Vipr Controller: When you try to create the first volume for an RP consistency Group, if you to create multiple volumes for a RecoverPoint CG you will get a Null Pointer Exception
Summary: When you first try to create new volumes for a new RP Consistency Group, and you specify more than 1 volume, you will get a Null Pointer Exception
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Symptoms
The user is unable to create multiple volumes in a Vipr Controller catalog service when you are creating volumes for a RecoverPoint Consistency Group. A null pointer exception is given.
2019-04-22 12:24:45,927 [122|cgCreateStep|1b4453d6-c2bb-4f3d-9735-93e2c482d9d1714d0134-52b4-4fda-a5ad-4de3f2526820] ERROR RPDeviceController.java (line 2180) RecoverPoint cgCreateStep step failed: Exception: com.emc.storageos.recoverpoint.exceptions.RecoverPointException: Failed to create RecoverPoint consistency group ViPR-NEWCG1: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.emc.storageos.recoverpoint.impl.RecoverPointClient.createCG(RecoverPointClient.java:856) at com.emc.storageos.protectioncontroller.impl.recoverpoint.RPDeviceController.cgCreateStep(RPDeviceController.java:1754) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at com.emc.storageos.volumecontroller.impl.Dispatcher$DeviceMethodInvoker.run(Dispatcher.java:273) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$201(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180) at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:293) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.emc.storageos.recoverpoint.impl.RecoverPointClient.configureCGSettingsChangeParams(RecoverPointClient.java:1141) at com.emc.storageos.recoverpoint.impl.RecoverPointClient.createCG(RecoverPointClient.java:831) ... 13 more
Cause
This is a code bug that Vipr Controller engineering will correct in a future release of Vipr Controller
Resolution
Workaround:
At this time, the problem can be worked around by only creating 1 volume when creating the very first volume.
Resolution:
ViPR Engineering is currently addressing this problem, but has not provided a fix in a released patch. This solution will be updated with the patch when it has been released.
Additional Information
From the ViPR Controller GUI, you may see this error:
Article Properties
Article Number: 000056242
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2024
Version: 3
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