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IT33027: APPLICATION BACKUP CAN FAIL WITH "APPMETADATA.JSON(1): EXPECTED VALUE"

Abstract

During an IBM Spectrum Protect Plus application backup, it can fail if the appMetadata.json file contains no data

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Product":{"code":"SSNQFQ","label":"IBM Spectrum Protect Plus"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"A15","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB69","label":"Storage TPS"}}]

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Modified date:
27 July 2026