IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Version 8.1 Documentation Updates

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Tip: The product now known as IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot was named IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager in releases earlier than Version 4.1.3. To learn more about the rebranding transition, see technote 1963634.

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Correction to setup executable file name and installation directory paths

The installation program for IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows, setup.exe, is renamed to spinstall.exe.

To successfully install IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows V8.1.0, use the corrected setup executable file name and directory paths detailed here.

Topic	Updated setup executable name and directory paths
Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows	The correct name for the executable file is package_name.exe, where package_name is 8.1.0.0-TIV-FCM-Win.exe
Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot	The corrected path for the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Management Console setup executable file and directory is: (64-bit) x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8100\enu\spinstall.exe
Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server on Windows Server Core	The corrected name for the executable file to install IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot for SQL Server in a Windows Server Core environment is: x:\spinstall.exe
Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server on Windows Server Core with the setup program	The corrected paths for the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Management Console setup executable file and directories are: (32-bit) x:\fcm\x86\mmc\8100\enu\spinstall.exe (64-bit) x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8100\enu\spinstall.exe The corrected path to silently install IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server to the default installation directory is: x:\fcm\aaa\sql\8100\enu\spinstall.exe /s /v/qn
Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server on Windows Server Core with the Microsoft Installer program	Unlike the spinstall.exe program, the msiexec.exe program does not install any prerequisites. When you use msiexec.exe, you must install all prerequisites manually. The corrected command paths to install Microsoft Management Console (MMC) using the Microsoft Installer (MSI) program, msiexec.exe, are: msiexec /i "x:\fcm\aaa\mmc\8100\enu\IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot.msi" RebootYesNo="No" Reboot="ReallySuppress" ALLUSERS=1 INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\tivoli" ADDLOCAL="Client" TRANSFORMS="x:\fcm\aaa\mmc\8100\enu\1033.mst" /qn /l*v "c:\temp\log_fcm.log"

The above topics in the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows V8.1.0 book will be updated in the next release.

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/SQLSERVer optional parameter - clarifications on port value and variable description

· Default port value for TCP protocols used with /SQLSERVer parameter

If you choose to use a TCP protocol when specifying the /SQLSERVer parameter (to establish communication with SQL Server instances), you have the option of defining a port. If you choose not to specify a port value, a default value is used. The default port value is 1433.


· /SQLSERVer parameter variable

The variable description for the /SQLSERVer parameter has been updated to "sqlserver-connection" because the format of the SQL Server connection differs depending on the communication protocol that is configured for the SQL Server instance. For example, a port is not relevant for all communication protocols.

Example:

Communication Protocol	Example Usage
lpc	/sqlserver=lpc:<servername>\<instancename>
np	/sqlserver=np:<servername>\pipe
tcp	/sqlserver=[tcp:]<servername>[\<instancename>][,port]

Updated variable description:

Before	After
/SQLSERVer=sqlprotocol:sqlservername	/SQLSERVer=sqlserver-connection

These updates will be published with the next version of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows documentation and will be added to the /SQLSERVer parameter information in the following topics.

• Reference information > Commands for SQL Server > Backup command > Backup optional parameters
• Reference information > Commands for SQL Server > Query SQL command > Query SQL optional parameters
• Reference information > Commands for SQL Server > Restore command > Restore optional parameters

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(IT19728) Clarification on communication between applications and SQL Servers in an AlwaysOn Availability Group (AAG) cluster

With Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Microsoft implemented the use of AlwaysOn Availability Group (AAG) listeners to enable applications to connect to an AAG instance using the listener name (or listener name and port number).

However, Microsoft does not support this feature for 3^rd party backup applications, such as IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot. Instead, for backup and restore operations, 3^rd party backup applications must use the SQL Server instance name (or instance name and port number) and not the AAG listener to communicate with the server instance.

Example:

· Local Instance name = MySQLServer\SQLInstance1

· Local Instance port = 1600

In this example, to communicate with the SQL server, you specify the following values for the /SQLSERVer option.

/SQLSERVer=MySQLServer\SQLInstance1,1600

This clarification will be published with the next version of IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows documentation.

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IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Messages Guide Updates

• The Messages guide that was released with V8.1.0 was updated to include the XIV Device Adapter messages, FMM18100I to FMM18177W. The updated Messages PDF is available on the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot developerWorks wiki.

Go to the bottom of the Related Resources page, and click the Attachments tab to access the file IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Messages V8_1.pdf.

• The User Response section of message number FMM6300E was updated with the following information.This update will be published with the next release of the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Messages guide.

Tip: Consider using the -U parameter.

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Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012

With IBM Spectrum Protect Version 8.1.0, support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is deprecated.

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Correction to installation package name and directory paths for version 8.1.4

To successfully install IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows V8.1.4, use the package name and directory paths that are updated for version 8.1.4 as detailed below.

Topic	Updated package name and directory paths
Installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Windows	The executable file is named package_name.exe, where, for V8.1.4, the package_name is 8.1.4.0-TIV-FCM-Win.exe
Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot	The corrected path for the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Management Console setup executable file and directory is: (64-bit) x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\spinstall.exe
Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server on Windows Server Core with the setup program	The corrected paths for the IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot Management Console setup executable file and directories are: (32-bit) x:\fcm\x86\mmc\8140\enu\spinstall.exe (64-bit) x:\fcm\x64\mmc\8140\enu\spinstall.exe The corrected path to silently install IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server to the default installation directory is: x:\fcm\aaa\sql\8140\enu\spinstall.exe /s /v/qn
Silently installing IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for SQL Server on Windows Server Core with the Microsoft Installer program	The corrected paths to install Microsoft Management Console (MMC) using the Microsoft Installer (MSI) program, msiexec.exe, are: msiexec /i "x:\fcm\aaa\mmc\8140\enu\IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot.msi" RebootYesNo="No" Reboot="ReallySuppress" ALLUSERS=1 INSTALLDIR="c:\program files\tivoli" ADDLOCAL="Client" TRANSFORMS="x:\fcm\aaa\mmc\8140\enu\1033.mst" /qn /l*v "c:\temp\log_fcm.log"