IT25802: RESTORE/RETRIEVE USING VIRTUALNODENAME DOES NOT RUN VIA LANFREE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• During LANFree operations, entering an ADMIN ID and password
  instead of a NODE ID and password while using the
  -VIRTUALNODENAME option, it causes an authentication failure and
   is signaled by an ANR0424W in the server activity log.  As a
  result, data movement becomes LAN instead of LANFree.
  
  In detail,
  There is the password unmatch condition between NODE ID and
  ADMIN ID with passwordaccess generation.  User needs to specify
  NODE ID and the password for each prompt when user
  restore/retrieve the data to another client node with
  virtualnodename option.
  
  
   dsmc retrieve  /tsmxxxx/yyyyy.bin /work_xxxx/
  -virtualnodename=zzzzzz
  
   Retrieve function invoked.
  
   Node Name: zzzzzz
   Please enter your user id <zzzzzz>:
   Please enter password for user id "zzzzzz":
  
  
  When user specifies ADMIN password for password prompt instead
  of NODE password, server activitylog records "ANR0424W  Session
  session number for node node name ( client platform ) refused -
  invalid password submitted." at that time.
  
  restore/retrieve is completed with ADMIN ID's password
  certification, although the warning message is appeared.  But
  the data is transferred via LAN, not LANFree. So "LAN-free data
  movement" is  0 byte.
  
  
  Tivoli Storage Manager Versions affected:
  All supported IBM Spectrum Protect client version
  
  
  Initial Impact:
  Low
  
  
  Additional Keyword:
  TS001101855
  

Local fix

• use asnodename or fromnode option
   or
  use passwordaccess prompt and specify node password
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive client version 8.1.2 and *
  * later on all platforms.                                      *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See ERROR DESCRIPTION                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * This issue is fixed in the IBM Spectrum Protect              *
  * Backup-Archive client version 8.1.7 on all platforms.        *
  * Note 1: This is subject to change at the discretion of IBM.  *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Backup-Archive client operations over lanfree connection will
  work without issues.
  

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