Monday, September 2, 2013

Netbackup Error 6 for SAP DB backup

My backups were failing with error 6 I got below error in the logs as
SAP_SCHEDULED = 1
SAP_USER_INITIATED = 0
SAP_SERVER = XXXX
SAP_POLICY = SAP-XXXX
SAP_FULL = 1
SAP_CINC = 0
ERR
-24985,ERR_MENOTFOUND: medium not found
Execution of DBMCLI command failed - exiting
 Note that the error log location will be UNIX:-  /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bphdb
                                              WINDOWS :-  C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\logs\bphdb
  

Solution:-

-24985: ERR_MENOTFOUND - medium not found

Explanation
You specified a backup template that is not defined.
User Response
  • Check whether you entered the name of the backup template correctly.
  • Use a different backup template.
  • Create a new backup template with this name.
  • If you cannot resolve the error, contact Support.