vdb-copy: command not found

Have You tried accessing the binary with the full path?

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/bin/vdb-copy - from package: sra-toolkit

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}
Error in other languages:
vdb-copy: bevel nie gevind nie
vdb-copy: comandă negăsită
vdb-copy: comando não encontrado
vdb-copy: commande introuvable
vdb-copy: command not found
vdb-copy: käsku ei ole
vdb-copy: không tìm thấy lệnh
vdb-copy: komanda nerasta
vdb-copy: Kommando nicht gefunden.
vdb-copy: kommandot finns inte
vdb-copy: komut yok
vdb-copy: nie znaleziono polecenia
vdb-copy: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
vdb-copy: no se encontró la orden
vdb-copy: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
vdb-copy: opdracht niet gevonden
vdb-copy: parancs nem található
vdb-copy: perintah tidak ditemukan
vdb-copy: príkaz nenájdený
vdb-copy: příkaz nenalezen
vdb-copy: команда не найдена
vdb-copy: командата не е открита
vdb-copy: 命令找不到
vdb-copy: コマンドが見つかりません