NetWorker

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Virtual Machine (VM) image and instant recoveries are failing with "Could not update vmx file's 'nvram' entry"

The NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) integration is configured with the vProxy Appliance. The virtual machine (VM) FULL recovers, and instant access recovers fails with "Error: Could not update vmx file's 'uuid.bios' entry."

The NetWorker solution is configured with the NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) Appliance. The NVE upgrade package is used, and it reaches step 14 of 45 to reboot the NVE. The NVE upgrade does not resume after the NVE reboot and services (avi and nsr) do not start.

VM backups performed through the NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) vProxy appliance fail stating "curl_easy_perform" returned error 28: "Operation timed out after 1,800,735 milliseconds with 0 out of -1 bytes received"

NetWorker is configured on a Red Hat Pace Maker (pcs) cluster. The NetWorker server services fail to start with a connection error.

Possible orphan files in the CloudBoost file system leading in over usage of cloud space

The NetWorker Jobs Database (JOBSDB) reports "database disk image is malformed" at the start of backups. The backup completes successfully.

Randomly backup done using CloudBoost devices are aborted with the common error CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED.

A NetWorker server is configured with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps using the nsrtrap command. The command is set on the backup action with "On Failure." After upgrading to 19.11.x from a previous release, the traps receiver only receives a nwServerNotification, the failedActionNotification is no longer received.

In a Windows Cluster, NetWorker Client 19.9 or 19.8 floods daemon.raw with messages such as nsrpurge_adhoclog: get_lc_fspath_vhost_map: lg_getnameinfo failed vhost "cluster_name."

NetWorker Module for Microsoft (NMM) 19.9 Hyper-V incremental backup fails with error "Fails to retrieve information for virtual disk." This results in the incremental backup either promoted to full or fails.

NetWorker is upgraded to 19.13.0.0 or 19.13.0.1 from a prior release. The server is Windows based. The NetWorker Management Console (NMC) launches but crashes immediately after entering credentials.

A Linux server is configured as both the NetWorker server and NetWorker Management Console (NMC) server. The gstclreport command is used to generate NMC Reports from command line. This cases the NetWorker server daemon (nsrd) to crash with a core dump.

Linux NetWorker Server fails to start the authentication service with a permission denied error.

NetWorker VMware Protection (NVP) vProxy Virtual Machine (VM) backup workflows fail. The error observed in the workflow log reports: "Unable to start backup on vProxy 'vProxy_Name': Received an HTTP code: 500,"

NetWorker vProxy (NVP) Virtual Machine (VM) backups cancel with snapshot errors, reporting a failed digest operation; log shows corrupt digest metadata causing snapshot failure on Horizon clone VMs.

Remote Storage Node does not become ready Unable to access Storage Node resources - Error: "Another instance of nsrsnmd with pid xxxx is already running on Storage node Host.

In a Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) backup, the job stops due to a SnapSure file system creation error. Causes include low NAS space, wrong file system name, SnapSure timeout, file system corruption.

This article provides a general overview of the differences between the different NetWorker license file types.

This error details a kernel tunable bug found to cause issues in some Linux versions, notably Fedora versions 24 and 25.

vProxy is unable to backup one or more virtual machines. vProxy does not have access to download the .vmx files from the vCenter.

Users see 401 Unauthorized errors and SSL handshake failures when launching the NetWorker Management Console (NMC), caused by a corrupted AUTHC directory and mismatched keystore truststore credentials.

Advanced Migration (AM) staging on Block-Based Backup (BBB) save sets is not supported; the nsrclone -m option and nsrstage skip BBB save sets, allowing only full backup clones, not incremental.

The NetWorker nsrimportclient process fails with the following error message: 204879:nsrimportclient: Failed to import client 'client_name_1': Name 'server_name_destination' is not a valid host name as it cannot be resolved in DNS. Please add it to DNS or the hosts file and flush the NetWorker server's DNS cache (dbgcommand -p <NetWorker server pid> FlushDnsCache).

Networker Twinning enabled on the Sybase database causes DD stream to exhaust

Signal 11 error occurs when PATH_MAX/FILE_MAX exceeds OS limits

NSRPUSH fails to import the AIX package to the NetWorker repository.

The NetWorker Management Console (NMC) fails to launch due to a connection issue with the server on port 9090.

DDBOOST_USER' does not have sufficient access rights is seen from NetWorker side even though DDBOOST user is working fine from DD side and also if you tried to change PW, assign new Storage Unit it encounters same error "DDBOOST_USER' does not have sufficient access rights"