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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
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  4. Troubleshooting MSDP operational issues
  5. Storage Platform Web Service (spws) does not start
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Storage Platform Web Service (spws) does not start

Storage Platform Web Service (spws) does not start when you run bp.start_all.

Workaround:

If spws does not start when you run bp.start_all, run the following command to reconfigure vpfs and spws:

vpfs_config.sh --configure_byo

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