Troubleshooting
Problem
Upgrading IBM Spectrum Protect server can fail when cataloging the DB2 database
Symptom
In the ../InstalationManager/logs/ directory you will find an xml file that matches the data and time stamp when you ran the upgrade. The format will be YYYYMMDD_HHMM.xml. You may see the errors:
INFO: SQL6028N Catalog database failed because database "TSMDB1" was not found in the local database directory.
INFO 13:24.14 INFO: RC: 4
INFO: Command for cataloging database: db2 catalog db TSMDB1 on /home/tsminst1/sqllib
ERROR An error occurred catalog database: TSMDB1
INFO: SQL1013N The database alias name or database name "TSMDB1" could not be found. SQLSTATE=42705
[{"Product":{"code":"SSEQVQ","label":"IBM Spectrum Protect"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Server","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"Version Independent","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB69","label":"Storage TPS"}}]
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Modified date:
15 June 2026
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