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Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

MSDP event codes and messages

The following table shows the deduplication event codes and their messages. Event codes appear in the bperror command -disk output and in the disk reports in the NetBackup Administration Console.

Table: MSDP event codes and messages

Event #

Event Severity

NetBackup Severity

Message example

1000

2

Error

Operation configload/reload failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1001

2

Error

Operation configload/reload failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1002

4

Warning

The open file limit exceeded in server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com. Will attempt to continue further.

1003

2

Error

A connection request was denied on the server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1004

1

Critical

Network failure occurred in server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1008

2

Error

Task Aborted; An unexpected error occurred during communication with remote system in server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1009

8

Authorization

Authorization request from <IP> for user <USER> denied (<REASON>).

1010

2

Error

Task initialization on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com got an unexpected error.

1011

16

Info

Task ended on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1013

1

Critical

Task session start request on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com got an unexpected error.

1012

2

Error

A request for agent task was denied on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1014

1

Critical

Task session start request on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com got an unexpected error.

1015

1

Critical

Task creation failed, could not initialize task class on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1017

1

Critical

Service Veritas DeduplicationEngine exit on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com. Please check the server log for the probable cause of this error. The application has terminated.

1018

16

Info

Startup of Veritas Deduplication Engine completed successfully on server1.example.com.

1019

1

Critical

Service Veritas DeduplicationEngine restart on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com. Please check the server log for the probable cause of this error. The application has restarted.

1020

1

Critical

Service Veritas Deduplication Engine connection manager restart failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com. Please check the server log for the probable cause of this error.The application has failed to restart.

1028

1

Critical

Service Veritas DeduplicationEngine abort on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com. Please check the server log for the probable cause of this error.The application has caught an unexpected signal.

1029

1

Critical

Double backend initialization failure; Could not initialize storage backend or cache failure detected on host PureDisk:server1.example.com in server server1.example.com.

1030

1

Critical

Operation Storage Database Initialization failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1031

1

Critical

Operation Content router context initialization failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1032

1

Critical

Operation log path creation/print failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1036

4

Warning

Operation a transaction failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1037

4

Warning

Transaction failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com. Transaction will be retried.

1040

2

Error

Operation Database recovery failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1043

2

Error

Operation Storage recovery failed on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

1044

multiple

multiple

The usage of one or more system resources has exceeded a warning level. Operations will or could be suspended. Please take action immediately to remedy this situation.

1057

A data corruption has been detected. The data consistency check detected a data loss or data corruption in the Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) and reported the affected backups.

The backup ID and policy name appear in the NetBackup Disk Logs report and the storage_path/log/spoold/storaged.log file on the storage server.

2000

Error

Low space threshold exceeded on the partition containing the storage database on server PureDisk:server1.example.com on host server1.example.com.

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