FLSHCPY DB2 AGE / 5608AC6DB / 81A - DB2

When Spectrum Protect Snapshot for DB2 performs a DB2 standby
backup operation for databases with names that longer than 6
chars it ends
with an FMM6825E SQL1000N error indicating it is not a valid
database alias name.


$ ./fcmcli -f backup_db2standby

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot offload agent  ...

FMM6808I The production database 'ABCDEFG1' will be cataloged.
FMM6825E A DB2 API call failed with the following error:
---- error report ----
app. message = catalog db
line = 523
file = esd-db2ctl.cpp
SQLCODE = -1000
SQL1000N "R_ABCDEFG1" is not a valid database alias name.
FMM6809E Unable to catalog production database 'ABCDEFG1' as
'R_ABCDEFG1'.

IBM Spectrum Protect Versions Affected:

All versions on all platforms.

Customer/L2 Diagnostics :

The 'DB2 list db directory' shows database name with more than
six characters,

> db2 list db directory

 System Database Directory

 Number of entries in the directory = 2

Database 1 entry:

 Database alias                       = ABCDE1
 Database name                        = ABCDEFG1
 Local database directory             = /db2/ABCDEFG1


Database 2 entry:

 Database alias                       = ABCDEFG1
 Database name                        = ABCDEFG1
 Local database directory             = /db2/ABCDEFG1

Initial Impact: Medium

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* USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
* Users of IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Unix/Linux *
* all versions on all supported platforms and users of IBM     *
* Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Unix/Linux versions up to      *
* 8.1.4 on all supported platforms when backing up a DB2       *
* standby database with a database name longer than 6          *
* characters.                                                  *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
* See error description                                        *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Datum - Problem gemeldet    :
Datum - Problem geschlossen :
Datum - der letzten Änderung:

01.11.2018
17.12.2018
17.12.2018