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DS8886 CSM LDAP advanced tab should not be locked down

Our LDAP environment currently requires that we use advanced settings when setting up CSM on the DS8886 for LDAP access. In the CSM setup there is a tab labeled basic and another one labeled advanced. During initial setup we use the Basic tab to e...
almost 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Is a defect

Domino presnapshot script should monitor nservice.exe

Domino presnapshot causes error 2518 when net start "Lotus Domino Server (xDominodata)" because of presnapshot try to launch Domino Service even though nservice.exe process still live. presnapshot should watch nservice.exe process.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Is a defect

Query Event for NDMP Backup

We want to add a new entry in the database under Summary table called Filespace or BCK_Volume or similar, This failed should include the entry of what Volume on the NetApp that TSM was backed up and if it was OK or not.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Is a defect

Replication fails for a decommissioned VM

Replication fails for decommissioned VMs
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

World Writable permissions to citScanOutput.xml

We are working with a Banking client in which access to the Backup data to other users can cause issues. The File citScanOutput.xml which gets World writeable permissions may cause an security violation
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

TSM Macro for Capacity Licensing does not differentiate between Capacity and PVU

Our team uses TSM 7.1.3.100 to backup our entire enterprise. We currently are licensed by Terabyte; however, we also use TSM for System Backup and Recovery (Sysback). Sysback is licensed by PVU. We are in the middle of an IBM Software audit and th...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

TS7700 grid is not available about any empty private volumes.

Even when one cluster in a TS7700 grid is not available including service, user can't mount any empty private volumes while other clusters are available as follows. IEF233A M 0F06,910000,,IEBGEN01,STEP1,KT4.TEST.DATA01 CBR4195I LACS retry possible...
almost 8 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Is a defect

V7000 Gen1 PCIe bus issue causing Node aserts

When the node asserts due to a PCIe issue the node is taken offline. This impacts performance and redundancy. An IBM CE is required to reseat the node to bring it back online.
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

TS7700 pSeries PCI bus error recovery

The customer suffered an incident with the I/O drawer as reported in PMH 49532,200,838 To solve the issue they had to reboot the TS7700. Apparently this a know issue, but IBM is not planning at present to solve this issue. It is a problem with the...
about 8 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Is a defect

TDMF support MSS1 device after hyperswap

on using MSS1, after performed gdps hyperswap, TDMF failed to run on the device address on mss1.
over 8 years ago in TDMF z/OS 3 Is a defect

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