I figured out what was going on. The NIS tables did not have a FQDN for the
networker server. I changed them on the main NIS+ server and the SunOS 4
client was able to start its backup.

Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT 
> EDU]
> On Behalf Of Ray Pengelly
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 7:28 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Sun OS 4 backup problems
>
> I have a SunOS 4 client that I'm having a little problem with. I was
> hoping
> someone could give me a hand figuring out. I get errors that the machine
> isn't completing its backup set. It seems to be a problem with DNS. Here's
> the error:
>
>
>
> ss2.eyeml.queensu.ca:/a 2 retries attempted
>
>   ss2.eyeml.queensu.ca:/a: No full backups of this save set were found in
> the media database; performing a full backup
>
> * ss2.eyeml.queensu.ca:/a save: unknown host name:
> dmstore.eyeml.queensu.ca
>
> * ss2.eyeml.queensu.ca:/c 2 retries attempted
>
>   ss2.eyeml.queensu.ca:/c: No full backups of this save set were found in
> the media database; performing a full backup
>
> * ss2.eyeml.queensu.ca:/c save: unknown host name:
> dmstore.eyeml.queensu.ca
>
>
>
> If I'm on the client (ss2) I can ping the server by its shortname. If I
> use
> the FQDN it comes back with "unknown host". I know how to fix this under
> Solaris but I know SunOS 4 is different as it uses NIS for DNS resolution.
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
>
>
> Ray
>
>
>
> Ray Pengelly
>
> Computing Technologist
>
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>
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>
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>
>
>
> "Wouldn't it be great if life were like windows where you could hit
> ctrl-alt-delete and start over when things go wrong?" - Anonymous
>
>
>
> "How about life being like Unix where they don't mess up in the first
> place"
> - Ray
>
>
>
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