Using DBAdmin to backup to external FTP server

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Hi
I am trying to script an automatic FTP backup of a WCS system using the DBAdmin command from a command line.
As the WCS was previously a WLSE it is running Linux via the WSC conversion part code WCS-WLSE-APB-100, it has then been further upgraded and is running 6.0.170.0 Base. Linux version is: 2.6.18-8.el5 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)) #1 SMP Fri Jan 26 14:15:21 EST 2007)
When I execute the command I get the following:
[root@WCS bin]# ./dbadmin.sh remotebackup 10.0.0.1 test test
Do you want to backup report history? (y/n) n
Report history will not be backed up.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must not be empty
        at org.apache.commons.io.FileSystemUtils.freeSpaceOS(FileSystemUtils.java:190)
        at org.apache.commons.io.FileSystemUtils.freeSpaceKb(FileSystemUtils.java:166)
        at com.cisco.server.util.FreeSpaceChecker.freeSpaceGB(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.server.util.FreeSpaceChecker.checkDirectoriesForBackup(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.packaging.SelectDirAndBackupDb.backupDatabase(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.packaging.SelectDirAndBackupDb.backupDatabase(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.packaging.SelectDirAndBackupDb.backupDatabase(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.packaging.SelectDirAndBackupDb.remoteDatabaseBackup(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.packaging.DBAdmin.remoteBackup(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.packaging.DBAdmin.runMain(Unknown Source)
        at com.cisco.packaging.DBAdmin.main(Unknown Source)
[root@WCS bin]#
Any ideas where I am going wrong or could anyone suggest an alternative method of backing up the WCS backups off this appliance to a different host?
Thanks

Hi
Output of the command you suggested is:
[root@WCS etc]# cat redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Tikanga)
[root@WCS etc]#
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Good to hear it works for you as it gives me some hope of finding the solution. All documentation regarding the dbadmin command refers to v4.1 and I was wondering if it had been depreciated from later versions!

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