IC87966: "WINDOWS DFS FILE PROTECTION METHODS" SECTION OF CLIENT MANUAL IS INCORRECT

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• The 6.2.2 and 6.3 version of the Tivoli Storage Manager Windows
  Installation
  and User's Guide has incorrect information for the  "Windows DFS
  file protection methods"
  section.
  It currently states:
  There are some methods that you can use to protect the data in
  your Microsoft Dfs
  environment.
  Here are the methods you should use to protect your Microsoft
  Dfs data:
  1. Back up the Dfs link metadata and the actual data at the
  share target of each
  link from the workstation hosting the Dfs root. This method
  simplifies back up
  and restore by consolidating all of the Tivoli Storage Manager
  activities on a
  single workstation. This method has the disadvantage of
  requiring an
  additional network transfer during backup to access the data
  stored at link
  targets.
  2. Back up only the Dfs link metadata that is local to the
  workstation hosting the
  Dfs root. Back up the data at the target of each link from the
  workstation(s)
  which the data is local too. This method increases back up and
  restore
  performance by eliminating the extra network transfer, but
  requires Tivoli
  Storage Manager back up and restores to be coordinated among
  several
  workstations.
  Note:
  1. This feature applies to Windows Server 2003.
  2. See the product README file for current limitations of this
  feature.
  The first "Note" mentioned is incorrect and confusing.
  The TSM client currently supports both Windows 2003 and Windows
  2008 for DFS
  backups.
  Both Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 support backing up the
  "Dfs link metadata and the actual data at the share target of
  each
  link from the workstation hosting the Dfs root." &
  "Back up only the Dfs link metadata that is local to the
  workstation hosting the
  Dfs root. "
  Initial impact: Medium
  Platform Affected: Windows 2003 and 2008
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for               *
  *                 Windows                                      *
  *                 Backup-Archive Clients                       *
  *                 Installation and User's Guide                *
  *                 Versions 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The documentation omits Windows Server  *
  *                      2008 in a note that identifies the      *
  *                      supported versions of Windows Server    *
  *                      for a method of protecting data in a    *
  *                      DFS environment.                        *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• In the topic "Windows DFS file protection methods" lists two
  methods for protecting data in a Microsoft DFS environment.
  The note says that the feature applies only to Windows Server
  2003.  For Tivoli Storage Manager Version 6.2 and Version 6.3,
  the note should say that the feature applies also to
  Windows Server 2008.  For Tivoli Storage Manager Version 6.4,
  the note should say that the feature applies to Windows Server
  2008.
  

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