I just did a test restore of a single file on our HPUX 11.11 client and it 
completed with no errors or problems... So we are not experiencing any restore 
issues at least... 
I just wondered if any one else had seen this and if they had a resolution for 
it.. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Jóhannes 
> Karl Karlsson
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:49 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] No entropy device error
> 
> We are currently having the same message on one of our HP UX 
> 11 servers.
> 
> We get this message when the nsrexecd deamon is started.
> 
> We don't see any problem with this, though we are having 
> problem doing a restore of this client. I don't know if that 
> problem relates this error.
> 
> Johannes
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Goslin, Paul
> Sent: 25. febrúar 2009 13:12
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] No entropy device error
> 
> Server is Win2k3 running 7.4.4, client is HPUX 11.11
> 
> When I start the nsrexecd daemon on this HPUX client, I get 
> the following error message:
> 
> Starting nsrexecd
> 967:nsrexecd: Warning: No entropy gathering device detected 
> (used to provide ran dom numbers for authentication). 
> NetWorker will attempt to provide random number s. These 
> numbers will never be as random as the numbers that could be 
> provided w ith an entropy gathering device.
> 
> Is there an easy way to resolve this ? Or should I just ignore it ?
> 
> The client seems to backing up fine for the most part, 
> although this morning it was the only client in a group that 
> failed. I stopped / restarted the daemon on the client, and 
> have re-started the group and it's now running its save-sessions....
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul 
> 
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