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Replication hung sessions are not getting cancelled on source and target TSM automatically after network disruptions

Replication sessions are getting hung due to network disruption and those sessions are not getting cancelled when the network issue is resolved. It took almost 4 hours for those sessions to get cancelled by TSM server which delayed DR replication ...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

TS7700 GUI needs information on G0013 message

Over a weekend we received G0013 messages from our VTS's indicating loss of network access between the clusters in the grid. When attempting to diagnose the issue we logged on but saw no evidence in the Events log that would indicate a network out...
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Is a defect

Spectrum Protect Plus VADP proxy transport modes reset during code updates

During code updates, VADP proxy transport modes get reset to default - SAN, Hot-Add, NBDSSL and NBD
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

SI Pro and Hitachi VSP FICON Adapters

For Hitachi VSP G1500, G1000, and 5500 storage, SI/SI Pro only reports on Fibre Channel adapters that are installed in the system. It does not properly reflect the FICON adapters / ports installed in the system. If you go to Properties -> Confi...
over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Is a defect

Backup of subdirectories within Windows CIFS SHARES recursively processed despite of deactivation with dsmc incr subdir=no

In spite of setting the option subdir=no for incremental file backup, mounted CIFS Shares on Windows File Server will be processed recursively. The reason for this behaviour is caused by an unsuccessful execution of the NetShareGetInfo function wi...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Is a defect

support for runnign VMs in GPFS (see TS003291090)

See TS003291090 If a KVM host runs GPFS client and mounts a filesystem from a gpfs cluster. The KVM host runs a VM which uses a container file stored in the same file system under a independent fileset named kvm01 which is under the root fileset. ...
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Is a defect

RC=12 is not required for successful processing.

When the IBM Spectrum Protect backup/archive client detects that a self-signed digital certificate has expired, the expiration date is updated, but RC=12 is returned and "ANS1579E" is recorded.The process is successful and I would like RC=0 to be ...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Is a defect

Refresh States function should function when devices are in severe status

During a recent issue where CSM lost access to the underlying DASD (due to a warmstart), it marked some of the replicated devices in a Severe state. That state never changed, even after issuing a 'Refresh States' command. You can submit a START or...
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Is a defect

Have Spectrum CDM check UUID of the device before removal, thus avoiding the likelyhood of the wrond device being removed

When CDM creates its cleanup data for removing a copy it records the device name it used when the disks were added, for example, /dev/sdn. These device names are not persistent and as CDM does a "echo 1 > /bin/sys/block/sdn/device/delete" to re...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

Replication should not hang if target pool is hung

When replicating to a cloud pool target, if a Disk to Cloud Transfer is hung, then replication hangs. Replication should have a timeout so that it can skip, abort, etc. rather than winding up locks.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

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