I believe that the snapshot device must be a REAL disk name, not a VxVM
device.  The filesystem can be on a VxVM device, but not the snapshot
device that you specify for FlashBackup.  This requirement is also in
their ServerFree product.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of 
> Mario Pareja
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 8:48 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backing up Symmetrix BCVs volumes using 
> Netbackup + FlashBackup
> 
> 
> Hi all the group:
> 
> I have a big problem involving NetBackup Datacenter 3.41GA 
> and backing-up EMC Symmetrix BVC's with the Veritas 
> FlashBackup add-on (and Veritas Volume Manager too, of 
> course) in order to minimize the amount of time needed to 
> backup all our e-mail data as a ISP that we are (4-5 Tbyte total).
> 
> The problem is I always get a 'FATAL exit status = 130: 
> system error ocurred" after receiving another warning 
> "dev/vx/rdsk/dirdg/rbsvol is a character special file"
> 
> Sometimes, instead receiving "status = 130" I receive this 
> another error: "FATAL exit status = 20: invalid command parameter"
> 
> Some of you have faced with this problem or something 
> similar? It's an issue concerning FlashBackup or maybe it's 
> not possible having this "state-of-the-art" combination of 
> FlashBackup + VxVM + Symmetrix + BCVs?
> 
> Any help will be welcome!
> 
> PD: I tried changing the name of the logical volumes and 
> assuring no special characters appear (only alphanumerical 
> ones) but that doesn't solve the problem
> 
> Mario Pareja Nieto
> Iddeo! - Retevisión I, S. A.
> Área Explotación de Sistemas
> e-mail: mario.pareja AT iddeo DOT es
> Teléfono: +34 93 502 13 20
> Fax: +34 93 502 13 76
> 
> 
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