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[Networker] Peer errors under Networker 7.3

2006-03-03 08:34:18
Subject: [Networker] Peer errors under Networker 7.3
From: Scott Russell <lnxgeek AT US.IBM DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 08:32:31 -0500
Greets.

On Networker 7.3 I'm seeing lots of the following error in the daemon.log file on the server:

03/03/06 08:14:55 nsrexecd: SYSTEM error: There is already a machine using the name: "oddjob.rtp.raleigh.ibm.com". Either choose a different name for your machine, or delete the "NSR peer information" entry for "oddjob.rtp.raleigh.ibm.com" on host: "dotbak.raleigh.ibm.com"


The client is 'oddjob' and the server is 'dotbak'. Both systems are RHEL4 running Networker 7.3. The error appears to be something to do with authentication and certificate exchange. It does not prevent backups from happening however.

I'm a bit lost at what it's really telling me. According to page 568 it appears as if two hosts automatically exchange credentials when they authenticate with each other for the first time. In this case the server, dotbak, has a copy of the client oddjob's credentials and the client, oddjob, has a copy of the server dotbak credentials. If I follow the advice given and delete the 'NSR peer infromation' entry for oddjob off of dotbak, won't it just come back again?

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Scott Russell <lnxgeek AT us.ibm DOT com>
IBM Linux Technology Center

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