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Status Not under consideration
Categories Flashcopy Manager
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 5, 2014

FCM For VMware Ver 3.2.0.2 - Improvement to Backup Status Report

FCM reports a false status for virtual machines when checked by generating a backup status report using the Reports > Backup Status Option with FCM GUI.

With FCM for VMware 3.2.0.2 onwards FCM functionality has been improved to continue the backup job even if some VM's fail during the quiesing operation. When checked through FCM Backup tab, the backup job now completes with a "Warning" status and reports uuid all those VM's for which quiescing failed. However, When checked within the backup status report generated using Reports > Backup Status option, We see that it shows "Warning" status against all the virtual machines completed in that job.

This needs to corrected so that only the virtual machines which failed during quiecing operation are reported with "Warning" status and the remaining VM's are shown with the status as "Successful".

Idea priority Low
  • 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 FlashCopy Manager

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager

  • Guest
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    Oct 29, 2014

    Thank you for submitting the request. IBM recognizes this as a valid and meaningful requirement. It is aligned with our multi-year strategy and is a candidate for a future release. IBM’s plans may change and no commitment is made that a solution will be provided.

  • Guest
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    Jul 23, 2014

    Thank you for submitting this request. We are discussing this internally with the product teams and will provide an update after such discussions are complete.