Performing a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) "Prepare to Restore" fails with error "V-128-749 Operation failed due to network problem.[ERROR] V-126-3 'bmrprep could not complete the requested operation.

Article:TECH125469  |  Created: 2010-01-22  |  Updated: 2011-08-18  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125469
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Technical Solution

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Problem



Performing a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) "Prepare to Restore" fails with error "V-128-749 Operation failed due to network problem. [ERROR] V-126-3 'bmrprep could not complete the requested operation.


Error



The "Prepare to Restore" process seems to take a very long time and finally returns this error.....


Environment



The error is most likely encountered when ....
  • The BMR Master and BMR Boot Server are on different servers.
  • The Netbackup Java console is being used to administer the Master server.

Solution



  Close the Java console and run the "Prepare to Restore" using command line as follows ...
 
UNIX:
 
usr/openv/netbackup/bin/bmrprep -restore -srt <srtName> -client <clientName> -config <configurationName> -logging -quickformat
 
WINDOWS:
 
<Install_Path>\Netbackup\bin\bmrprep -restore -srt <srtName> -client <clientName> -config <configurationName> -logging -quickformat


Legacy ID



346030


Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125469


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