On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 Kumar_Piyush AT EMC DOT COM wrote:

>Hi all,
>
> I cannot connect any client, except the one on the local machine, to my
>NetWorker server running on a Windows XP machine. I was able to easily
>connect earlier though. Cannot figure out what went wrong.
>
> The error I get on any client when trying to connect to this server is
>"Server <server_name>: Remote System Error".
>
> When I run "rpcinfo -s <server_name>" from a windows client (different from
>the server machine), I get the error "rpcinfo: can't contact lgtomapper:
>Remote system error - Connection timed out" and "rpcinfo: can't contact
>portmapper: Remote system error - Connection timed out". Does anyone know
>what could be the problem. I have verified that NetWorker services like
>"Backup and Recover Server" and "NetWorker Remote Exec Service" are running
>on the server machine.

This sounds like either a firewall issue or a DNS problem.
Check with the network administrator to be sure a firewall
is not posing a barrier and make sure reverse DNS works on
the clients and server.

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