IT26401: FAILED TO DETERMINE CANDIDATE VADP PROXIES IN SITE WHEN VMWARE TAGGING IS USED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When options are assigned to the "Tag & Categories" view or the
  "Datastore" view, these options are not propagated to child
  objects.
  This can cause the default vADP proxy to be selected when an SLA
  runs, and not the expected vADP proxy.
  
  Options that are not propagated are:
   - Skip Read-only datastores
   - Skip temporary datastores mounted for Instant Access
   - Proxy assignment
   - Make VM snapshot application/file system consistent
   - VM Snapshot retry attempts
   - Fail back to unquiesced snapshot if quiesced snapshot fails
   - Truncate SQL logs
   - Catalog file metadata
   - user credentials for the Agent
  
  IBM Spectrum Protect Versions Affected:
  IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.x
  
  
  Initial Impact: Medium
  
  Additional Keywords: SPP, SPplus, TS001212591
  

Local fix

• Set the required options at VM level. This needs to be done for
  every VM included in the SLA
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.1 and 10.1.2            *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See ERROR DESCRIPTION                                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply fixing level when available. This problem is currently *
  * projected to be fixed in 10.1.2.247 and  10.1.3. Note that   *
  * this is subject to change at the discretion of IBM           *
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Problem conclusion

• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus fixes an issue where options that are
  selected within Manage Protection->Hypervisors->VMware->Backup
  do not take effect and cause the backup operation to execute
  as if the options were not set.
  
  There are multiple views for resources within the Backup screen.
  
  As you select a resource, the Options button is enabled. The
  options determine the behavior of the backup operation. There
  are multiple levels to resources, which take on a hierarchy
  representation. Setting options at a lower resource level will
  override values set at a higher level. For instance, resource
  option values set at the VM level will take precedence over
  option values set at the datastore level.
  
  Given the hierarchical nature of VMware resources, there is a
  condition that two parent objects, two datastores for instance,
  will have the same option value manually set differently.
  If both datastores are the parent of a VM, then one of the
  datastore's values will be used if the user has not explicitly
  set the option value for the VM.
  
  A bug was found and fixed related to the propagation of the
  option values to lower level resources. Resource selections from
  various views also impact this condition. This results in issues
  
  such as the backup job not using the expected VADP proxy.
  
  In addition, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus has been updated to
  alert the user if it detects the condition that two parents of
  a child resource have the same option set to different values.
  

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

• Platform
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SP PLUS

• Fixed component ID

  5737SPLUS

Applicable component levels