Online backup (uxbck uni) fails returning "command in error"
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Article ID: 87265
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Products
CA Automic Dollar Universe
Issue/Introduction
Error Message : Example of error: [email protected]) /uniacndata/NSPTST/bin: $ ./uxbck uni soc=NSPTST exp node=lhravalu0a dir=/uniacnlog/NSPTST/backup idx Command : uxbck uni soc=NSPTST exp node=lhravalu0a dir=/uniacnlog/NSPTST/backup idx timeout=005
command in error!!
On Unix/Linux notes where the uxioserv process is started by any other user other than root, the online backup fails systematically with the above error.
Cause
Cause type: Configuration Root Cause: Some folders/files on the Dollar Universe directories lack correct permissions for the user starting the uxioserv process.
Environment
OS: All Linux/Unix OS Version: N/A
Resolution
Give read and execution permissions to all the files and folders existing in the Dollar Universe directories to the user starting the uxioserv process.
Fix Status: No Fix
Fix Version(s): N/A
Additional Information
Workaround : Start the Dollar Universe node as root.
In order to do so:
Load the environment and then stop the node:
$UNI_DIR_EXEC/unistop
Assign the correct permissions of the Dollar Universe files/folders to the user root: