Problem
When using NetBackup 7.7.x or 8.0 and Replication Director to protect VMware, Index operations may fail with Exit Status 144 - Invalid command usage.
Error Message
The following may be seen in the Job Details:03/03/2017 14:48:13 - Info bpbrm (pid=44490) starting nblbc on client
03/03/2017 14:48:13 - Info nblbc (pid=44498) Indexing started
03/03/2017 14:50:08 - Error bpbrm (pid=44490) db_FLISTsend failed: invalid command usage (144)
03/03/2017 14:50:12 - Info nblbc (pid=0) done 03/03/2017 14:50:12 - Info nblbc (pid=0) done. status: 144<http://entsupport.symantec.com/nbucode/144>: invalid command usage
Cause
Due to a defect in NetBackup 7.7.x and 8.0, the nblbc process sends bpbrm incorrect arguments to process VMware snapshots or replicas with SnapDiff which triggers the failure. Snapdiff is only for NDMP Indexing operations.Solution
This issue is resolved in NetBackup 8.1 and higher versions.
Veritas Technologies LLC has acknowledged the the above-mentioned issue (Etrack 3914521) is present in the current version(s) of the product(s) mentioned in this article.
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