Return Codes (RC) for the BEX command-line interface

In the output of the BEX commands, there is the “RC” column for the return codes (RCs) that are defined as follows:

RC
Description

0

Success. The job was successful.

1

Job canceled. An operator terminated the job.

2

All backup tasks have completed and have been cataloged, but not all files have been successfully backed up.

4

Partial failure. One or more tasks failed; the successful tasks were cataloged.

8

No data. No files were backed up; during an incremental or differential backup no new or modified files were found; pre-script failed.

16

Fail. Job failed; no tasks cataloged.

32

Partial cancel. An operator terminated the job, but one or more tasks were successful and were cataloged.

64

A restore job that required hardware decryption completed successfully, but the tapes used are not secured.

99

Job failed.

BEX CLI RCs and Job RCs have the same definition.

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