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Open apar on symbolic links...(unix)

2000-11-27 15:25:31
Subject: Open apar on symbolic links...(unix)
From: Tim Williams <Tim.Williams AT FRITOLAY DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 08:02:01 -0600
FYI - for those of you who may check/see or expecting something that "isn't"
there....

apar detail:

Item IC27692

  APAR Identifier ...... IC27692       Last Changed..00/08/31
  INCREMENTAL BACKUP SYMBOLIC LINK WITH SUBDIR=YES NOTHING IS BACK
  ED UP NOT THE FILES , DIRECTORIES OR THE LINK

  Symptom ...... IN INCORROUT         Status ........... CLOSED  PER
  Severity ................... 2      Date Closed ......... 00/08/31
  Component .......... 5698TSMCL      Duplicate of ........
  Reported Release ......... 41A      Fixed Release ............ 999
  Component Name TIVOLI STR MGR       Special Notice
  Current Target Date ..              Flags
  SCP ................... UNIX
  Platform ............ UNIX

  Status Detail: Not Available

  PE PTF List:

  PTF List:
  Release 41A   : PTF not available yet
  Release 41H   : PTF not available yet
  Release 41S   : PTF not available yet
  Release 41L   : PTF not available yet
  Release 41T   : PTF not available yet
  Release 41Q   : PTF not available yet
  Release 41G   : PTF not available yet
  Release 41U   : PTF not available yet


  Parent APAR:
  Child APAR list:


  ERROR DESCRIPTION:
  TSM client 3.7 and 4.1 ignore the subdir option.
  .
  With the subdir option specified an incremental backup should
  backup the symbolic links, directories and files they point to
  .
  Recreate this issue:  dsmc i -su=yes */lien_adsm/**
  ..In this case nothing is being backed up including the link.


  LOCAL FIX:


  PROBLEM SUMMARY:
  ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: UNIX client                                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Command "dsmc inc" does not backup      *
  *                      anything, if the last directory in the  *
  *                      specified path is symbolic link, which  *
  *                      points to mount point.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the fix when available                 *
  ****************************************************************


  PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
  One routine returned incorrect value in case of symbolic
  pointing to mount point. Source code was modified to return
  correct value. Now command like "dsmc inc /some_path/sym_link/*"
  works fine even if directory, that symbolic link points to, is a
  mount point of a filesystem.


  TEMPORARY FIX:


  COMMENTS:


  MODULES/MACROS:   EXE      DSMC


  SRLS:      NONE
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