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Status Under review
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 4, 2024

Enable Storage Protect backup archive client testflag SKIPDATEMISMATCHWARNING for restore and retrieve

In a replication failover scenario, the Storage Protect backup/ archive client is comparing the local stored last backup/ archive date with the date stored on the Storage Protect server. If the local date is older than the date stored on the Storage Protect server, the Storage Protect backup/ archive client will issue message

ANS2120W The last store operation date reported by the server SP_SERVER_NAME of 26.01.2024 23:29:25 UTC does not match the last store operation date of 16.12.2023 00:46:06 UTC stored by the client for the filespace /filespace_name.
Continue (Yes (Y)/No (N)) The only valid responses are characters from this set: [Y, N]

This message and especially the "Continue  (Yes (Y)/No (N)) " question is preventing unattended batch processing because no operator is available to respond to this question - batch processing will hang/ loop.

For Storage Protect client backup and archive testflag SKIPDATEMISMATCHWARNING is available to suppress the ANS2120W message.

This idea requests to enable Storage Protect backup/ archive client testflag SKIPDATEMISMATCHWARNING for restore and retrieve, too.

 

Idea priority High
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    Juan Carlos Jimenez Fuentes
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    Apr 9, 2024

    @ALBEE JHONEY