Fix: Tivoli backup discovery fails when system regional settings differ from Tivoli date/time format client settings

Recovery Manager for SharePoint (RMSP) prior to version 3.2.7 counts on the system where the Agent software is installed Regional Options while parsing datetime string returned from the Tivoli command line API. This solution may not work because the Tivoli client software does the date/time formatting operations based on its own settings. The following http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/DPSQLN/SH26-4111-01/en_US/HTML/ab5m1m09.htm document contains the possible formats specification.

If the system regional settings are different from Tivoli date/time format client settings the backup discovery fails with the “String was not recognized as a valid DateTime.” error message or stores invalid date/time valies.

Examples

Different date/time formats

Tivoli client software is configured to use dd.mm.yyyy date and hh:mm:ss time format, while the Windows Regional and Language options are set to use English(United States) date/time format - mm/dd/yyy hh:mm:ss AM/PM. The backup discovery works fine.