NetWorker: nsrexecd SYSTEM critical Failed to bind socket for NSR authentication service: Cannot assign requested address

Summary: nsrexecd SYSTEM critical Failed to bind socket for NSR authentication service: Cannot assign requested address

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Symptoms

Individual clients consistently fail daily. Other clients in the group complete without issue. These failing clients nsrexecd is running on port 7938 instead of 7937.
 
daemon log:
MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS PM networkerlab1.testlab.emc.com nsrexecd SYSTEM critical Failed to bind socket for NSR authentication service: Cannot assign requested address
NetWorker: How to use nsr_render_log
 

Cause

The failing client's service ports range has been modified. Verify with nsradmin on the client.
[root@lnx-client01]:~# nsrports
Service ports: 7937-7938
Connection ports: 0-0

Resolution

Revert the client's service port range to the default 7937-9936 with the nsrports command: 
[root@lnx-client01]:~# nsrports -S 7937-9936
[root@lnx-client01]:~# nsrports
Service ports: 7937-9936
Connection ports: 0-0
 
Restart the client services on the NetWorker client:
Linux: systemctl restart networker
Windows:
net stop nsrexecd /y
net start nsrexecd

Affected Products

NetWorker

Products

NetWorker
Article Properties
Article Number: 000031335
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 03 Nov 2023
Version:  3
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