Error -1001 when try to dbfix, dbdefrag etc

[Tricky1234]

Hi

I have inherited an office file server which runs a nightly local and network backup. The database had grown to the full size of the partition and had stopped working.

I have initialised the database and last night arcserve performed a successful backup. The database was pruned successfully this morning, I have set it to remove information older than 7 days.

The problem I am having is that I cant get the command line utilities to work.
Arcserve is installed on the E: partition.
The database utils are in E:\arcserve\database.
The database files are in E:\arcserve\database\database.

Should the database files be residing in the same directory as the database utils? Can I force the database utils to look in another directory for the database files or possible put the database utils in the servers PATH so that I can run them from the e:\arcserve\database\database directory?

The backup is working, I am just concerned that I cant defrag the database, or repair it etc with teh command line utils.

I am trying for example:

dbdefrag -L arcserve;backup;correctpassword astpsdat

But get 'Failed to log into server 'arcserve', username 'backup' : error -1001'

At the moment I have to run this command from E:\arcserve\database so maybe it cant see the database in E:\arcserve\database\database?

The Velocis.ini file is in E:\arcserve\database\database and contains the line 'ServerName=ARCSERVE'. The backup username and password complete the backup successfully so they must work ok.

What am I doing wrong - how can I fix it!

Thanks for any help

Richard

 

[Cyklops]

Richard.

the trick here is that you have to use the following syntax :

dbdefrag -L arcserve;admin;secret astpsdat

The VLDB uses its own security with the predifined user 'admin' and the password 'secret'
With ARCserve v9 you have to use

dbdefrag -L casdb;admin;secret astpsdat

regards

Martin

 

[Tricky1234]

Ahh..moment of clarity..I see.

Yes that works fine now, thank you!

Arcserve is really quite good when you know how it works 8)

Thanks for your help

Richard