Tivoli Storage Manager for System Backup and Recovery 6.1.2.0

December 23, 2010



KNOWN SMIT ISSUE WITH THE V6.1.2.0 Fix Pack:




PROBLEM: When attempting to:



- Perform a Full System (Installation Image) Backup to tape

- Create a Boot Only Tape

- Use the Device to Device Copy Feature where the output device
is a bootable tape



the process will fail with a message that indicates that the "mp" 
kernel type is invalid or support for this kernel is not installed.





CAUSE:

The SMIT interface is automatically applying a "-k mp" flag to 
the backup command which is not valid on AIX 6.1.




WORKAROUND:

Perform the operation on the command line instead of using SMIT
 until SysBack V6.1.2.1 is available. 

Do not use the "-k mp" flag
 on an AIX 6.1 system. Instead, use either:



- No flag at all and let the process calculate the correct kernel
  type.


- Use the "-k 64" flag

Either option will work for an AIX 6.1 system.