Did you issue SET SERVERPASSWORD on each server before doing the DEFINE SERVER 
commands? 

That’s probably a silly question, but if you didn’t, that would explain things. 

When you look at the activity logs on each server, can you see the other server 
trying to connect? Does it ever work? 

Nick

On Dec 10, 2013, at 10:05 AM, mik <tsm-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM> wrote:

> Hi and thanks for the reply Nick
> 
> My fault i have do that exactelly
> 
> on TSM_SERVER1
> 
> DEFINE SERVER TSMSERVER2 SERVERPASSWORD=password> HLADDRESS=Ip 
> LLADDRESS=port_tcp/ip
> 
> on TSMSERVER2
> 
> DEFINE SERVER TSM_SERVER1 SERVERPASSWORD=password> HLADDRESS=Ip 
> LLADDRESS=port_tcp/ip
> 
> On the two server the admin and his password was the same
> 
> But when we try to ping server server1 on the 2 and vice-versa that not 
> working
> when we try on TSM_SERVER1
> EXPORT POLICY testing_domaine toserver=TSMSERVER2 previewimport=yes
> 
> We have
> 
> ANR0561E EXPORT POLICY: Process aborted - sign on to server, TSMSERVER2,
> failed.
> ANR0985I Process 167 for EXPORT POLICY running in the BACKGROUND completed 
> with
> completion state FAILURE at 16:41:00.
> 
> That i actually have
> 
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