FYI..... For those who use the TSM client snapdiff functionality to backup their CIFS shares on a NetApp filer, I have been advised of the following which affects those who upgrade their NetApp to the latest O/S - OnTap 7.3.3:
If you have any customers using the snapdiff functionality to backup CIFS/NFS shares via the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) client please be advised that when upgrading to ONTAP 7.3.3 the TSM client will cause an abort with the backup operation complaining about an invalid ONTAP version. This is not a particular ONTAP version that TSM is complaining about, it is the fact that the API element has been enhanced with the FileAccessProtocol. The work-around for this is to have the customer place an entry ( TESTFLAG SNAPDIFFONTAPFAP ) into the dsm.opt file that resides on the host. This option will bypass the check that looks for the enhanced API that supports Unicode. This will be addressed in a later TSM client version but is needed today for customers moving to ONTAP 7.3.3. Cheers, Neil Strand Storage Engineer - Legg Mason Baltimore, MD. (410) 580-7491 Whatever you can do or believe you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic. IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.