dfm backup create -t snapshot

sswain123 — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:53:11 GMT

Hi Guys,

I just setup sdu4.2 on rhel5.6 and ran ' dfm datastore setup /mnt/lun'... everything was successfully moved to the lun but, when I attempt a snapshot based backup, I get the following:

#dfm backup create -t snapshot

Disabling Performance Advisor.

Enabling Performance Advisor.

Error: Could not disable Performance Advisor: You must have sufficient privileges to perform this operation.

Error: Could not enable Performance Advisor.

#dfm backup diag

Sybase Data Directory: /mnt/dfm_db/data/

Sybase Log Directory : /mnt/dfm_db/data/

Performance Data Directory: /mnt/dfm_db/perfdata

Script-plugins Directory: /mnt/dfm_db/script-plugins

Reports Archive Directory: /mnt/dfm_db/reports/

Plugins Directory: /mnt/dfm_db/plugins

Database Hosting System: <filer>

Database Location: /vol/vol/qtree

SnapDrive Installed: Yes

SnapDrive Version: 4.2

SnapDrive Status: Passed

Volume Snapshot Status: Disabled

Backup Retention Count: no limit

Allowed Backup Types: Snapshot (sndb), Archive (ndb)

I should also note that when I attempt to modify the retention period, I get an error stating: Error: You must have sufficient privileges to perform this operation.

Thanks!!

Scott

dfm backup create -t snapshot

sswain123 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:23:40 GMT

sorry, left out my question...

Does anyone know why I would be getting permission issue when i'm logged in as root with globalfullcontrol ?

Scott

dfm backup create -t snapshot

adaikkap — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:55:52 GMT

I think this has something to do with your LDAP.

Regards

adai

dfm backup create -t snapshot

sswain123 — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:02:32 GMT

ldap is working. I'm getting the insufficient privileges using 'root'.

dfm backup create -t snapshot

sswain123 — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:36:22 GMT

Did a little digging on the host side and found that there were multiple instances of the same service running....

# ps -ef | grep -i dfm

root 2866 1 0 Jun06 ? 00:03:07 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmwatchdog

root 5320 1 0 May26 ? 00:05:48 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmeventd start

root 5332 1 0 May26 ? 00:00:29 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmscheduler

root 5337 1 1 May26 ? 04:08:57 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmserver

nobody 7275 28882 0 03:04 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

nobody 9909 28882 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

nobody 17095 28882 0 09:34 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

root 21279 21880 0 10:11 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/ssh -axT -F /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/ssh_config -o FallBackToRsh no -o HostKeyChecking no -o SshRandHelper /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/ssh-rand-helper -o SshPRNGCommandFile /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/ssh/ssh_prng_cmds -o PasswordText /tmp/dfm_gzN2Bc 10.185.100.74 -l root vfiler run fsg51nrt iscsi initiator show

root 21301 17190 0 10:11 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -i dfm

root 21854 1 12 Jun07 ? 02:46:02 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dbsrv10 @/opt/NTAPdfm/conf/sybase.conf

root 21880 1 12 Jun07 ? 02:48:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmmonitor

root 21881 1 0 Jun07 ? 00:00:21 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmeventd start

root 21882 1 7 Jun07 ? 01:38:20 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmserver

root 21883 1 0 Jun07 ? 00:00:06 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmscheduler

nobody 22951 28882 0 08:29 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

nobody 23542 28882 0 09:04 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

nobody 24853 28882 0 08:31 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

root 28882 1 0 Jun07 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

root 28883 28882 0 Jun07 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmrotatelogs /opt/NTAPdfm/log/error.log

root 28884 28882 0 Jun07 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmrotatelogs /opt/NTAPdfm/log/access.log

nobody 29259 28882 0 Jun07 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

nobody 29916 28882 0 Jun07 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

nobody 30537 28882 0 08:04 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

nobody 31227 28882 0 04:04 ? 00:00:00 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/httpd -f /opt/NTAPdfm/conf/httpd.conf

To clean it up, I ran ‘dfm service stop’…. The ‘server’ service wouldn’t terminate properly so, I ‘kill-9’ all remaining DFM processes

#dfm service stop

# dfm service list
sql: not started
http: not started
eventd: not started
monitor: not started
scheduler: not started
server: started
watchdog: not started

#ps -ef | grep -i dfm
root      5337     1 1 May26 ?        04:09:02 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmserver
root     21881     1 0 Jun07 ?        00:00:21 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmeventd start
root     21882     1 7 Jun07 ?        01:38:34 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmserver
root     21883     1 0 Jun07 ?        00:00:06 /opt/NTAPdfm/sbin/dfmscheduler
root     24401 17190 0 10:16 pts/0    00:00:00 grep -i dfm

#kill -9 21882 5337 21881 21883
#ps -ef | grep -i dfm
root 24405 17190 0 10:17 pts/0 00:00:00 grep -i dfm

After killing all DFM processes, I was able to ‘dfm service start’ and get all functionality back form the CLI and WebUI.

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