IC92811: V640 CLIEN DOESN'T BACKUP DATA UNDER A DIRECTORY WHICH IS A LOFS IN A SOLARIS NON-GLOBAL ZONE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Starting v6.4, the Tivoli Storage Manager B/A client treats a
  directories of lofs filesysstem on Solaris non-global zone as a
  mount points and won't backup the data under such directory. In
  addition, if the directory was backed up via a client with
  lower version than 6.4.
  such data will be expired during intial backup of the
  directory via a v64 client.
  .
  L2/Customer diagnostics.
  .
  /fs1 is a ufs in local zone and mounted as a lofs.
  
  
  running backup in local zone:
  
  -/fs1 was backed up before via an early version of client,
  this backup will cause the data to expire:
  
  dsmc i /fs1
  
  
  Incremental backup of volume '/fs1'
  expire -->       330,558,464            /fs1/file1 [Sent]
  expire-->       153,698,304           /fs1/file2[Sent]
  expire-->        37,715,968 /fs1/file3  [Sent]
  
  Successful incremental backup of '/fs1'
  
  
  Total number of objects inspected:           1
  Total number of objects backed up:          0
  Total number of objects updated:              0
  Total number of objects rebound:              0
  Total number of objects expired:               3
  
  
  -/backup was not backed up before, the backup of /fs1 will
  only take the /backup directory:
  
  dsmc i /fs1
  
  Incremental backup of volume '/fs1'
  Directory-->     xxxxx          /fs1 [Sent]
  
  
  Successful incremental backup of '/fs1'
  
  
  Total number of objects inspected:           1
  Total number of objects backed up:          0
  Total number of objects updated:              0
  Total number of objects rebound:              0
  Total number of objects expired:               0
  
  Version platform affected:
  Tivoli Storage Manager Client v6.4
  

Local fix

• add the following line in dsm.opt to allow v64 client to process
   data under the directory
  
  testflag VMPFSIDCOMPARE
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Backup-archive client version 6.4 running    *
  *                 on Solaris platform.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See ERROR DESCRIPTION.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing level when available. This      *
  *                 problem is currently projected to be fixed   *
  *                 in level 6.4.1. Note that until this level   *
  *                 is available, this information is subject    *
  *                 to change at the discretion of IBM.          *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been fixed so that it no longer occurs.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• DSMC
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMCL

Applicable component levels

• R64S PSY

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