IT27781: CLIENT OPTIONS WILDCARDSARELITERAL AND QUOTESARELITERAL DOCUMENTED FOR WINDOWS, BUT ARE REALLY VALID ONLY FOR UNIX/LINUX

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• The WILDCARDSARELITERAL and QUOTESARELITERAL options are
  documented at several places in the manual "IBM Spectrum Protect
   for Windows Backup-Archive Clients   Installation and User's
  Guide"
  though theses options are only valid and supported on UNIX
  platforms.
  
  The Knowledge Center, shows them documented at these pages
  
  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm
  .itsm.client.doc/c_opt_clioptref.html
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager 7.1.0 > Tivoli Storage Manager > Clients
  > Backup-archive client options and commands > Processing
  options > Client options reference
    The options are mentioned in the FILELIST ,
  WILDCARDSARELITERAL and QUOTESARELITERAL option reference pages.
  
  
  Note:
  When using the options WILDCARDSARELITERAL or  QUOTESARELITERAL
  in the dsm.opt file of a Windows client node anyway, the
  following message is reported:
  
  ANS1691I  The option 'WILDCARDSARELITERAL' that was found in the
  options file 'dsm.opt' at the line number: 7 is not supported
  and will be ignored by the client
  
  
  
  IBM Spectrum Protect Versions Affected:  Backup-Archive Clients
  V 7.1 and , V 8.1 on Windows platform
  
  
  
  Initial Impact: Medium
  
  Additional Keywords:  TS001770799  TSM
  

Local fix

• Do not use these options on Windows platform.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrrum Protect Window backup-archive client V7.1 and  *
  * V8.1 documentation                                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See ERROR DESCRIPTION.                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * This problem is fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect V8.1.7 Windows *
  * Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide at:     *
  *                                                              *
  * https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEQVQ_8.1.7/ *
  * tsm/welcome.html                                             *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The following topics have been updated in the IBM Spectrcum
  Protect V8.1.7 Client collection in IBM Knowledge Center to
  indicate that the quotesareliteral and wildcardsareliteral
  options apply only to UNIX and Linux platforms:
  
  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEQVQ_8.1.7/clie
  nt/r_opt_quotesareliteral.html
  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEQVQ_8.1.7/clie
  nt/r_opt_wildcardsareliteral.html
  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEQVQ_8.1.7/clie
  nt/r_opt_filelist.html
  

Temporary fix

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