Symptoms

Individual clients consistently fail daily. Other clients in the group complete without issue. These failing clients nsrexecd process is using port 7938 instead of 7937. The daemon.raw reports: Linux: /nsr/logs/daemon.rawWindows (Default): C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\daemon.rawNetWorker: How to use nsr_render_log MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS PM networkerlab1.testlab.emc.com nsrexecd SYSTEM critical Failed to bind socket for NSR authentication service: Cannot assign requested address

Cause

The failing client's service ports range has been modified. Verify with nsrports on the client. [root@lnx-client01]:~# nsrports Service ports: 7937-7938 Connection ports: 0-0

Resolution

Revert the client's service port range to the default 7937-9936 with the nsrports command: [root@lnx-client01]:~# nsrports -S 7937-9936 [root@lnx-client01]:~# nsrports Service ports: 7937-9936 Connection ports: 0-0 For more information, see: NetWorker: How to Use "nsrports -S" to Change the NetWorker Service Port Range Restart the client services on the NetWorker client: Linux: systemctl restart networkerWindows: net stop nsrexecd /y net start nsrexecd

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