I have a case of Netbackup having problem backing up oracle database on Solaris 10 client.
The parent job will fail with eror status 6, with 1 or 2 child job having error code status 21 on creating data socket portion.
Majority of the child jobs passed.
Script /softwares/nbu/rman_bkup/hot_database_backup.sh
==== started on Fri Nov 2 12:36:56 SGT 2012 ====
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channel ch01: starting piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
channel ch00: finished piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
piece handle=bk_4332_1_798295019 tag=HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 5.0.0.0
channel ch00: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:03:49
channel ch01: finished piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
piece handle=bk_4334_1_798295245 tag=HOT_DB_BK_LEVEL0 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 5.0.0.0
channel ch01: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:01:35
Finished backup at 02-NOV-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 02-NOV-12
piece handle=c-3995589581-20121102-09 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 5.0.0.0
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 02-NOV-12
sql statement: alter system archive log current
released channel: ch00
released channel: ch01
allocated channel: ch00
channel ch00: SID=23 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ch00: Veritas NetBackup for Oracle - Release 7.0 (2010070723)
allocated channel: ch01
channel ch01: SID=767 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ch01: Veritas NetBackup for Oracle - Release 7.0 (2010070723)
Starting backup at 02-NOV-12
current log archived
channel ch00: starting archived log backup set
channel ch00: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2029 RECID=1867 STAMP=798295408
channel ch00: starting piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
channel ch01: starting archived log backup set
channel ch01: specifying archived log(s) in backup set
input archived log thread=1 sequence=2030 RECID=1868 STAMP=798295408
channel ch01: starting piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
channel ch00: finished piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
piece handle=al_4336_1_798295409 tag=TAG20121102T124329 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 5.0.0.0
channel ch00: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:01:05
channel ch00: deleting archived log(s)
archived log file name=/orasw/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/IAMSUAT/archivelog/2012_11_02/o1_mf_1_2029_896mvj03_.arc RECID=1867 STAMP=798295408
channel ch01: finished piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
piece handle=al_4337_1_798295409 tag=TAG20121102T124329 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 5.0.0.0
channel ch01: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:01:05
channel ch01: deleting archived log(s)
archived log file name=/orasw/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/IAMSUAT/archivelog/2012_11_02/o1_mf_1_2030_896mvjwh_.arc RECID=1868 STAMP=798295408
Finished backup at 02-NOV-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 02-NOV-12
piece handle=c-3995589581-20121102-0a comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 5.0.0.0
Finished Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 02-NOV-12
released channel: ch00
released channel: ch01
allocated channel: ch00
channel ch00: SID=23 device type=SBT_TAPE
channel ch00: Veritas NetBackup for Oracle - Release 7.0 (2010070723)
Starting backup at 02-NOV-12
channel ch00: starting full datafile backup set
channel ch00: specifying datafile(s) in backup set
including current control file in backup set
channel ch00: starting piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
channel ch00: finished piece 1 at 02-NOV-12
piece handle=cntrl_4339_1_798295541 tag=TAG20121102T124541 comment=API Version 2.0,MMS Version 5.0.0.0
channel ch00: backup set complete, elapsed time: 00:00:55
Finished backup at 02-NOV-12
Starting Control File and SPFILE Autobackup at 02-NOV-12
released channel: ch00
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
RMAN-03009: failure of Control File and SPFILE Autobackup command on ch00 channel at 11/02/2012 12:54:03
ORA-19509: failed to delete sequential file, handle="c-3995589581-20121102-0c", parms=""
ORA-27027: sbtremove2 returned error
ORA-19511: Error received from media manager layer, error text:
Failed to remove, c-3995589581-20121102-0c, from image catalog.
ORA-19513: failed to identify sequential file
ORA-27206: requested file not found in media management catalog
RMAN>
Recovery Manager complete.
Script /softwares/nbu/rman_bkup/hot_database_backup.sh
==== ended in error on Fri Nov 2 12:54:04 SGT 2012 ====