doesn’t exist. Run mkhpss and select the option to create the ieee_802_addr file. Next, rerun the hpss_md_convert_51 program and select option 5 again.

Description of Error: Any error with SQL0803N error in its description.

Resolution: This error occurs when there is already metadata in the table where the conversion is

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