I had this problem but it was not random. My problem turned out to be that in the .../client/api/bin/dsm.sys, the PASSWORDDIR path was not correct.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 2:21 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] DB Backup failures Folks, I am randomly seeing these message on all of my 6.x (6.1.5.10 and 6.2.3.100) servers and have no clue why. 1/30/2012 12:00:18 PM ANR4588E A database backup configuration might be incorrect 1/30/2012 12:00:18 PM ANR1893E Process 1304 for Database Backup completed with a completion state of FAILURE. Individuals who have received this information in error or are not authorized to receive it must promptly return or dispose of the information and notify the sender. Those individuals are hereby notified that they are strictly prohibited from reviewing, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing or using this information in any way.