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Status Under review
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 28, 2024

Improve the error Prone Default Settings for Data Movers in TDP-VE

We recently upgraded to TDP-VE for VMware v8.1.23 and when adding a new data mover over the WebGUI provides the User with default settings to add to the local .opt file. Under Windows this cause an issue with the logfile location. Below are the settings presented in the gui:
 


NODEName ZISDC_DM_WIN
PASSWORDAccess generate
VMCHost vcenter.contoso.com
MANAGEDServices schedule webclient
TCPServeraddress tivoli.wu.ac.at
TCPPort 1500
HTTPPort 1581 ** Must be unique for each node
COMMMethod tcpip
ERRORLOGName C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmerror.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log
SCHEDLOGName C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log

*Performance Options
VMMAXParallel 8
VMLIMITPERHost 8
VMLIMITPERDatastore 4
VMMAXBACKUPSession 8

VMMAXRESTORESession 8
VMMAXRESTOREPARALLELVMS 2
VMMAXRESTOREPARALLELDISKS 2

*Data Mover Transport Options
*VMVSTORTRANSPORT san:hotadd:nbdssl:nbd

*Continue VM Backup Skipping Unsupported Disk
VMMAXVIRTUALDISKS 8
*VMSKIPMAXVIRTUALDISK NO
*VMPROCESSVMWITHPRDM NO
*VMPROCESSVMWITHINDEPENDENT NO

VMTAGDATAMOVER YES



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The issue is with the lines:
ERRORLOGName C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmerror.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log
SCHEDLOGName C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log


The client cant work with spaces in filenames if there arent any quotation marks around it. So it creates a file under C:\ called "C\Program" and writes the logs there. It is necessary to add the quotation marks around the filepath in the .opt file to work properly. I would ask you to change the default behaviour for the windows settings so the filepath in the wegbui is already encased in quotation marks.

ERRORLOGName "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmerror.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log"
SCHEDLOGName "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsmsched.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log"

I cant be sure if its only in 8.1.23. We upgraded from 8.1.17 and then added now Data Mover Nodes and this is where I stumbled upon the issue.

 

This also happens with spaces in alternative paths: See attached Screenshot. The target folder itself remains empty.

ERRORLOGName C:\temp\IBM_Test Folder\dsmerror.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log
SCHEDLOGName C:\temp\IBM_Test Folder\dsmsched.ZISDC_DM_WIN.log

 

PS C:\Users\Administrator\tsmclient> Get-ChildItem C:\temp\
Directory: C:\temp
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 8/14/2024 12:38 PM IBM_Test Folder
-a---- 8/14/2024 12:50 PM 5073 citScanOutput.xml
-a---- 8/14/2024 12:51 PM 5658 dsminstr.log
-a---- 8/14/2024 12:51 PM 0 dsminstr.log.lock
-a---- 8/14/2024 12:50 PM 0 IBM_Test
Idea priority Low