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    Spectrum Protect Client and Microsoft Onedrive backup failed.

    IBM Case #TS001008967 The Spectrum Protect Client is crashing when it takes backup of files within the Microsoft's Onedrive synced folder. Example:06/08/2018 10:07:37 ANS9999E ..\..\common\winnt\ntrc.cpp(765): Received Win32 RC 362 (0x0000016a) fr...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

    If the CLI option /configfile points to non existent file the tdpsqlc command should end in error..

    If we have in a sqlfull.bat script: tdpsqlc backup * full /configfile=someconfig.cfg and the file "someconfig.cfg" does not exist, the command runs along with default config and returns with rc=0. Problem with that is if "somconfig.cfg" once exist...
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Is a defect

    node canister replacement fix procedure

    The Run fix to replace the canister is missing a step.It doesn't run the "satask chbootdrive -replacecanister" under the covers or mention that the command needs to be run on the replacement node. The instructions are in the Knowledge Center but w...
    about 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

    Support for TLS on SMTP servers (Office 365)

    If a customer using office365, mails from SPP using office 365 can't be sent, because TLS SMTP is not supported.Support for TSL SMTP is needed.
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 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
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

    Disable Host Degraded for Direct-Attached Hosts

    This client has multiple distribution centers with small FS5x00s that are directly attached to a few ESX servers. The site is too small to justify SAN switches, and direct-attach is supported with NPIV enabled on 8.6+ code. In our configuration, e...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Is a defect

    SPP default policy creation after software upgrade

    At initial install some SLA policies are created by default. I have no containers and Amazon EC2 instances to protect, so I don't need the default policies "Container" and "EC2" and have deleted both policies. But they are recreated after every sy...
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

    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 ...
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 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.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

    Implement certificate validation

    Currently certificates are not validated. If a corrupted/defect certificate is uploaded, the library just accept it, and the gui will be broken/not accessible any more. The only way to fix this is to directly access the gui via the panel on your (...
    about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Is a defect

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