We ran extensive testing on the 7.1.0 code and never saw this issue. 
Not saying the 0 base is not your issue but just haven't seen it.

We have 7.1.6 out in the wild now and also have not seen this issue.

JoeA

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Zoltan Forray
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:05 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] dsm.opt file being corrupted/blanked

Folks,

Wondering if anyone has seen this issue. The first time I saw it a few months 
back, I ignored it as a one-time issue.  But it just happened again so I am 
digging deeper.

This time (don't recall what the OS/client version was for the first
incident) it is a Windows 2008 R2 server with BA 7.1.0.0 (yes I know - 
0-releases are always problematic).

OS tech noticed the backups failing and went to investigate.  Trying to start 
the CLI - it hung.  Checked the dsm.opt file and found it blank/empty? It has 
been backing up for a long, long time with no reason to make any changes to the 
dsm.opt file.

AFAIK, the only thing that should be mucking with the dsm.opt file, aside from 
manually editing it, is replication.  So, is this replication related or a 
client bug?  Did some quick Googling without any luck on a known problem/fix.

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