Try /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bptestbpcd -client <server.your.domain.yada>. (assuming your Master is 6.x+)
If the previous "telnet" suggestions or the above don't work, as previously mentioned, you've a hosts file, DNS, firewall or multi-honed NIC issue.
-sj
>>> "bob944" <bob944 AT attglobal DOT net> 1/3/2009 10:57 PM >>>
> From: nitabillls <netbackup-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
> Message-ID: <1230982128.m2f.295404 AT www.backupcentral DOT com>
>
> Nothing - it never comes back. I get:
>
> "Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Escape character is '^]'."
>
> But then it never returns anything. It doesn't "refuse connection".
Since you used a Web interface and didn't supply any context, I don't
know what you were trying to do. I'll guess "telnet to the bpcd port."
What makes you think nothing happened? *If* your telnet client doesn't
issue "Connected to" messages, that's exactly what I'd expect from a
successful connection to bpcd.
# telnet 127.0.0.1 13782
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
[ the connection is made and bpcd will wait here for commands until
timeout ]
[ run a netstat from another window and you'd see: ]
# netstat -an|grep 127.0.0.1.13782
127.0.0.1.38058 127.0.0.1.13782 49152 0 49152 0
ESTABLISHED
127.0.0.1.13782 127.0.0.1.38058 49152 0 49152 0
ESTABLISHED
#
[ bpcd drops the connection on receipt of a carriage return ]
Connection to 127.0.0.1 closed by foreign host.
#
[ run another netstat and see: ]
# netstat -an|grep 127.0.0.1.13782
127.0.0.1.13782 127.0.0.1.38058 49152 0 49152 0
TIME_WAIT
#
[ run another netstat after the time_wait interval and see: ]
# netstat -an|grep 127.0.0.1.13782
#
You _have_ already followed the procedures in the Veritas NetBackup
Troubleshooting Guide | Troubleshooting procedures | Troubleshooting
installation and configuration problems and General test and
troubleshooting procedures, specifically Resolving network configuration
problems, right?
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