NetWorker VM clients converted from hostname to hostname-bak.domain.com

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Symptoms



Data Protection Advisor is adding "-bak" to virtual machine clients hostnames and showing up incorrectly in DPA reports.

For example, in Networker the traditional client is called hostX-bak.domain.com. 
However, there happens to be a virtual machine called hostX.
In Networker's nsradmin dump of all clients it shows hostX is listed as an alias to the traditional client.

type: NSR client;
name:  hostX-bak.domain.com
aliases: hostX-bak, 
hostX.aa.domain.com, hostX

When DPA collects the backup job for hostX via jobquery or mminfo, it converts it to hostX-bak.domain.com.

Cause

DPA does not support having 2 clients with the same hostname.  This includes having the same hostname in the alias.

Resolution

Please use unique name in hostname and alias for backup clients (traditional or vm clients) that DPA will report on.

Affected Products

Data Protection Advisor

Products

Data Protection Advisor
Article Properties
Article Number: 000055336
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2024
Version:  3
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