Migration using NBServerMigrator fails to stop the database in the prep_source module.

Article: 100070867
Last Published: 2024-09-04
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Product(s): Appliances, NetBackup & Alta Data Protection, NetBackup Flex Scale

Problem

Migration using NBServerMigrator fails to stop the database in the prep_source module.

Error Message

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[START] prep_source
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[ERROR] Failed to stop database after 4 attempts
[INFO] Please check C:/Program Files/Veritas/nbsm/logs/nbsm_target_20240830_172427.log for more details. Ensure to act on 'ERROR' and 'WARN' in log file

Cause

N/A

Solution

Check if the NBDB is up:
On Linux:
/usr/openv/db/bin/nbdb_ping

On Windows:
<install_path>\veritas\netbackup\bin\nbdb_ping

If the NBDB is down, resume the migration on the target primary server by using the -resume switch.
If the NBDB is up, please do the following:

1) Stop the NBDB:
On Linux:
/usr/openv/db/bin/nbdb_admin -stop NBDB

On Windows:
<install_path>\veritas\netbackup\bin\nbdb_admin -stop NBDB

2) Confirm if the NBDB is down.

3) Resume the migration on the target primary server by using the -resume switch.

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