I had a client system with the same problem about a week ago.  It
turns out the system only had a forward DNS record (for the hostname)
and needed a reverse record (for the IP address).

I'm not a DNS guru, so I hope my simple explanation makes sense.

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> From: "WEAVER, Simon" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
> To: "'Coen, Trevor'" <v-Trevor.Coen AT elan DOT com>,
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> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] FW: client hostname could not be found (48)
> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:08:12 +0100
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> Are you using DNS? Can you ping by its FQDN?
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> Regards
>
> Simon Weaver
> 3rd Line Technical Support
> Windows Domain Administrator
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coen, Trevor [mailto:v-Trevor.Coen AT elan DOT com]
> Sent: 29 March 2006 10:29
> To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] FW: client hostname could not be found (48)
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>
> I can ping the media server from the client but bpclntcmd -ip fails?
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> C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin>ping eubackup1
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>
> Pinging eubackup1 [10.1.1.38] with 32 bytes of data:
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> Reply from 10.1.1.38: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
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> Reply from 10.1.1.38: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
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> Reply from 10.1.1.38: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
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> Reply from 10.1.1.38: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
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> C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -ip eubackup1
>
> host eubackup1: not found.
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> C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin>bpclntcmd -ip eubackup1
>
> host eubackup1: not found.
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> From: Coen, Trevor
> Sent: 29 March 2006 09:16
> To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: client hostname could not be found (48)
>
>
>
> I've moved a client to a different policy, now the backup fails with client
> hostname could not be found (48).  What should I check?
>
>
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> Thanks
>
>
>
> TC
>


--kathy

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