job failed status code 144 invalid command usage

Question

Hello everyone I am a little new to netbackup and the environment I am working with so please bare with me.

I have been tasked with fixing current job failures with in this&nbsp;environment.

Master SunOS 5.10 NB 7.6.0.4

Media Linux 2.6.18 NB 7.6.0.4

Client SunOS 5.10 NB 7.5.0.4

Current Policy has a full and a diff-inc schedule.

The full should use the policy storage listed in the schedule. Its currently failing with 144 invalid command usage.

The diff-inc is set to override the policy and backup to puredisk &lt;media_server&gt;_MSDP_ITC. This job&nbsp;is completing successfully.

From the log it appears the full is&nbsp;trying to write to the puredisk storage &lt;media_server&gt;_MSDP_ITC&nbsp;specified in the diff-inc override.

Any further explanation or resolution would be appreciated

Here is the status log from the job:

05/11/2016 22:30:00 - Info nbjm (pid=36) starting backup job (jobid=4644124) for client &lt;client_name&gt;, policy &lt;client_name&gt;_NFS, schedule fullbkps
	05/11/2016 22:30:00 - Info nbjm (pid=36) requesting STANDARD_RESOURCE resources from RB for backup job (jobid=4644124, request id:{6CC5E39C-17E9-11E6-8073-00144F2B2BB2})
	05/11/2016 22:30:00 - requesting resource &lt;media_server&gt;_MSDP_ITC
	05/11/2016 22:30:00 - requesting resource &lt;master_server&gt;.NBU_CLIENT.MAXJOBS.&lt;client_name&gt;
	05/11/2016 22:30:00 - requesting resource &lt;master_server&gt;.NBU_POLICY.MAXJOBS.&lt;client_name&gt;_NFS
	05/11/2016 22:30:01 - granted resource &nbsp;&lt;master_server&gt;.NBU_CLIENT.MAXJOBS.&lt;client_name&gt;
	05/11/2016 22:30:01 - granted resource &nbsp;&lt;master_server&gt;.NBU_POLICY.MAXJOBS.&lt;client_name&gt;_NFS
	05/11/2016 22:30:01 - granted resource &nbsp;MediaID=@aaaaW;DiskVolume=PureDiskVolume;DiskPool=&lt;media_server&gt;_MSPD;Path=PureDiskVolume;StorageServer=&lt;media_server&gt;;MediaServer=&lt;media_server&gt;
	05/11/2016 22:30:01 - granted resource &nbsp;&lt;media_server&gt;_MSDP_ITC
	05/11/2016 22:30:01 - estimated 3080995891 kbytes needed
	05/11/2016 22:30:01 - begin Parent Job
	05/11/2016 22:30:01 - begin Stream Discovery: Start Notify Script
	05/11/2016 22:30:02 - Info RUNCMD (pid=28257) started
	05/11/2016 22:30:02 - Info RUNCMD (pid=28257) exiting with status: 0
	Operation Status: 0
	05/11/2016 22:30:02 - end Stream Discovery: Start Notify Script; elapsed time 0:00:01
	05/11/2016 22:30:02 - begin Stream Discovery: Stream Discovery
	Operation Status: 0
	05/11/2016 22:30:02 - end Stream Discovery: Stream Discovery; elapsed time 0:00:00
	05/11/2016 22:30:02 - begin Stream Discovery: Policy Execution Manager Preprocessed
	Operation Status: 144
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - end Stream Discovery: Policy Execution Manager Preprocessed; elapsed time 10:19:41
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - begin Stream Discovery: Stop On Error
	Operation Status: 0
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - end Stream Discovery: Stop On Error; elapsed time 0:00:00
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - begin Stream Discovery: End Notify Script
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - Info RUNCMD (pid=10951) started
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - Info RUNCMD (pid=10951) exiting with status: 0
	Operation Status: 0
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - end Stream Discovery: End Notify Script; elapsed time 0:00:00
	Operation Status: 144
	05/12/2016 08:49:43 - end Parent Job; elapsed time 10:19:42
	invalid command usage &nbsp;(144)
	&nbsp;

Thanks, Gary

marianne · Accepted Answer

Thanks Martin!

So, if your issue is the same as in the TN,  the solution is to upgrade the client to 7.6.0.4. 
You can use update_clients on the master.

pats729 · Answer

Can you show us, how you configured the policy ?

run command on Master &nbsp;"/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bppllist &lt;policy name&gt;

marianne · Answer

Please add -U to above command to get the output in 'user' format.

marianne · Answer

Hopefully one of our friends at Veritas can help. 
Google and Veritas search function found this:

When performing a file system backup of a UNIX client of with accelerator, accelerated full backups may fail with status code 144.
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000022706

But it seems that the article no longer exists.

Question:
Why would you want to send Full and Incr to different Storage Unit? When backing up to dedupe storage, it does not make sence to only backup Incrementals to it.

Your Solaris client also seems to be an older version (7.5.x). Any reason why it has not been upgraded yet?

Did backups work fine for this client previously?

gary7777 · Answer

Here is the policy configuration

# ./bppllist &lt;client_name&gt;_NFS -U
	------------------------------------------------------------

Policy Name: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;client_name&gt;_NFS

&nbsp; Policy Type: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Standard
	&nbsp; Active: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;yes
	&nbsp; Effective date: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;12/31/1969 19:00:00
	&nbsp; Client Compress: &nbsp; &nbsp; no
	&nbsp; Follow NFS Mounts: &nbsp; no
	&nbsp; Cross Mount Points: &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Collect TIR info: &nbsp; &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Block Incremental: &nbsp; no
	&nbsp; Mult. Data Streams: &nbsp;yes
	&nbsp; Client Encrypt: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Checkpoint: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Policy Priority: &nbsp; &nbsp; 10
	&nbsp; Max Jobs/Policy: &nbsp; &nbsp; Unlimited
	&nbsp; Disaster Recovery: &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; Collect BMR info: &nbsp; &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Residence: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SLP_ITC_Unixnet_Disk6mon_Tape3yr_&lt;media_server&gt;
	&nbsp; Volume Pool: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Unix_Net_Clients
	&nbsp; Server Group: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*ANY*
	&nbsp; Keyword: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (none specified)
	&nbsp; Data Classification: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Silver
	&nbsp; Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: &nbsp; &nbsp;yes
	&nbsp; Application Discovery: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Discovery Lifetime: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0 seconds
	&nbsp; ASC Application and attributes: (none defined)

&nbsp; Granular Restore Info: &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Ignore Client Direct: &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Enable Metadata Indexing: &nbsp;no
	&nbsp; Index server name: &nbsp;NULL
	&nbsp; Use Accelerator: &nbsp;yes
	&nbsp; HW/OS/Client: &nbsp;Solaris &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Solaris_x86_1 &lt;client_name&gt;

&nbsp; Include: &nbsp;/attach
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /diskvsnpool0/websrv-dump
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /WTserver
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /diskvsnpool0/AdobeDownloads
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /diskvsnpool0/Claptop
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /diskvsnpool0/EXCHG
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /diskvsnpool0/appsrv-logs
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /diskvsnpool0/attachments-dump
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; /zipattach

&nbsp; Schedule: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;fullbkps
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Type: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Full Backup
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Frequency: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; every 28 days
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Excluded Dates----------
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No specific exclude dates entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No exclude days of week entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Synthetic: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Checksum Change Detection: 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; PFI Recovery: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Maximum MPX: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Retention Level: &nbsp; &nbsp; 9 (infinity)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Number Copies: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Fail on Error: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (specific storage unit not required)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Volume Pool: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (same as policy volume pool)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Server Group: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(same as specified for policy)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Schedule indexing: &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Daily Windows:
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sunday &nbsp; &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Wednesday &nbsp;06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Wednesday &nbsp;22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Thursday &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thursday &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Saturday &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saturday &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Sunday &nbsp; &nbsp; 06:00:00

&nbsp; Schedule: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;userbkps
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Type: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;User Backup
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Excluded Dates----------
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No specific exclude dates entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No exclude days of week entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; PFI Recovery: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Maximum MPX: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Retention Level: &nbsp; &nbsp; 9 (infinity)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Number Copies: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Fail on Error: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (specific storage unit not required)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Volume Pool: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (same as policy volume pool)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Server Group: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(same as specified for policy)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Schedule indexing: &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Daily Windows:
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Wednesday &nbsp;08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Wednesday &nbsp;16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thursday &nbsp; 08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Thursday &nbsp; 16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 16:00:00

&nbsp; Schedule: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;userarch
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Type: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;User Archive
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Excluded Dates----------
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No specific exclude dates entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No exclude days of week entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; PFI Recovery: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Maximum MPX: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Retention Level: &nbsp; &nbsp; 8 (1 year)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Number Copies: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Fail on Error: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (specific storage unit not required)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Volume Pool: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (same as policy volume pool)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Server Group: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(same as specified for policy)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Schedule indexing: &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Daily Windows:
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Wednesday &nbsp;08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Wednesday &nbsp;16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thursday &nbsp; 08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Thursday &nbsp; 16:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 08:00:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 16:00:00

&nbsp; Schedule: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;incrbkps
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Type: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Differential Incremental Backup
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Frequency: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; every 1 day
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Excluded Dates----------
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No specific exclude dates entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No exclude days of week entered
	&nbsp; &nbsp; PFI Recovery: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Maximum MPX: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Retention Level: &nbsp; &nbsp; 5 (3 months)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Number Copies: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Fail on Error: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;media_server&gt;_MSDP_ITC
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Volume Pool: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (same as policy volume pool)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Server Group: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(same as specified for policy)
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Residence is Storage Lifecycle Policy: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Schedule indexing: &nbsp; 0
	&nbsp; &nbsp; Daily Windows:
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sunday &nbsp; &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Monday &nbsp; &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tuesday &nbsp; &nbsp;22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Wednesday &nbsp;06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Wednesday &nbsp;22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Thursday &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thursday &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Friday &nbsp; &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Saturday &nbsp; 06:00:00
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Saturday &nbsp; 22:30:00 &nbsp;--&gt; &nbsp;Sunday &nbsp; &nbsp; 06:00:00

#
	&nbsp;

pats729 · Answer

We see that you are using SLP for Full Schedule.

Residence: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SLP_ITC_Unixnet_Disk6mon_Tape3yr_&lt;media_server&gt;

Now, we do not know what storage units are used in SLP.

Can you Marriane's questions first, as why you want to backup full and incre on different storage units ?

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