#240786: On Certain Platforms, Sun Explorer Data Collector Version 5.12 Improperly Removes Collected Data and "sed: command garbled"

On Certain Platforms, Sun Explorer Data Collector Version 5.12 Improperly Removes Collected Data and "sed: command garbled"

Category :	Availability
Release Phase :	Resolved
Bug Id :	6722354, 6725108
Product :	Sun Explorer Data Collector version 5.12
Date of Workaround Release :	19-Aug-2008
Date of Resolved Release :	02-Sep-2008

When using Sun Explorer Data Collector version 5.12,  (see below for full details)

1. Impact

When using Sun Explorer Data Collector version 5.12, the modules 1280extended, sanextended, scextended, srscextended and t3extended are improperly removing its own collected data for the platforms listed below.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue occurs on the following releases:

Sun Explorer Data Collector Explorer 5.12

and only when using the following platforms:

    Sun Fire Servers with "Remote System Controller" (RSC) functionality
     Sun Fire 3800
     Sun Fire 4800
     Sun Fire 4810
     Sun Fire 6800
     Sun Fire E2900
     Sun Fire E4900
     Sun Fire E6900
     Sun Fire V1280
     Netra 1280
     San Switches
     Sun Storedge T3
     Sun Storedge T3+

To determine version 5.12, use "pkginfo -l SUNWexplo" or use "/opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer -version".

3. Symptoms

When this issue occurs one or more errors from sed(1) can be seen,
for example, "explorer: sed: command garbled".

As a result of the failing sed command, the created output files of the above
named modules will be empty.

4. Workaround

The following workaround can be applied until the final resolution becomes available.

The default installation location of the SUNWexplo package is /opt .
The affected modules are found in a subdirectory of the SUNWexplo package directory "/opt/SUNWexplo/tools".

In the case of a non-default installation location, you can find the basedir of the SUNWexplo package by running the command "pkginfo -l SUNWexplo", and look for BASEDIR.

Please find below the lines to fix per module. Make sure to use the vi-editor,
to be able to enter the "^M" character.

Module 1280extended

The lines 298 and 299 look like this:

    298            sed -e 's/
    299 $//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

Join these two lines, delete the space character in the sed statement
and then insert in that place the "^M" character by typing "ctrl-v" and "ctrl-m".

The new combined line should look like this:

    298            sed -e 's/^M$//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

Module sanextended

The lines 217 and 218 look like this:

    217    sed -e 's/
    218 //g' ${EXP_TARGET}/san/${SAN_NAME}/$1 > ${EXP_TARGET}/san/${SAN_NAME}/$1.tmp

Join these two lines, delete the space character in the sed statement
and then insert in that place the "^M" character by typing "ctrl-v" and "ctrl-m".

The new combined line should look like this:

217 sed -e 's/^M//g' ${EXP_TARGET}/san/${SAN_NAME}/$1 > ${EXP_TARGET}/san/${SAN_NAME}/$1.tmp

Module scextended

The lines 318 and 319 look like this:

     318   sed -e 's/
   319 $//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

Join these two lines, delete the space character in the sed statement
and then insert in that place the "^M" character by typing "ctrl-v" and "ctrl-m".

The new combined line should look like this:

    318    sed -e 's/^M$//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

Module srscextended

The lines 154 and 155 look like this:

    154    sed -e 's/
    155 $//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

Join these two lines, delete the space character in the sed statement
and then insert in that place the "^M" character by typing "ctrl-v" and "ctrl-m".

The new combined line should look like this:

    154    sed -e 's/^M$//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

Module t3extended

The lines 432 and 433 look like this:

     432    sed -e 's/
   433 $//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

Join these two lines, delete the space character in the sed statement
and then insert in that place the "^M" character by typing "ctrl-v" and "ctrl-m".

The new combined line should look like this:

    432    sed -e 's/^M$//' ${file} > ${file}.tmp

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

Sun Explorer Data Collector Explorer 5.13

Note: Explorer can be downloaded as part of the Sun Service Tools bundle
at http://www.sun.com/service/stb/index.jsp .

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Modification History

02-Sep-2008: Updated Resolution section. Resolved.

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