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NDMP backups are failing with rpc code 6 error

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NDMP
  • IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive 8.1.10 (formerly TSM - Tivoli Storage Manager)
  • NetVault 13.1.2.9 (NVBU 13012) 

Issue

NDMP backup is failing with an error: BACKUP (LOAD INFO) failed: rpc code 6
 
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:29:43 [45147] DEBUG: NDMP persona set to vserver aware
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] ERROR: NDMP Connect: Unable to Connect to [172.22.78.11]:1024 due to Connection timed out 
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] DEBUG: NDMP Connect: Successfully connected to [172.22.78.11].1024, using local address [172.22.78.211].22268 (-0:00:01)
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] NOTICE: BASE_DATE '0' => L=0 T=0.0 level=0
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] INFO: START BACKUP Doing a LEVEL 0 backup
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] INFO: DATA: start backup request: VFS='/SVM1/Volume/path' LEVEL=0 UPDATE HISTORY
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] INFO: DATA notification state 0 (SESS_STATE: IDLE) event 10 (EVENT: STATE CHANGE)
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] ERROR: DATA: BACKUP (LOAD INFO) failed: rpc code 6
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] INFO: DATA: sending backup ABORT
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] WARN: COMMON_State::data_free called without STOPing the data
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] ERROR: DATA: Operation terminated: NDMPD can not classify error
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] INFO: DATA: received ABORT command
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] ERROR: DATA: Rejecting ABORT request for DATA_OP_HALT_UNKNOWN state.
Mon Oct 04 2021 12:31:05 [45147] INFO: DATA: received STOP command

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