PPDM - Backups fails with error ABA0002 SQL statement 'no such table: tbl_backups'. SQLite error code: 1

When running a FileSystem backup, it fails with the following error:

2024-11-21T15:17:03.236Z [TRACE_ID_cd55d139064440b7]fsys_access(/Storage-Unit/PLCTLP-5c22421e-27eb-42d3-bafb-f883477f1efb/hostname.domain.com/fsab.rec.lck): Access check for '/Storage_unit/PLCTLP-5c22421e-27eb-42d3-bafb-f883477f1efb/hostname.domain.com/fsab.rec.lck' failed (error number 5004): [50594294] [1] Thu Nov 21 15:17:03 2024

        ddp_access() failed, Path //Storage_unit/PLCTLP-5c22421e-27eb-42d3-bafb-f883477f1efb/hostname.domain.com/fsab.rec.lck, mode 0 Err: 5004-nfs lookup failed (nfs: No such file or directory)

2024-11-21T15:17:03.250Z [TRACE_ID_cd55d139064440b7]199540:ddfssv:Unable to run the SQL statement 'no such table: tbl_backups'. SQLite error code: 1.

2024-11-21T15:17:03.250Z [TRACE_ID_cd55d139064440b7]Cannot determine the count of transaction of the record file: no such table: tbl_backups

2024-11-21T15:17:03.250Z [TRACE_ID_cd55d139064440b7]Cannot determine the count of transaction of the record file

2024-11-21T15:17:03.257Z [TRACE_ID_cd55d139064440b7]SQLite database initialization failed: Unable to get the SQLite databases status..

.2024-11-21T15:17:03.258Z [TRACE_ID_cd55d139064440b7]Error occurred when running the save command: SQLite database initialization failed.

This is due to the fsab.rec file located in the DataDomain being empty.

From the Data Domain, the file will be located in this path:

/Storage_unit/PLCTLP-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/hostname.domain.com/

Here, the fsab.rec will show as 0kb. Rename it, and restart the backup.

To know how to access the DataDomain Storage unit, please follow the steps 2,3,4 from this article: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000215185.