IT26420: "MMBACKUP: IGNORING UNRECOGNIZED TSM QUERY OUTPUT" MESSAGE REPORTED BY MMBACKUP

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using Spectrum Protect client on AIX or Linux with Spectrum
  Scale, the mmbackup command using -q option
  ie.
  "mmbackup gpfs-hsm-abc-q -S mmbackup_snap --tsm-servers
  q_abc_hsm_proxy -N nsdNodes -v --max-backup-count 4096
  --max-backup-size 80M --backup-threads 1 --expire-threads 1 -s
  /appl/hsm-sdm/.mmbackupTmp --backup-migrated -q "
  
  can report the following error:
  mmbackup: ignoring unrecognized TSM query output:
  Media Class: Library  Volume ID: 1234  Restore Order:
  00000000-0002C4E8-00000000-00000000
  
  Initial Impact: Low
  
  IBM Spectrum Protect versions affected:
  Client  7.1.x and 8.1.x and higher on AIX or Linux platform with
  Spectrum Scale
  
  
  Keywords:
  TSM TS000848415 mmbackup -q unrecognized query media class
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client versions 7.1.x    *
  * and 8.1.x on AIX GPFS and Linux GPFS platforms               *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See ERROR DESCRIPTION.                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply fixing level when available. This problem is projected *
  * to be fixed in level 8.1.7. Note that this is subject to     *
  * change at the discretion of IBM.                             *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• There was a change in the way how objects' attributes are stored
  on the server for legacy (IBM TSM backup-archive clients'
  versions 5.x/6.x/7.x) and newest (IBM SP backup-archive clients'
  versions 8.1.x) backups or archives of GPFS file systems.
  As a result, the detailed (i.e. with -detail command line
  option) dsmc query archive and query backup commands output
  might not always display the ACL size information for all
  archived or backed up objects from a particular GPFS file space.
  If you've got such a mixed GPFS backups or archives and need to
  run the "mmbackup -q" command, then to avoid misleading messages
  you should specify the following testflag in your dsm.opt befoe
  you start the mmbackup command:
  testflag QUERYSHOWACLSIZE
  

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