IBM Spectrum Protect™ Backup-Archive Client 8.1.4 APARs and 8.1.4.x APARs

Troubleshooting

Problem

IBM Spectrum Protect™ Client APARs fixed in the -IBM Spectrum Protect™ Backup-Archive Client Version 8.1.4.0 general availability fix pack (8.1.4-TIV-TSMBAC) and -IBM Spectrum Protect™ Backup-Archive Client 8.1.4 interim fixes (8.1.4-TIV-TSMBAC-IF000x)

Symptom

Download page for the 8.1.4 backup-archive clients:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24044364

Download page for the 8.1.4.x interim fix backup-archive clients:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24043653

Note: Maintenance is cumulative.
The APARs in the tables below were fixed since the General Availability of the 8.1.2 client.

List of APARs fixed in 8.1.2.x BA clients and their descriptions:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22004067

List of APARs fixed in 8.1.0.x BA clients and their descriptions:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21993247

Latest backup-archive client and server downloads: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21239415

Overview of backup-archive client and server system requirements:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21243309

Resolving The Problem

Fix Pack 8.1.4

Interim fix 8.1.4.1

Interim fix 8.1.4.2

Fix Pack 8.1.4

This interim fix contains the fixes described in these security bulletins:

APAR	Platforms fixed	Description
IT22806	All Unix/Linux	8.1.2 CLIENT'S LANFREE BACK UP FAILS WITH ANS1235E WHEN THE NODE HAS VALIDATEPROTOCOL SET ALL.
IT22707	All Windows	ANS5250E ENCOUNTERED DURING 'RESTORE SYSTEMSTATE' IN HARDLINKSWRITE
IT22689	All Platforms	UPGRADING BOTH CLIENT AND SERVER TO EITHER 718 OR 812 MAY RESULT IN SSL INITIALIZATION FAILURE WHEN USING MD5 TYPE CERTIFICATES
IT22672	All Unix/Linux	ANS1068E ERROR FOR BACKUP IMAGE OF FILESYSTEM CREATED ON DEVICE-MAPPER MULTIPATH DEVICE
IT22660	Windows x64	Hyper-v backup vm with added vhdx can not be restored
IT22556	All Platforms	ANS0361I ANR0480W ANR8218W WHEN USING PERFMONTCPSERVERADDRESS
IT22485	All Unix/Linux	AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT OF BACKUP-ARCHIVE CLIENT MIGHT FAIL ON TARGET MACHINES CONFIGURED FOR SSL/TLS COMMUNICATION
IT22380	All Windows	ANS1071E MESSAGE SHOULD REPORT VOLUME MOUNT POINT NAME INSTEAD OF '(DRIVE NOT AVAILABLE)'.
IT22377	All AIX All Linux	UNEXPECTED PATHS FOR FILE(S) IN DSMERROR.LOG FOR FILESET SNAPSHOT BASED BACKUP
IT22374	All Platforms	DSMC Q BA QUERYSUMMARY INCORRECT FOR LARGE AVG. FILE SIZE
IT22245	Linux x86 Windows x64	DSMC.EXE MAY CRASH WHEN EXECUTING BACKUP VM WITH IFINCREMENTAL MODE
IT22157	All Platforms	SNAPDIFF DOCUMENTATION NEEDS CLARIFICATION FOR IBM SPECTRUM PROTECT BACKUP-ARCHIVE CLIENT PROCESSING OPTION
IT22038	All Platforms	CLIENT MAY GIVE "RC 0" WHEN A FILE COULD NOT BE DELETED DURING ARCHIVE PROCESSING WITH "-DELETEFILES" OPTION
IT21994	All Unix/Linux	AFTER AN INSTALL FAILURE WRONG CODE IS RECORDED IN THE LOGS TO THE SP SERVER
IT21991	All Platforms	EXPECT ANS5294E ERROR MESSAGE, INSTEAD ANS8007E WHEN TRY TO CONNECT TO 8.1.2 SERVER AS NON-AUTHORIZED USER.
IT21983	All Windows	IBM SPECTRUM PROTECT CLIENT CAN CRASH ON WINDOWS IF MICROSOFT SYSTEM PARTITION HAS A PATH NAME EQUAL OR GREATHER THAN 49 CHARS
IT21873	All Unix/Linux	DSMADMC MIGHT CRASH WHEN A COMMAND IS SUBMITTED WITH DISPLAYMODE SET TO TABULAR
IT21657	All Windows	ANS9999E MESSAGE WITH FILE ACCESS ERROR RETURN CODE 1359 CAUSES AN ANS1999E AND STOPS THE BACKUP
IT21639	All AIX All Linux	CLIENT INCORRECTLY PROCESSES FILELIST OF IBM SPECTRUM SCALE SNAPSHOTS WITH NESTED MOUNTPOINTS.
IT21512	All Windows	DSMCAD.EXE CAN HANG TRYING TO START DSMSVC.EXE DUE TO A HANDLE LEAK
IT21322	Mac	AFTER UPGRADE TO 7.1.6.5, THE NEXT INCREMENTAL BACKUP WILL UPDATE ATTRIBUTES ON THE SERVER FOR OBJECTS WITH NO CHANGES.
IT21310	Mac	RESTORE OF FILES WITH A SERIES OF NULL VALUES MAY BE CORRUPTED.
IT21291	All Windows	AUTHORITATIVE RESTORE OF A CLUSTER NODE USING "RESTORE SYSTEMSTATE CLUSTERDB" COMMAND FAILS WITH ANS5189E
IT21200	All Windows	BACKUP OF SYSTEMSTATE CAN ERROR WITH ANS1228E/ANS4987E FOR 'BCD' OBJECT IF 'BCD' IS IN LOWERCASE
IT21172	All Platforms	DEDUBLICATION CACHE NOT RESTORED AUTOMATICALLY IN CASE OF FILE INTEGRITY ERROR
IT21123	All Platforms	DSMADMC TABULAR OUTPUT IS NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED WITHIN COLUMNS AND HYPHENATION IS INCORRECT
IT21089	Linux x86	"ANS1592E FAILED TO INITIALIZE SSL PROTOCOL" USING 8.1.0.2 API CLIENT FOR X86_64 LINUX
IT21059	All Unix/Linux	A NON-ROOT USER PERFORMING A BACKUP/ARCHIVE OPERATION ON UNIX PLATFORM, CONFIGURED FOR AUTOMATED FAILOVER, RECEIVES ANS1035S
IT21056	All Windows	DUPLICATE ANS1899I MESSAGES ARE ISSUED DURING SYSTEM STATE BACKUP
IT21052	Linux zSeries	INSTALL OF THE 7.1.4 AND 7.1.6 CLIENTS FOR RHEL 5 ON ZLINUX FAILS LIBRARY DEPENDENCIES.
IT21045	All Windows	DSMAGENT CRASHES WHEN PERFORMING VSS BACKUP AGAINST A HIGH NUMBER OF MICROSOFT SQL DATABASE
IT20999	All Linux All Windows Solaris	PROCESSOR MODEL IS INCORRECTLY REPORTED BY THE CLIENT FOR INTEL CPUS WITH A VERSION NUMBER
IT20371	All Platforms	ABSTRACT: IBM SPECTRUM PROTECT CLIENT MAY HANG DURING PROCESS MGMTCLASS
IT20103	All Windows	CLIENT AUTO DEPLOY FAILS DURING THE VC++ PORTION OF THE INSTALLATION
IT19623	All Windows	"UNABLE TO OPEN FILE 'DSMMSINFO.TXT'" MESSAGE WHEN RUNNING "DSMC Q SYSTEMINFO" ON A "WINDOWS 2016 SERVER CORE"
IT17338	All Platforms	CLIENT STOPS A RESTORE OPERATION IF AN "ANS1154E" ERROR IS ENCOUNTERED IN CLASSIC RESTORE MODE.

Interim fix 8.1.4.1

available on March 6, 2018 for all platforms

This interim fix contains the fixes described in these security bulletins:

APAR	Platforms fixed	Description
IT23216	All Platforms	DSMC -FORCEFAILOVER=YES COMMAND DOES NOT HONOR REPLTCPPORT CAUSING THE CONNECTION TO FAIL (ANS5216E)
IT23515	All Platforms	ANS2050E ERROR WITH PASSWORDACCESS=GENERATE OPTION

Interim fix 8.1.4.2

available on April 18, 2018 for Macintosh
This interim fix contains the fixes described in these security bulletins:

Related Information

Latest client and server downloads

Overview of supported OSes

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Document Information

Modified date:
27 June 2018

UID

swg22011337

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