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Ganesha - Event 1 could not be processed for fd 5 rc I/O error , report the client that abuse the Ganesha, monitor that error and have action

When Ganesha server hit this error - the NFS server just hang , there is no ip failover, or restart of the NFS server:epoch 001103c9 : gpfs.ganesha.nfsd-1492239[fsal_up_0.48] GPFSFSAL_UP_Thread :FSAL_UP :WARN :Event 1 could not be processed for fd...
about 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 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 ...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 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 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 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...
almost 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Is a defect

VM recommission is not getting captured in actlog

Adding VM recommission details to the IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) activity log provides significant benefits, primarily for auditing, troubleshooting, and operational visibility.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Is a defect

Migrateexts - Spectrum Virtualize documents mistake

Due to description of command migrateexts in documentation there is no mention that in case of extant migration to unmanaged disks this operation lead to fail down system with all nodes restarting to T2 recovery.This issue was solved only at 8.3.0...
over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Is a defect

support for runnign VMs in GPFS (see TS003291090)

See TS003291090If 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.The...
over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 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 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Is a defect

Users with the “Monitor” role should also be able to change their own password using RoE

Since firmware version 1.10, it has been possible to change a user's password via a RoE endpoint. According to the documentation, every user should be able to change their own password. However, according to the support team, this is not available...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library Is a defect

SVC and Storwize Machine Location field schould support special characters

In the GUI of the SVC / Storwize / FS systems (exception FS900) you can only use alphanumeric characters. Special characters are only possible on the command line. This should be adjusted on the GUI.
over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Is a defect

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