IT45864: POLICY OPTION 'FORCE FULL BACKUP OF ALL RESOURCES' IS IGNORED

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When selecting policy option on IBM Storage Protect Plus user
  interface
  
  to "Force full backup of all resources" the job still runs an
  incremental
  
  backup. The option to force a full backup of all VMs assigned
  to the
  
  policy is ignored and the job log shows:
    INFO,...,CTGGA2110,Will do incremental backup for VM XXXX
  
  Here is how to select option "Force full backup of all
  resources":
  > Login to IBM Storage Protect Plus user interface
  > Click Manage Protection >> Virtualized Systems >> VMware
  > Click on the icon "Policy Options" from SLA Policy Status
  table
  
  
  IBM Storage Protect Plus Versions Affected:
  IBM Storage Protect Plus 10.1.1x and later
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus level 10.1.15 till 10.1.16.1       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * See Error Description                                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply the fixing level when available. This problem is fixed *
  * in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus levels10.1.16.2 or 10.1.17.     *
  * This is subject to change at the discretion of IBM.          *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• In IBM Spectrum Protect Plus, the User Interface (UI) included a
  "Force full backup of all resources" option on the SLA Configure
  Options screen. This option was never supported by IBM Spectrum
  Protect Plus and was erroneously included in the UI. This
  erroneous option has been removed from the UI in IBM Spectrum
  Protect Plus 10.1.16.2 and 10.1.17.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SP PLUS

• Fixed component ID

  5737SPLUS

Applicable component levels