[OpenAFS] 1.6.0pre2 Filelog CB: WhoAreYou failed for host

Gémes Géza geza@kzsdabas.hu
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:02:58 +0100


2011-03-23 20:51 keltezéssel, Jeffrey Altman írta:
> On 3/23/2011 3:29 PM, Gémes Géza wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Unfortunately my setup doesn't involve any kind of NAT either. All the
>> boxes (server and client) are on the same subnet, connected via switches.
> The error message is indicating that the file server has attempted to
> contact the client at the specified IP address and port number and there
> is no response.  The issued RPC is retried multiple times until the
> timeout period is reached.  Therefore, one of the following is true:
>
>  a. The messages are never being sent
>
>  b. The messages are never being received
>
>  c. The response is never being sent
>
>  d. The response is never being received
>
> We have explained the most common reason why packets do not get
> delivered.  If the cause is not one of the common reasons, you will need
> to investigate at the network layer to determine which of the above
> conditions is true and why.
>
> Jeffrey Altman
>
Thanks!

I'll try to do some monitoring on the client and the server network
connections in the following weeks.


Cheers

Geza