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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Client APARs fixed in 6.2.1 and 6.2.1.x

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Question

APARs fixed in the TSM Version 6.2 client fix pack 1 (6.2.1) and 6.2.1 interim fixes (6.2.1.x) 6.2.1-TIV-TSMBAC-FP0001 6.2.1-TIV-TSMBAC-IF00xx

Cause

Note: This release reached End-Of-Support (EOS) on April 30, 2015, and reaches End-of-Life (EOL) for:

  • AIX on April 30, 2018
  • all non-AIX platforms on 30 April 2016


Latest TSM client and server downloads:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21239415

Overview of TSM client and server system requirements:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21243309

Note: Maintenance is cumulative

Answer

Fix Pack 6.2.1

Interim Fix 6.2.1.1
Interim Fix 6.2.1.2
Interim Fix 6.2.1.3

Fix Pack 6.2.1 - available May 20, 2010


6.2.1-TIV-TSMBAC-FP0001

APAR
Platforms AffectedAbstract
IC60474All WindowsV6.1 WINDOWS CLIENT OPTION FILE CONFIG WIZARD HANGS WHEN GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TWO SPECIFIC PANELS
IC63610All WindowsASR RESTORE OF DRIVE C:\ FAILS WITH ANS1092W ON WINDOWS PE
IC64743All WindowsANR0480W AFTER 6.1.2 JAVA GUI DISCONNECTS
IC65175All WindowsTSM CLIENT IGNORES -OPTFILE PARAMETER
IC66704AIXAIX SYSTEM CRASH MAY OCCUR WHEN THE FILEPATH DRIVER IS LOADED
IC66810All Windows6.1.2 AND 6.1.3 TSM WINDOWS CLIENTS WITH DEFAULT SYSTEM STATE WRITERS ON WIN 7 AND 2008 R2 MAY GET FULL SYSTEM STATE BACKUPS
IC66827All WindowsTIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER CLIENT ON WINDOWS CAN CRASH DURING BACKUP WHEN TRACING IS ACTIVE
IC67217AIXTHE V6.1 AIX CLIENT REQUIRES XLC.RTE AND XLSMP.RTE FILESETS. DOCUMENTED, BUT THE PACKAGE SHOULD ALSO MAKE THEM PRE-REQS.
IC67264All WindowsAFTER COMPLETION OF EACH BACKUP, THE NUMBER OF FILE HANDLES HELD BY THE TSM SCHEDULER INCREASES.
IC67333AIX
Linux x86
DSMSCOUTD CAN INCORRECTLY GENERATE ANS9084E ERRORS IN MULTI-NODE GPFS CLUSTERS
IC67559Win x64V6.2 TSM WINDOWS CLIENT BACKUP OF HYPER-V VOLUMES IN A CLUSTER SHARED VOLUME (CSV) CONFIGURATION FAILS WITH ERROR MESSAGES
IC67600All UNIX/LinuxUNIX PREFERENCE EDITOR DOES NOT SAVE TO THE CORRECT FILE WHEN -OPTFILE IS USED. THE DEFAULT DSM.OPT FILE WILL BE UPDATED.
IC67701AIXRESTORE FAILURES OF EFS FILES ARE NOT DISPLAYED IN THE FINAL STATUS LIST VIEW.
IC67933All WindowsWINDOWS SETUP WIZARD FAILS TO INSTALL A SCHEDULER ON A REMOTE MACHINE
IC68323All PlatformsJOURNAL DATABASES MAY BECOME CORRUPTED WHEN THE PRESERVEDBONEXIT SETTING IS USED AND CAUSE THE JOURNAL DAEMON TO ABEND.
IC72313All PlatformsANR0480W MESSAGE LOGGED ON SERVER WHEN JAVA GUI EXITS

Interim Fix 6.2.1.1 - Windows and AIX available July 2, 2010; Linux x86 available July 23, 2010


6.2.1-TIV-TSMBAC-IF0001

Note: The initial Linux x86 6.2.1.1 package delivered had an installation issue due to missing gskcrypt and gskssl libraries. The package was refreshed on July 23rd to fix packaging APAR IC70095.

APAR
Platforms AffectedAbstract
IC67101All WindowsVERIFY DEFAULT VSS WRITERS EXIST BEFORE STARTING SYSTEMSTATE BACKUP
IC67614All WindowsTSM CLIENT BACKUP CAN FAIL IF A FOLDER, FILE OR CD-ROM DRIVE IS SPECIFIED AND THE SNAPSHOTROOT OPTION IS USED.
IC67672AIX 64-bitAPI APPLICATIONS THAT USE THE TSM API V6.2.0 CAN CORE ON EXIT
IC67814Linux x86TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER 6.2 LINUX CLIENT MAY CRASH DURING INITIALIZATION
IC67917All WindowsFILES EXPIRED DUE TO NETWORK ERROR WITHOUT ANY ERROR MESSAGE REPORTED
IC68631All WindowsSYSTEMSTATE BACKUP FAILS ON W2K8 R2 WHEN FSRM IS ACTIVE FOR ATTACHED SAN DISKS
IC68756Linux x86HSM FAILOVER DOES NOT WORK ON CLUSTERS
IC68838All WindowsWINDOWS HARD LINK FILES NOT RECREATED DURING SYSTEMSTATE RESTORE
IC68842All WindowsSYSTEM STATE PROGRESSIVE INCREMENTAL DOES NOT WORK FOR NON-ENGLISH CLIENTS
IC68889All WindowsUSING THE CLIENT OPTION 'SKIPNTSECURITYCRC YES' ON WINDOWS SYSTEMS NOT ALL FILES MIGHT BE BACKED UP
IC68962All WindowsSYSTEMSTATE BACKUP CAN CONSUME ALL AVAILABLE MEMORY AND CAUSE APPLICATIONS TO CRASH
IC69437AIX 64-bit
Linux x86
All Windows
V6.2 CONFIGURATION WIZARD REPORTS PROTOCOL VIOLATION ON ITS INITIAL USE
IC69521Linux x86NEW OPTION HSMDISTRIBUTEDRECALL
IC70095Linux x86TSM 6.2.1.1 LINUX X86 CLIENT PACKAGE MAY NOT INSTALL

Interim Fix 6.2.1.2 - available Aug 20, 2010


6.2.1-TIV-TSMBAC-IF0002

APAR
Platforms AffectedAbstract
IC68737All WindowsTSM CLIENT BACKUP TRIGGERS FILE RECALL WITH BRIDGEHEAD FILESTORE
IC70013All WindowsBACKUP WITH 'ASNODENAME' OPTION MAY CREATE NEW UPPERCASED FILE SPACE INSTEAD OF USING THE EXISTING FILE SPACE
IC70071All WindowsA TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER V6.2 CLIENT USING CLIENT-SIDE DATA DEDUPLICATION FAILS.
IC70092All WindowsTSM CLIENT CAN CRASH DURING "BACKUP VM" PROCESSING.
IC70307All WindowsTSM WINDOWS 6.2 CLIENT SERVICES ARE NOT RESTARTED AFTER AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT


Interim Fix 6.2.1.3 - available Sept 27, 2010
6.2.1-TIV-TSMBAC-IF0003

APAR
Platforms AffectedAbstract
IC70874All WindowsTHE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS REPORTED IN DSMERROR.LOG: ANS9999E NTRC.CPP(939): RECEIVED WIN32 RC 4390 (0X00001126)
IC70941All WindowsDEPLOYMENT.BAT HAS INVALID LINES THAT BEGIN WITH 'R'

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21424475