I have seen this type of error when the port and NIC speeds are not
matched.  If the port is set for 100 Full but the NIC is set to Auto,
etc.

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Charles Heynig
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:08 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] backup of / failing

I had the exact same problem, but was never able to determine where the
problem was.  I did get around it with adding a secondary network
interface on the box and configuring the backups to use it.  I don't
know why this fixed it though.  Both interfaces are on the same subnet,
and go to the same switch.  And after it started working with the new
setup, I tried switching the cables and the switch ports that they were
plugged into.  Always with the same result, the backups on the primary
interface failed and the backups on the secondary interface never had a
problem.  With no errors reported on the server, the client, or the
switch other than the lost connection exiting message.

Landwehr, Jerome wrote:
> I have a NW 7.2.1 data zone with a Unix master server and a Unix 
> network client, both Solaris 9, on the same subnet, both on gigabit 
> copper network, no network errors or collisions
>  
> I have never been able to get a successful backup of / (yet /var works
> everytime)
>  
> I've tried everything, deleting the index, backing up from the client,

> deleting the client resource, upgrading to 7.2.2 on the client, 
> putting a .nsr file to skip directories, yet everytime I get about 
> 14MB and then the error "lost connection to server, exiting"
>  
> Of course EMC support 'has never seen this' and has done nothing more 
> than the obvious
>  
> Has anyone seen this or have suggestions?
>  
> thanks in advance
>  
> jerry
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