Troubleshooting IBM Cloud Using an iSCSI Device Solution

QNFSIPLFUL Control Group Completes with Errors - BRM10A1

There are 3 main errors of concerned if control group QNFSIPLFUL completes with message BRM10A1 and the previous job log messages contain diagnostic message CPF9897.

Image Catalog not Found

CPF9897 with message text: CONTROL GROUP PROCESS TO CREATE AN NFS INSTALL IMAGE FAILED, (image-catalog-name) NOT FOUND.

• Cause:  This indicates an unexpected error case where the image catalog that was used for the backup was not found when BRMS tried to automatically save the image files to the specified VTL iSCSI device. 

• Recovery: Review the job log for message that may help identify why the image catalog was not found.  Fix any errors and retry the control group.

Verify Image Catalog Failed

CPF9897 with message text: CONTROL GROUP PROCESS TO CREATE AN NFS INSTALL IMAGE FAILED, VFYIMGCLG OF IMAGE CATALOG (image-catalog-name) FAILED.

• Cause:  This indicates that the VFYIMGCLG performed prior to saving the image files failed.

• Recovery: Review the job log for messages that may help identify why the VFYIMGCLG failed. Fix any errors and retry the VFYIMGCLG using the following commands:

VFYIMGCLG IMGCLG('image-catalog-name') TYPE(*LIC) SORT(*YES) NFSSHR(*YES)

Once the VFYIMGCLG successfully runs, backup the image catalog directory with the following set of commands:

CHGATR OBJ('image-catalog-directory') ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*YES) SUBTREE(*ALL) SYMLNK(*YES)

SAVBRM CTLGRP(QNFSSYSFUL) CTLGRPATR(*YES) OBJ(('image-catalog-directory'))

CHGATR OBJ('image-catalog-directory') ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*NO) SUBTREE(*ALL) SYMLNK(*YES)

Once the image catalog directory has been successfully backed up, delete the image catalog:

DLTIMGCLG IMGCLG('image-catalog-name’) KEEP(*NO)

Backup Image Catalog Failed

CPF9897 with message text: CONTROL GROUP PROCESS TO BACKUP IMAGE CATALOG (image-catalog-name) FAILED.

• Cause:  The backup of the image catalog directory failed.  

• Recovery: Review the job log for messages that may help identify why the backup failed.  Fix and errors and try the backup of the image catalog directory with the following set of commands:

CHGATR OBJ('image-catalog-directory') ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*YES) SUBTREE(*ALL) SYMLNK(*YES)

SAVBRM CTLGRP(QNFSSYSFUL) CTLGRPATR(*YES) OBJ(('image-catalog-directory'))

CHGATR OBJ('image-catalog-directory') ATR(*ALWSAV) VALUE(*NO) SUBTREE(*ALL) SYMLNK(*YES)

Once the image catalog directory has been successfully backed up, delete the image catalog:

DLTIMGCLG IMGCLG('image-catalog-name’) KEEP(*NO)