IT41494: WINDOWS CLUSTER SERVERS ARE NOT SUPPORTED FOR FILE SYSTEM BACKUP

APAR status

• Closed as documentation error.

Error description

• The IBM Spectrum Protect Plus user guide doesn't state that
  local drive is not supported when it's part of a cluster. It
  only states a restriction from cluster volume from the
  documentation. The documentation needs to be updated for file
  system backup to state that Windows cluster servers are not
  supported instead of a cluster volume only.
  
  IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Versions Affected:
  
  IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.x
  
  Additional Keywords: SPP, SPPLUS, TS008998718
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.6, 10.1.7, 10.1.8, 10.1.9,    *
  * 10.1.10, 10.1.11, and 10.1.12                                *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * see Error description                                        *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply the fixing level when available. This problem is       *
  * currently projected to be fixed in IBM Spectrum Protect Plus *
  * Installation and User's guide 10.1.13. Note that this is     *
  * subject to change at the discretion of IBM.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• In the Windows file systems backup and restore requirements: IBM
  Spectrum Protect Plus 10.1.12
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6613003 the restriction:
  IBM Spectrum Protect Plus does not protect file system shares or
  Microsoft cluster volumes, has been changed to: IBM Spectrum
  Protect Plus does not protect file system shares, Microsoft
  cluster volumes or Microsoft cluster nodes.
  
  In the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus installation and users guide
  10.1.13 section ?Backing up file system data"
  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spp/10.1.13?topic=systems-backing-up
  -file-system-data,  the note have been updated to: IBM Spectrum
  Protect Plus does not protect file system shares, Microsoft
  cluster volumes or Microsoft cluster nodes.
  

Temporary fix

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