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chab09
Level 3
12 years ago

ImageCleanup Not Running on Catalog Backups Causing Error 129

Hello, We are having an issue with our Catalog Backups that I am hoping somebody can shed some light into. When the disk usage of our catalog backups reach the high-water mark, it is my understan...
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  • CRZ's avatar
    CRZ
    12 years ago

    Could you be hitting this issue?

    NetBackup backup images on disk have reached the expiration date but do not expire. Catalog backup is failing with Status Code 129.
     http://symantec.com/docs/TECH163385

    Resolution is to find the rogue bpdbm cleanup process and kill it - stop NetBackup, make sure there aren't any bpdbms hanging around, then restart NetBackup and manually start a cleanup:

    # bpimage -cleanup -allclients
CRZ's avatar
CRZ
Level 6
12 years ago

Could you be hitting this issue?

NetBackup backup images on disk have reached the expiration date but do not expire. Catalog backup is failing with Status Code 129.
 http://symantec.com/docs/TECH163385

Resolution is to find the rogue bpdbm cleanup process and kill it - stop NetBackup, make sure there aren't any bpdbms hanging around, then restart NetBackup and manually start a cleanup:

# bpimage -cleanup -allclients