MFE TF Clone or Snap: Incorrect track count value reported using message ESNP1AII.

Summary: With Snap operations on large R1 devices, message ESNP1AII reports incorrect track count value.

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Symptoms

In message ESNP1AII the number of tracks that are waiting to be defined was incorrectly being reported as 0.   
  
Example (Dell EMC CS lab): 

ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:0

Inline: 

UTILITY A7 -- Show system devices Attrib/WP/Invalid utility_a7_c
NOT WRT RDF
READY DIS. TYPE GROUP DEVICE WRT | INVALID TRACKS COUNTS (PHCO)
DV# M1234 1234 1234 I II ATTRIBUTES PEND | M1 M2 M3 M4
---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
1AED .-.- .-.- T-F- BB ufsT...LTGT.......... 0 | 0 167772165 145815287 167772165

Expected behaviour: 

ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:167728193
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:150345220
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:108735872
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:95637968
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:76163641
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:70943775
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:65584717
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:42642180
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:17399737
ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:00001AED S/N:0001976018xx REMAINING TRACKS:3130933

Cause

This is due to a software issue.

Resolution

Processing was modified to correctly handle the timing issue to ensure the CQNAME order of commands is honored.      

Permanent Fix:
  • For Mainframe Enablers 8.5, PTF SN85074 has been developed to correct the issue. It is available to download from Dell Online Support

Additional Information

Error Message: 

ESNP1AII
WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED, DEVICE#:symdv#
S/N:symmserial REMAINING TRACKS:count
Cause
Before unlinking, the target device is queried to ensure it is defined. If it is not defined yet, this message is issued.
Action
None.

PTF Cover Note:
  
++PTF(SN85074) REWORK(2022053) .                               
++VER(Z038) FMID(SSNP850)                                      
      PRE(                                                     
          SN85060                                               
          )                                                    
   /*                                                          
*------------------------------------------------------------- 
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION(S):                                       
* ------------------------------------------------------------ 
* USERS AFFECTED: Snap operations on large R1 devices          
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Incorrect track count value             
* DESCRIPTION DETAIL:                                          
*                                                              
* In message ESNP1AII the number of tracks that are waiting to 
* be defined was incorrectly being reported as 0.              
*                                                              
* ESNP1AII WAITING FOR TARGET TO BE FULLY DEFINED,              
*        DEVICE#:0000XXXX S/N:XXXXXXXXXXXX REMAINING TRACKS:0  
*                                                              
*                                                              
* PROBLEM RESOLUTION:                                           
*                                                              
* The message format has been changed to display the correct   
* track count.                                                 
*                                                               
* MODULES: ESNAXBAR                                            
*                                                              
* ------------------------------------------------------------ 
* SN85074 22 Feb 2022 08:03:48                                  
* ------------------------------------------------------------ 

Affected Products

Mainframe Enablers
Article Properties
Article Number: 000197040
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 19 Jun 2023
Version:  5
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