Can not get linux to back up first time

Have you tried installing the client from root login and also check of nsrexecd is running on the client.

Yes. Tried from the root and nsrexecd is running. What is the .rhosts?

How do I check for RPC communication?? This is my first linux box and i'm totally confused!

Same way as with Windows - use rpcinfo command:

- rpcinfo -p hostname
- rpcinfo -t hostname 390113 1
- echo print | nsradmin -p 390113 -i - -s hostname

.rhosts is file which gives (defines) rights to who can execure r* commands (like rsh). Don't touch that or your UNIX admin will kill you.

Can you check if you have RPC communication from server to client and vice versa? I think problem could be there (some Linux boxes have iptables enabled so communication could be blocked too).

OK. when I do this:

rpcinfo -p hostname I get a long list of program, version, port ...


when I do this: rpcinfo -t hostname 390113 I get

program 390113 version 1 ready and waiting

We've had problems with Linux because iptables (Linux firewall) was blocking ports used by NetWroker. This is what we do to test connectivity from both directions when we set up a new client.

On the NetWorker server (this is for Unix):Run nwadmin, select 'Options' -> 'Configure Ports...', and enter the hostname of the client as you did when you defined the client. If it works it'll pop up a window showing the ports used. If it doesn't work you'll get a messages like ''Service not available". It could be the Linux firewall has the ports blocked.

On the Linux client: Run the following command:
# savefs -s -pv
Where is the hostname of your NetWorker server. If it works it'll list the filesystems that'll be backed up.

Vic

I got into the unix system. When I do these:

- rpcinfo -p hostname
- rpcinfo -t hostname 390113

I get the same error for both: '

rpcinfo: backupserver: n2a: hostname not found

You did that test from server to client and from client to server, right? What do you get for nsradmin line (from server to client and vice versa)?

Well I tried going to the networker server and doing the options> configure ports and got this error: 'server loopcare: unable to recieve'. i'll try the unix now

I haven't tried from the unix system yet; we don't control it they do so I have to wait. I will try here in a bit when they get in. Don't know what you mean when you say 'nsradmin line' though.

I will give these a try and let you know how it goes

Name resolution?

well we got it to work. Turns out that the backupserver host name and IP address needed to be inserted into the host file on the unix box