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

NBU35 You may want to take a step back and carefully read through all the requirements and config steps, e.g. https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/25074086-127355784-0/v24630236-127355784https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/doc/25074086-127355784-0/v95644048-127355784

MSDP creation error.

Marianne
Level 6
6 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
  Level 6
  6 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
    Moderator
    6 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
Level 3
6 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
Michal_Mikulik1
Moderator
6 years ago
Hello,

review D:\MSDP\log\pdde-config.log if exists.

Regards

Michal
- NBU35
  Level 6
  6 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

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