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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 28, 2014

RELATED IDEAS

FILE volume locking

During the migration or stgpool backup of a FILE class storage pool, the process will 'hang' when it encounters a locked volume. The volume will remain locked if there is a long-running backup session or the client does not terminate correctly. If the pool requires migration during a backup window, this will lead to backups failing as the storage pool continues to fill and cannot empty.

It is not known if this will happen during reclamation and/or deduplication, but this can all lead to catastrophic results since none of the back-end processes will finish because of one rogue node.

If a FILE volume is locked, the processes should move to the next volume. Note that resource wait timeout has no affect in this case!

I know this occurs for v6.x; not sure about v7.

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
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    |     Nov 17, 2015

    IBM has evaluated the request, and has determined that it can not be implemented at this time or does not align with the current multi-year strategy. This request may be resubmitted for consideration after 18 months from the date of submission. The request submitter will automatically be notified by email when the request qualifies for reconsideration and resubmission.

  • Guest
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    |     Jun 30, 2015

    and 25042,082,649

  • Guest
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    |     Jun 30, 2015

    See PMR 64874,082,649

  • Guest
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    |     Jun 26, 2015

    More information is needed for this requirement.

    We are not sure what "lock" is referenced.. But if things deadlock and processing stops - this should be a PMR and investigated to understand if/what we can do to resolve it... Is there a PMR reference for this? We did not see one listed in the devWorks RFE database. Has there been prior diagnostic steps taken leading up to this?

  • Guest
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    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

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