RMAN Restore failing with MAPI error from sbtbackup: 7501, VxBSACreateObject: Failed with error: Server Status: the specified policy is not of the correct client type

Please tell us more.

How are you starting this restore ?

Have you followed the guide line in the Netbackup Administrative guide 

http://www.veritas.com/docs/000004633

See "Attachment" - Chapter 5 or 6.

Verify communications with the master/media 

Check

bpclntcmd -self

bpclntcmd -hn "clientname"

bpclntcmd -hn "Master"

bpclntcmd -pn

bpclntcmd -ip "Client IP"

bpclntcmd -ip "Master IP"

Make sure that all of it resolves correctly. If you need to make changes to DNS to get it working remember to run bpclntcmd -clear_host_cache berfore testing the above commands agian.

@Riaan: I have added this server to test backups, file system backups are completed successfully no issues found. please let me know if you want to check anyother still.

@Nicolai: Yes we are fallowing the same as per the recommended by Netbackup and other restores completed successfully with some other servers.

Ensure bp.conf on the Oracle host has the new Netbackup master server at the very top of the server list:

e.g :

Wrong:

SERVER = oldmaster

SERVER = newmaster

OK:

SERVER = newmaster

SERVER = oldmaster

It it very common for FS backups to work and Agent backups to fail. Agent backups rely more heavily on name resolution. especially reverse lookups. PLease make sure that is working.

@Nicolai: We are using only new Master server not usin old master server and backups completed successful on new netbackup master server as well we have changed all bp.conf entries in both the servers client as well restore destination server with new host entries. still its failing. 

@Marianne: WE are trying to restore from Destination server itselft not from the Master server, we are even not able to see the Restore job log in Netbackup console, in oracle destination server itself we are facing the above issue, getting error as below

sbttest test
The sbt function pointers are loaded from libobk.so library.
-- sbtinit succeeded
-- sbtinit (2nd time) succeeded
sbtinit: Media manager supports SBT API version 2.0
sbtinit: Media manager is version 5.0.0.0
sbtinit: vendor description string=Veritas NetBackup for Oracle - Release 7.6 (2013111313)
sbtinit: allocated sbt context area of 8 bytes
sbtinit: proxy copy is supported
-- sbtinit2 succeeded
-- regular_backup_restore starts ................................
MMAPI error from sbtbackup: 7501, VxBSACreateObject: Failed with error:
   Server Status:  there are no active policies in the configuration database
-- sbtbackup failed