While taking the backup of MS SQL Server 2005 i faced the error 6 ( the backup failed to back up the requested files(6) ) in Activity Monitor.
Environment
Netbackup Server version = 6.5.5
Netbackup Client version = 6.5.5
SQL Server = 2005 ENterprise with SP-2
Activity Monitor
2/9/2011 12:12:26 PM - requesting resource NetBackupServer-hcart-robot-tld-0
2/9/2011 12:12:26 PM - requesting resource NetBackupServer.NBU_CLIENT.MAXJOBS.SQL-Server
2/9/2011 12:12:26 PM - requesting resource NetBackupServer.NBU_POLICY.MAXJOBS.DotnetDB-Live-Full-Diff
2/9/2011 12:12:27 PM - awaiting resource NetBackupServer-hcart-robot-tld-0 - No drives are available
2/9/2011 12:13:59 PM - granted resource NetBackupServer.NBU_CLIENT.MAXJOBS.SQL-Server
2/9/2011 12:13:59 PM - granted resource NetBackupServer.NBU_POLICY.MAXJOBS.DotnetDB-Live-Full-Diff
2/9/2011 12:13:59 PM - granted resource 2018L4
2/9/2011 12:13:59 PM - granted resource IBM.ULT3580-TD4.001
2/9/2011 12:13:59 PM - granted resource NetBackupServer-hcart-robot-tld-0
2/9/2011 12:13:59 PM - started process bpbrm (64704)
2/9/2011 12:14:01 PM - connecting
2/9/2011 12:14:13 PM - connected; connect time: 00:00:12
2/9/2011 12:14:24 PM - mounting 2018L4
2/9/2011 12:15:06 PM - mounted; mount time: 00:00:42
2/9/2011 12:15:06 PM - positioning 2018L4 to file 504
2/9/2011 12:16:39 PM - positioned 2018L4; position time: 00:01:33
2/9/2011 12:16:39 PM - begin writing
2/9/2011 12:24:58 PM - end writing; write time: 00:08:19
the backup failed to back up the requested files(6)
SQL Log Viewer
Event Viewer
Resolution
See the Error message 2 in the below link
