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Conference decwet::networker

Title:	NetWorker
Notice:	kits - 12-14, problem reporting - 41.*, basics 1-100
Moderator:	DECWET::RANDALL.com::lenox

Created:	Thu Oct 10 1996
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	750
Total number of notes:	3361

432.0. "NT client to Dunix server?" by SWETSC::WESTERBACK (Panta rei) Thu Feb 20 1997 13:00

    Question: Is there any special trick needed to backup an NT system to a
    Dunix nsr server? 
    
    WE backup a couple of Dunix systems (running 4.2) to a Dunix server. No
    problem.
    
    Also some NT boxes to an Intel running Legato's 4.3. Worked OK. Now
    there's a problem with that one, so I'd like to temporarily backup NT
    machines to the Dunix one.
    
    Have added the new server to the Servers file, also all relevant
    systems are in Hosts and .rhosts. Nsr services stopped and restarted. 
    Still when I create a NT client on the Dunix server, I get the message 
    "<new_client> is a PC or its RPC is down" or something like that. Am I
    missing something basic?
    
    Rgds,
    Hans

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
432.1		SWETSC::WESTERBACK	Panta rei	`Tue Feb 25 1997 02:19`	5
	Anyone? I might add that I can ping the server from the clients and vice versa. Hans
432.2	Portmapper on the client?	SWETSC::WESTERBACK	Panta rei	`Tue Feb 25 1997 06:17`	9
	OK, I just found out that if I start Networker Portmapper Service on the clients, I can connect from the server, and also start backups. Should the portmapper be running on the clients? If so, why isn't it setup after a new nstallation. It's set to disabled in the Control panel. Or is it only needed between Dunix and NT system? Rgds, Hans
432.3		DECWET::LENOX	Why is DECdirect so out of date?	`Tue Feb 25 1997 07:40`	4
	What version are your clients? For V4.3 clients the portmapper is started right away... If you already had another portmapper running, it would matter, do you?
432.4		DECWET::KOWALSKI	Time's not for saving	`Tue Feb 25 1997 07:57`	9
	Actually, the portmapper is installed as a disabled service in 4.3, both Alpha and Intel NT, because it's unnecessary with the latest-rev servers. Starting it will do no harm, however (unless, as Amy notes, you have another portmapper running). Do you have the server name in the client's \win32app\nsr\res\servers file? Mark
432.5		DECWET::LENOX	Why is DECdirect so out of date?	`Tue Feb 25 1997 10:08`	4
	Hmm, are the clients & servers different? Server that I installed yesterday has the portmapper on by default and I certainly didn't do anything.
432.6		DECWET::KOWALSKI	Time's not for saving	`Tue Feb 25 1997 10:56`	2
	Yes, the client and server differ in this respect. /m
432.7		SWETSC::WESTERBACK	Panta rei	`Tue Feb 25 1997 13:53`	7
	Server is Dunix Networker 4.2, clients NT 4.3. The server name is indeed in the ..\servers file. You're saying that with Dunix 4.3 I don't need portmapper clients? Hans
432.8		DECWET::KOWALSKI	Time's not for saving	`Tue Feb 25 1997 14:34`	7
	There is no Dunix 4.3. Keep the portmapper running on your NT clients if you like. It helps shutdown performance for the remote exec server. Mark
432.9		CRONIC::LEMONS	And we thank you for your support.	`Tue Feb 25 1997 20:03`	5
	It's been my experience, with V4.3 clients and V4.latest servers on DU, that the portmapper service must be running in order for the server to identify the client architecture. tl
432.10		SWETSC::WESTERBACK	Panta rei	`Wed Feb 26 1997 06:39`	5
	Sorry, my mistake. Of course I'm running Dunix server 4.2A, and NT clients are 4.3. Hans