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NBU35
Level 6
5 years ago

MSDP creation error.

Hi 

Master and media are on same server, windows 2008 R2, NBU 8.1.2

Master server ad media server are running fine. 

I am trying to create MSDP on this server. I have two drive C & D drive. 

On D drive there is already existing data (many folders & subfolders), I created a folder named MSDP  at the root level of D drive and trying to use it as destination of backups and dedup config/DBs.

But my configuration is failing with system call (11) error.

8.1.2
Windows Server 2008 R2

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    5 years ago

    NBU35 

    You need a dedicated volume for MDSP. 

    Please review the requirements in the Dedupe Guide carefully. 
    See this extract: 

    NetBackup requires the exclusive use of the disk resources. If the storage is also
    used for purposes other than backups, NetBackup cannot manage disk pool capacity
    or manage storage lifecycle policies correctly. Therefore, NetBackup must be the
    only entity that uses the storage.

    • NBU35's avatar
      NBU35
      Level 6
      5 years ago

      Hi Marriane

      My bad, I missed the basics. 
      But I am amused to watch following logs, why it is looking UNIX path on my windows system:

       

      The operation completed successfully.

      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.22 pdregistry.cfg configuration completed.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.25 Generating OpenSSL keys templates...
      WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
      Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
      ....................++++++
      ...............++++++
      unable to write 'random state'
      e is 65537 (0x10001)
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.36 Key templates generated, creating spoold certificate next...
      1 file(s) copied.
      1 file(s) copied.
      WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
      1 file(s) copied.
      1 file(s) copied.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.45 Certificates generated and copied. OpenSSL step is done.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.45 Creating random seed...
      WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
      unable to write 'random state'

      Also, here volume means physical disk or filesystem in UNIX/ Drive on windows ?

      • sdo's avatar
        sdo
        Moderator
        5 years ago

        I've checked a pdde-config.log for NBU v8.1.1, and I see the same *nix style paths in the log file.  My MSDP is working fine.  The last line in my log file says "Script completed successfully!".  So, I guess those *nix style names are just a feature  :p

  • Jim_MD's avatar
    Jim_MD
    Level 3
    5 years ago

    Putting it on Win 2008 maybe not a good idea because when Microsoft Support ends so does NBU?  This configuration will only be valid for less than four months.   If this is going to be a permanent fixture I would upgrade the server before attempting anything more.

    "On January 14, 2020, support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will end."  See : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-2008

    • NBU35's avatar
      NBU35
      Level 6
      5 years ago

      Below is log:

       

      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.35 Starting PDDE configuration
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.60 Validating parameters...
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 Parameters used:
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 STORAGE = "D:\NB Setup\MSDP"
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 SPAID = 502
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 SPALOGIN = netbackup
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 SPALOGPATH = "D:\NB Setup\MSDP\log"
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 SPALOGRETENTION = 90
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 VERBOSELEVEL = "long",thread""
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.63 INSTPATH = "C:\Program Files\Veritas\pdde"
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 DBPATH = "D:\NB Setup\MSDP"
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 HOSTNAME = Mymachine
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 ENCRYPTION= false
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 KMSENABLE = false
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 KMSTYPE = 0
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 KMSSERVERNAME =
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 KEYGROUPNAME =
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 KEYNAME =
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 AWSREGION =
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 AWSKEYID =
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 AWSTOKEN =
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:14.64 PROXYSERVER =
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.05 Creating directories...
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.11 Directory creation completed.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.12 Creating encryption conversion marker file...
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.12 encryption conversion marker file creation completed.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.12 Configuring pdregistry.cfg...
      The operation completed successfully.

      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.22 pdregistry.cfg configuration completed.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.25 Generating OpenSSL keys templates...
      WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
      Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
      ....................++++++
      ...............++++++
      unable to write 'random state'
      e is 65537 (0x10001)
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.36 Key templates generated, creating spoold certificate next...
      1 file(s) copied.
      1 file(s) copied.
      WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
      1 file(s) copied.
      1 file(s) copied.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.45 Certificates generated and copied. OpenSSL step is done.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.45 Creating random seed...
      WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf
      unable to write 'random state'
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.48 Creating random seed...Done!
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.48 executing "C:\Program Files\Veritas\pdde\spad.exe" --initdb...
      Error: 9: initdb option requires spa login, password, storagepath
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.51 spad.exe --initdb Complete!
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.52 Executing spad self test...
      Warning: 25002: __openReaderA: could not open file D:\NB Setup\MSDP\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg
      Warning: 25002: __openReaderA: could not open file D:\NB Setup\MSDP\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg
      Error: 25002:
      BadValue : (none)
      File : D:\NB Setup\MSDP\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg
      Section : Paths
      Entry : Storage
      Reason : Expected a non-empty value.
      Error: 25002:
      BadValue : (none)
      File : D:\NB Setup\MSDP\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg
      Section : Logging
      Entry : HistoryPath
      Reason : Expected a non-empty value.
      D:\NB Setup\MSDP\etc\puredisk\spa.cfg: 6 error(s)
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.55 ERR: "C:\Program Files\Veritas\pdde\spad.exe" --test encountered an error.
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.56 An error has occured while attempting to configure. Aborting...
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.56 Stopping services...
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.56 Stopping spad service...
      Stopping service spad: done
      Wed 09/11/2019 15:51:15.59 Stopping spoold service...
      Stopping service spoold: done
      Warning: 2: __openReaderA: could not open file D:\NB Setup\MSDP\etc\puredisk\contentrouter.cfg