ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] The mysterious port 1757

2008-07-31 11:18:49
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] The mysterious port 1757
From: Steve Stackwick <sstackwick AT JASI DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:17:58 -0400
Well, it's working now after we poked a hole in the firewall, my real
question is: where is 1757 coming from?

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Remco Post <r.post AT plcs DOT nl> wrote:
> Quoting Steve Stackwick <sstackwick AT JASI DOT COM>:
>
>> Greetings ADSM-L! I've a port problem today. When we're trying to run
>> a command schedule in prompted mode, we see this in the activity log:
>>
>> 2008-07-26 23:01                        ANR8213W
>>         Session open with vmhyper1-toc timed out. (SESSION: 984)
>> 2008-07-26 23:01                        ANR2716E
>>         Schedule prompter was not able to contact client
>> VMHYPER1_TOC_VCB using type 1 (vmhyper1-toc 1757). (SESSION: 984)
>>
>> As you can see, the port in use is 1757. And, indeed, when we open
>> that port through the client's firewall, the schedule runs just fine.
>> My question is: where the #%$! is that port coming from?
>>
>
> you run schedmode prompted, right?
>
> So either:
>
> 1- switch to schedmode polling
> 2- set a tcp client port
>
> 'cause probably, the defaul tcp client port 1501 was in use (maybe a hung
> client?) and the client selected some other port.
>
>> Here is the dsm.sys:
>>
>> Servername      vmhyper1-toc-vcb
>> COMMmethod      tcpip
>> tcpserveraddr   xxxxxxx
>> tcpport         1500
>> nodename        vmhyper1_toc_vcb
>> passwordaccess  generate
>> largecom        yes
>> txnbytelimit    25600
>> tcpnodelay      yes
>> tcpbuffsize     32
>> tcpwin          64
>> schedlogn               /home/vmwaresched-vcb.log
>> schedmode               prompted
>> errorlogn               /home/vmwareerr-vcb.log
>> dirmc                   dirmc
>> schedlogretention       30 d
>> errorlogretention       30 d
>>
>> and here is the client node definition on the server:
>>
>>             Node Name: VMHYPER1_TOC_VCB
>>                      Platform: Linux86
>>               Client OS Level: 2.4.21-47
>>                Client Version: Version 5, release 4, level 0.0
>>            Policy Domain Name: CG_UNIX
>>         Last Access Date/Time: 07/28/2008 10:17:58
>>        Days Since Last Access: <1
>>        Password Set Date/Time: 05/29/2008 15:14:05
>>       Days Since Password Set: 60
>>         Invalid Sign-on Count: 0
>>                       Locked?: No
>>                       Contact:
>>                   Compression: Client
>>       Archive Delete Allowed?: Yes
>>        Backup Delete Allowed?: No
>>        Registration Date/Time: 05/29/2008 15:14:05
>>     Registering Administrator: admin
>> Last Communication Method Used: Tcp/Ip
>>   Bytes Received Last Session: 7,814.35 M
>>       Bytes Sent Last Session: 3,891
>>      Duration of Last Session: 138.81
>>   Pct. Idle Wait Last Session: 0.10
>>  Pct. Comm. Wait Last Session: 7.82
>>  Pct. Media Wait Last Session: 0.00
>>                     Optionset:
>>                           URL: http://myclient.mycompany.com:1581
>>                     Node Type: Client
>>    Password Expiration Period:
>>             Keep Mount Point?: No
>>  Maximum Mount Points Allowed: 1
>>        Auto Filespace Rename : No
>>             Validate Protocol: No
>>                   TCP/IP Name: vmhyper1-toc
>>                TCP/IP Address: <valid redacted IP address>
>>            Globally Unique ID:
>>  11.58.f2.80.10.9d.11.dd.86.1e.00.50.56.4f.e5.e5
>>         Transaction Group Max: 0
>>               Data Write Path: ANY
>>                Data Read Path: ANY
>>            Session Initiation: ClientOrServer
>>            High-level Address:
>>             Low-level Address:
>>        Collocation Group Name:
>>              Proxynode Target:
>>               Proxynode Agent:
>>                   Node Groups:
>>
>> And the contents of the command executed by the schedule, tsmbckup.sc:
>>
>> /jobs/vmbckup.sc </dev/null
>>
>> and the contents of  vmbckukp.sc:
>>
>> vcbMounter -h vmhyper1-toc -a ipaddr:ctrxweb -r
>> /vmfs/volumes/vmhyper1-toc:Local/vcb/ctrxwebbckup
>> wait
>> vcbMounter -h vmhyper1-toc -a ipaddr:ctrxlicsvr -r
>> /vmfs/volumes/vmhyper1-toc:Local/vcb/ctrxlicsvrbckup
>> wait
>> dsmc sel /vmfs/volumes/vmhyper1-toc:Local/vcb/ -subdir=yes
>>  -ser=vmhyper1-toc-vcb
>> wait
>> rm -rf /vmfs/volumes/vmhyper1-toc:Local/vcb/*
>>
>> The server is 5.5, running on AIX 5.3
>>
>> What's up with port 1757? Am I missing something blazingly obvious?
>>
>> --
>> Stephen Stackwick
>> Jacob & Sundstrom, Inc.
>> 401 East Pratt St., Suite 2214
>> Baltimore, MD 21202-3003
>> (410) 539-1135 * (866) 539-1135
>> sstackwick AT jasi DOT com
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Remco Post, PLCS
>



--
Stephen Stackwick
Jacob & Sundstrom, Inc.
401 East Pratt St., Suite 2214
Baltimore, MD 21202-3003
(410) 539-1135 * (866) 539-1135
sstackwick AT jasi DOT com