STATUS CODE 103: Lotus Notes backups are failing with status 103 (error occurred during initialization, check configuration file)

Problem

Status Code: 103 Lotus Notes backup failing with status 103 - error occurred during initialization, check configuration file

Error Message

03:17:18.552 [32689] <16> NBLN_Connect(): ERR - NotesInitExtended() Failed (ErrorCode: 0x1A1)
03:17:18.552 [32689] <16> lotus_connect: ERR - NetBackup for Lotus Notes failed to connect
03:17:18.552 [32689] <16> bpbkar Exit: ERR - bpbkar FATAL exit status = 103: error occurred during initialization, check configuration file
03:17:18.552 [32689] <4> bpbkar Exit: INF - EXIT STATUS 103: error occurred during initialization, check configuration file
03:17:22.812 [32689] <16> bpbkar Exit: ERR - read server exit status = 103: error occurred during initialization, check configuration file

Solution

From notes.ini file:

Directory=/local/notesdata
NotesProgram=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/70000/linux

From client's bp.conf file:

LOTUS_NOTES_PATH = /local/notesdata:/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/70000/linux:/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/70000/linux/res/C

Running on the command prompt following 'ps' command shows:

ps -eaf |grep notes  --> this reported the following path for the notes process as: /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/linux
 

Changed the LOTUS_NOTES_PATH

FROM:
LOTUS_NOTES_PATH = /local/notesdata:/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/70000/linux:/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/70000/linux/res/C
 

TO:
LOTUS_NOTES_PATH = /local/notesdata:/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/linux:/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/latest/linux/res/C

Applies To

Master/Media: Linux SuSe 10 (x86_64) NetBackup: 6.5.6
Client: Linux SuSe 9 NetBackup: 6.5.6 Lotus Notes: 7.0