IT30995: ONDEMAND RESTORE USING INSTANT ACCESS ALLOWS USER TO CHANGE VM NAME

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• An IBM Spectrum Protect Plus OnDemand Restore using Instant
  Access allows the user to change the name of the virtual
    machine (VM). The problem with changing the name is an
    Instant Access restore is to mount a VMDK back to the
    original VM.
  
    While configuring the restore using the IBM Spectrum Plus
    User Interface (UI), users are presented with a field to
    append or prepend characters to the VM name. Adding
    characters to the VM attempts to locate a VM that does not
    exist and eventually causes the Instant Access to fail with
    the following error:
      ERROR,1569488930381,...,Failed to migrate vm <VM Name>.
         Storage migration for virtual machine '<VM Name>' (...)
         failed with error 'There is not enough space on the
         disk.' (0x80070070). Migration did not succeed. Not
         enough disk space at 'c:\VMName_92d15350_1569488930231\
         Virtual Hard Disks'.
      ERROR,1569488930386,...,CTGGA1503,Migration of VM <VM Name>
         has failed: Storage migration for virtual machine '<VM
         Name>' (...) failed with error 'There is not enough
         space on the disk.' (0x80070070). Migration did not
         succeed. Not enough disk space at
         'c:\VMName_92d15350_1569488930231\Virtual Hard Disks'.
  IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Versions Affected:
    10.1.4
  Initial Impact:
    Low
  Additional Keywords:
    TS002781887 IA
  

Local fix

•   If users want to do an instance access restore they should
    not try to rename the VM. If users want to rename the VM,
    they should perform an Instant Virtualization (IV).
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.4.                      *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See ERROR DESCRIPTION                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply fixing level when available.  This problem is          *
  * currently project to be fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus   *
  * level 10.1.4.277, 10.1.5.2137 and 10.1.6.   Note that this   *
  * is subject to change at the discretion of IBM.               *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• IBM Spectrum Protect Plus has been updated to correct the
  problem.  Updates to the on demand instance access restore
  screen have been made to hide options to set VM prefix and
  suffix.
  

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

• UI
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SP PLUS

• Fixed component ID

  5737SPLUS

Applicable component levels