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NetBackup™ Status Codes Reference Guide

Media Manager status code 177

Message: request can only be performed on the Media and Device Management Domain Server

Explanation: The host that this request was performed on is blocked from being a database host. An administrator blocked the host to restrict which hosts are allowed to be EMM servers.

Recommended Action:

  • Verify that you specified the correct EMM server (the -h option on the command line). If you did not specify the database host, the command line defaults to the local host, while the console uses the currently administered host.

  • Contact the administrator in charge of this configuration and verify that the host was intentionally blocked from being a database host. If not, remove the NOT_DATABASE_HOST flag in the host's vm.conf file. To do this without having to stop and restart the daemons, use the following command:

    vmquery -h <hostname> -remove_not_db_host.

    To add this entry to a host without having to stop and restart the daemons, use the following command: vmquery -h <hostname> -add_not_db_host.

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