IT36730: VM RESTORE WITH TEST MODE SHOULD GIVE MORE CLEAR MESSAGE ABOUT FENCED NETWORK ON SPP UI AND DOCUMENTATION

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When perform a VM restore with test mode on IBM Spectrum
  Protect Plus,
  need to select different network destinations
  for production and test environments
  to create a fenced
  network. But if the test network location is still exposed to
  
  production network location, other services may get modified
  and requires
  a manual reconfiguration later. For example, the
  source VM's IP address may
  get updated in DNS server if the
  restore operation requires IP reconfigure.
  After cleaning up
  the Active Resources, need to manually correct the IP
  address
  for the source VM in DNS server. The user guide has the
  following information
  about this topic, need to add more
  warning note to bring users' attention
  
  Destination network
  settings for production and test environments should point to
  
  different locations to create a fenced network, which keeps
  virtual machines used
  for testing from interfering with
  virtual machines used for production
  
  IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
  Versions Affected:   10.1.x
  
  Initial Impact:  Low
  
  Additional
  Keywords:
  TS005366517 VM restore TEST mode fenced network
  

Local fix

• Manually reconfigure the affected services after cleaning up
  the active resources.
  or configure the source VM so it will not
  update these services.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus levels 10.1.x                      *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * see Error Description                                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * This problem is currently projected to be fixed in IBM       *
  * Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.9. Note that this is        *
  * subject to change at the discretion of IBM.                  *
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Problem conclusion

• Added an additional message to the VM recovery wizard to tell
  the user that a fenced network is required for test or clone
  mode if the production environment is reachable.
  

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

• Hypervis VMware
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SP PLUS

• Fixed component ID

  5737SPLUS

Applicable component levels