unable to set up client directory for the system

[roadrunner_1]

Hello,

I am trying to add a new system to my ignite server to make net recovery, but i get the error message which says "unable to set up client directory for the system"

Both the ignite server and client have the same versions of ignite. And I can telnet from the client to the ignite server...

What may be the problem...any thoughts on this..

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

which command have you used?

Volkmar

[roadrunner_1]

Iam using the GUI..I am trying to find a new client on the server...

I cannot run commands on the client becoz I do not have a tape drive on the client..and If i need to run a make net recovery on the client i think its important to find the client on the server side and run the command on the client side..

[Fabrice Meynard]

Hi,
on you client, try /opt/ignite/bin/make_net_recovery -s Ignite-UX_server to make a backup of the client to your ignite server.
You don't need tape on the client as you put the image on the server. The client will appear automaticly to the server.
See man make_net_recovery for options.

Hope this helps.
Fabrice

[Kellogg Unix Team]

At times, because of your network and how default routes are defined on each host, client is unable to mount the share defined by your ignite server. Check the log file on the server side -
/var/opt/ignite/logs/ignite

Check if server's /etc/exports file has an entry for this client and try to manually mount it from the client side.

HTH
...Manjeet

[Ray Brewer]

Your message indicates that the necessary files under "/var/opt/ignite/clients" can not be created. Check to make sure there is sufficient space and that permissions are ok. If you could include the entire entry from the log file it would help in trouble shooting further.

Ray

[Cheryl Griffin]

Roadrunner,
Are you using a fully qualified domain name? If so, try using the short hostname for the client.

Cheryl

[Tom Danzig]

Create the remote directory to hold the net archive on the Ignite server. For example, if you store your recovery images in /net_recovery:

mkdir /net_recovery/
chown bin:bin /net_recovery/

Insure that you have the directory exported on the Ignite sever as well. In the /etc/exports file, something like:

/net_recovery/ -anon=2,access=