Has the tape been assigned to db backups?  run 'bpsyncinfo' and see what
it says.

~JK

Keith Cheng wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I know there are a lot of emails discussing this issue, but after a search I
> still couldn't find out why my catalog backup won't work on Solaris 8
> running NB 3.4, neither manual or automatic backup. I have a blank tape
> assigned for Netbackup pool, set to have backup after each session of
> schedule, user, or manual backups, and have the following file path assigned
> 
> /usr/openv/netbackup/db
> /usr/openv/volmgr/database
> /usr/openv/var
> 
> Either manual or automatic catalog backup, it produced the same problem -
> from NB Admin GUI "NetBackup Catalog Backup", the last written has shown the
> correct backup timestamp, however, running the available_media command shows
> nothing was written to the media. I check the file path to be backup and
> there are files under the path. Have i missed anything?
> 
> Regards,
> Keith Cheng
> Senior Consultant
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