IT17144: DSMFECC DISPLAYS INCORRECT DATE/TIME AND JSON FORMAT IS NOT INCLUDED

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Tivoli Storage Manager SUR - Front End measurement scripts
  (dsmfecc) when run can display date/time stamp
  in the report incorrectly and also does not allow use of JSON
  format (when supported).
  
  Incorrect date/time stamp example:
  
  **********************************************************
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery
  
  
  Front-End Terabyte (TB) Capacity Report
  
  
  **********************************************************
  
  
  
   Capacity counted:      10.00 TB
  
   Report was written to:
  
   /shared/db2/dsmfecc_out/reports/dsmfecc.dm.20160724130112.txt
  <--
  
   excerpt from dsmfecc.dm.20160724130112.txt file:
  
  
   Total Front End TB size associated with TSM Suite for
  
   Unified Recovery - Front End entitlement:
   XX.000
  
   Date time of this report: Wed Aug 24 13:01:12 2016
  
   Collection dates: Wed Aug 24 10:10:03 2016 - Wed Aug 24
   10:10:05 2016
  
  The report was performed on 24.08.2016, but the filename
  contains a date/time stamp
  from 2016 07 24
  
  For the supported JSON format, it is not available in dsmfecc in
  error.
  
  For example:
  
  dsmfecc --help:
  
       --format=<TXT|CSV>
  
       output format for the summary file
  
  
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager versions affected:
  Client 7.1.x and higher on all supported platforms
  
  
  
  
  Initial Impact: Low
  
  Additional Keywords:  TSM dsmfecc tool capacity "IBM Spectrum
  Protect Suite" frontend SUR
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Suite for Unified Recovery "Front End Capacity  *
  * Counting" on Linux, AIX and Windows platforms                *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The command dsmfecc that is used to generate a front end     *
  * capacity summary record                                      *
  * a) doesn't accept JSON file format as output format.         *
  * b) stores a report creation data in the summary record that  *
  * is one month in the past.                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * The toolset that includes the dsmfecc command was updated at *
  * the public ftp server.                                       *
  * Use the latest version of the toolset that is available      *
  * here:                                                        *
  * ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-management/f *
  * ront_end_capacity_measurement_tools/                         *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The command dsmfecc that is used to generate a front end
  capacity summary record was fixed.
  The problem won't longer occur with the new version of the
  toolset.
  

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

• dsmfecc
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMCL

Applicable component levels

• R71L PSY

     UP

• R71A PSY

     UP