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Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] IJ24518: NVME SCSI EMULATION ISSUE - what do do with this announcement, all I get i
From: "Billich Heinrich Rainer (ID SD)" <heinrich.billich () id ! ethz ! ch>
Date: 2020-06-02 8:14:27
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Hello,
I'm quite upset of the form and usefulness of some IBM announcements like this one:
IJ24518: NVME SCSI EMULATION ISSUE
How do I translate an APAR number to the spectrum scale or ess release which fix it? \
And which versions are affected? Need I to download all Readmes and grep for the APAR \
number? Or do I just don't know where to get this information? How do you deal with \
such announcements? I'm tempted to just open a PMR and ask ☹.
This probably relates to previous posts and RFE for a proper changelog. Excuse if \
it's a duplicate or if I did miss the answer in a previous post. Still the quality of \
this announcements is not what I expect.
Just for completeness, maybe someone from IBM takes notice:
All I get is an APAR number and the fact that it's CRITICAL, so I can't just ignore, \
but I don't get
* Which ESS versions are affected – all previous or only since a certain \
version?
* What is the first ESS version fixed?
* When am I vulnerable– always, or only certain hardware or configurations or \
….?
* What is the impact – crash due to temporary corruption or permanent data \
corruption, or metadata or filesystem structure or ..?
* How do I know if I'm already affected, what is the fingerprint?
* Does a workaround exist?
* If this is critical and about a possible data corruption, why isn't it already \
indicated in the title/subject but hidden?
* why is the error description so cryptic and needs some guessing about the \
meaning? It's no sentences, just quick notes. So there is no explicit statement at \
all.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6203365?myns=s033&mynp=OCSTXKQY&mync=E&cm_sp=s033-_-OCSTXKQY-_-E
Kind regards,
Heiner
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I'm quite upset of the form and usefulness of \
some IBM announcements like this one:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">IJ24518: NVME SCSI EMULATION \
ISSUE<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">How \
do I translate an APAR number to the spectrum scale or ess release which fix it? And \
which versions are affected? Need I to download all Readmes and grep for the APAR \
number? Or do I just don't know where to get this information? How do you deal with \
such announcements? I'm tempted to just open a PMR and ask </span><span lang="EN-US" \
style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">☹</span><span \
lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span \
lang="EN-US">This probably relates to previous posts and RFE for a proper changelog. \
Excuse if it's a duplicate or if I did miss the answer in a previous post. Still the \
quality of this announcements is not what I expect.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p \
class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Just for completeness, maybe someone from IBM \
takes notice:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All \
I get is an APAR number and the fact that it's CRITICAL, so I can't just ignore, but \
I don't get<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span \
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span \
lang="EN-US">Which ESS versions are affected – all previous or only since a certain \
version?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" \
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">What is the first \
ESS version fixed?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" \
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">When am I \
vulnerable– always, or only certain hardware or configurations or \
….?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" \
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">What is the impact \
– crash due to temporary corruption or permanent data corruption, or metadata or \
filesystem structure or ..?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" \
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US">How do I know if \
I'm already affected, what is the fingerprint?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li \
class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span \
lang="EN-US">Does a workaround exist?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li \
class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span \
lang="EN-US">If this is critical and about a possible data corruption, why isn't it \
already indicated in the title/subject but hidden?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li \
class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span \
lang="EN-US">why is the error description so cryptic and needs some guessing about \
the meaning? It's no sentences, just quick notes. So there is no explicit statement \
at all. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a \
href="https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6203365?myns=s033&mynp=OCSTXKQY&m \
ync=E&cm_sp=s033-_-OCSTXKQY-_-E">https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6203365?my \
ns=s033&mynp=OCSTXKQY&mync=E&cm_sp=s033-_-OCSTXKQY-_-E</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Heiner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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