IT02493: CLIENT OPTION "USEREPLICATIONFAILOVER NO" MAY NOT HONORED

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The Tivoli Storage Manager client option
  USEREPLICATIONFailover set to NO may not be honored.
  
  Customer/L2 Diagnostics:
  Example from an AIX Tivoli Storage Manager client:
  
  After adding "USEREPLICATIONFailover NO" in the dsm.sys file and
  client contacts the Tivoli Storage Manager server,
  
  1) The following was added to the dsm.sys file:
  - At the beginning of the dsm.sys file:
  
  *** The following replication server connection information is
  automatically updated
  *** These options should not be changed manually
  REPLSERVERNAME          TSMSRV02
     REPLTCPSERVERADDRESS 111.22.33.222
     REPLTCPPORT          1500
     REPLSERVERGUID       16.98.42.81.34.bc.10.e1.87.42.05.62.1a
  
  - After the used server stanza:
  *** end of automatically updated options
  SErvername              server
     *** The MYREPLICATIONServer and MYPRIMARYServername options
    are automatically updated and should not be changed manually
     MYREPLICATIONServer TSMSRV02
     MYPRIMARYServername TSMSRV01
  
  2) The following could be seen in the dsmerror.log file:
  
  04.04.14   20.20.29 ANS1037S Invalid keyword specified
  04.04.14   20.20.20 ANS1036S The option 'MYREPLICATIONSERVER' or
    the value supplied for it is not valid. It was found in
    options file '/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64/dsm.sys'
    at line number: 10
           The complete entry: '   MYREPLICATIONServer TSMSRV02'
  
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions Affected:
  Tivoli Storage Manager client 7.1 on all platforms
  
  Initial Impact:
  medium
  
  Additional Keywords:
  TSM zz71 node replication
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Backup-archive client version 7.1.0          *
  *                 running on all platforms.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See ERROR DESCRIPTION.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing level when available. This      *
  *                 problem is currently projected to be fixed   *
  *                 in levels 7.1.2. Note that this              *
  *                 is subject to change at the discretion of    *
  *                 IBM.                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem described in this APAR 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

• R71A PSY

     UP

• R71H PSY

     UP

• R71L PSY

     UP

• R71M PSY

     UP

• R71S PSY

     UP

• R71W PSY

     UP