Avamar client activation error "Signing CSR failed"

Résumé: An Avamar client was previously registered and activated with an Avamar server.   The Avamar server IP changed. On attempting to re-register and activate against the same Avamar server the client activation screen reports "Signing CSR failed". ...

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Symptômes

Environment:
Avamar client v7.3.100-233
Avamar server v7.4.0-177


The client 'avagent.log' reports: 
2017-02-15 13:05:35 avagent Info <5705>: Updating IP address with the MCS. local IP='<CLIENT-IP>', registered IP='(none)', port changed:false
2017-02-15 13:05:35 avagent Info <18918>: Registration: Processing secure registration with the MCS.
2017-02-15 13:05:35 avagent Info <18921>: Registration: Requesting root CA from the MCS.
2017-02-15 13:05:36 avagent Info <18926>: Registration: Saving root CA.
2017-02-15 13:05:36 avagent Info <18928>: Registration: Creating certificate signing request.
2017-02-15 13:05:42 avagent Info <18930>: Registration: Sending the certificate signing request to the MCS.
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Error <5320>: Received from MCS#100200:Signing CSR failed.
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Error <18931>: Registration: Unable to send the certificate signing request to the MC.
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Info <18936>: Unable to securely register with the MCS (<AVAMAR-SERVER-IP>)
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Error <6053>: Error trying to update MCS with new ip address
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Info <6626>: Agent Main: Client ID (cid) = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Info <18918>: Registration: Processing secure registration with the MCS.
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Info <18921>: Registration: Requesting root CA from the MCS.
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Info <18926>: Registration: Saving root CA.
2017-02-15 13:05:43 avagent Info <18928>: Registration: Creating certificate signing request.
2017-02-15 13:05:44 avagent Info <18930>: Registration: Sending the certificate signing request to the MCS.
2017-02-15 13:05:45 avagent Error <5320>: Received from MCS#100200:Signing CSR failed.
2017-02-15 13:05:45 avagent Error <18931>: Registration: Unable to send the certificate signing request to the MC.
2017-02-15 13:05:45 avagent Info <18936>: Unable to securely register with the MCS (<AVAMAR-SERVER-IP>)
2017-02-15 13:05:45 avagent Info <5321>: Unable to connect to Management Console (<AVAMAR-SERVER-IP>), sleep 43 minutes, 9 seconds before retry

Avamar server-side /usr/local/avamar/var/mc/server-log/mcserver.log.x file: 
02/15-12:59:38.00044 com.avamar.mc.cr.messages.CertificateSigningRequestHandler.handle
WARNING: Cannot get SAN, fail CSR signing...
02/15-12:59:38.00044 com.avamar.mc.cr.bcConnection._sendReply
FINE: MC->Cl <CLIENT-IP>:52795 <message  errno="100200" errdesc="Signing CSR failed." ack="no" type="response" sync="fg"  />
02/15-12:59:38.00229 com.avamar.mc.cr.bcConnection.readClientMessage
FINE: Cl->MC <CLIENT-IP>:52796<client isclientos="1" ack="yes" type="root-cert" ipaddr="<CLIENT-IP>" msgver="1" hostname="CLIENT-HOSTNAME" os_type="Windows 7 Enterpris
e Edition Service Pack 1 64-bit" mcsaddr="<AVAMAR-SERVER-IP>" bestalg="rsa" cid="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" version="7.3.100-233" />
02/15-12:59:38.00230 com.avamar.mc.cr.bcConnection.validatePageAddress

Cause

Unknown

Résolution

1. Open a Case with Avamar Support to investigate this issue and reference this article.  
2. Include the Avamar client avagent.log and the mcserver.log where the above messages were observed.

Produits concernés

Avamar

Produits

Avamar, Avamar Client, Avamar Server
Propriétés de l’article
Numéro d’article: 000065544
Type d’article: Solution
Dernière modification: 18 Apr 2026
Version:  7
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