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Re: [Networker] Multi-homed server backups

2010-01-21 23:05:10
Subject: Re: [Networker] Multi-homed server backups
From: Anacreo <anacreo AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:02:13 -0600
Make sure that the client name resolves to the IP of the client's vlan2 IP.
 Perhaps update the hosts file to be the right IP for the client.

Alec

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Brian O'Neill <oneill AT oinc DOT net> wrote:

> Some additional information - if I initiate a "save" from the client with
> the -s flag, it does the correct thing. And I can see the "save" command
> having the correct -s flag when it is server initiated, but the connections
> initiated from the client back to the server (primarily on port 7938 to
> start, nsrexecd on the server) are still being made to the wrong IP.
>
>
>
> Brian O'Neill wrote:
>
>> I've got this working in one environment, but I'm setting it up in another
>> and I might be missing something.
>>
>> I've got a Networker 7.4.5 server on Linux, with multiple network
>> interfaces (some are multi-VLAN trunked).
>>
>> I'm trying to back up a host on one of the interfaces (the server, called
>> "backup1" for its primary name, has an interface on the relevant network of
>> "backup1-vlan2". The client is set to allow backup1-vlan2 as a server.
>> "backup1-vlan2" is set in the Server Network Interface field in the client's
>> record.
>>
>> It is working, but for some reason the client (or the server, but it looks
>> like the client) still opens several connections to backup1, which attempts
>> to go out through a firewall which we are trying to avoid.
>>
>> I could hardwire on the client side to point backup1 to the correct local
>> IP, but I'd rather be able to do this properly from the server side.
>>
>> Am I missing a piece to the puzzle?
>>
>> -Brian
>>
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