I have set up legato networker clients and servers 7.1.2.
Server is solaris, clients are windows.

2 of our clients are on another subnet from the server, they
backup ok, but when I run the networker user program on both these
clients to restore data, they cant find the server, I get the error
message "no networker servers found", the clients on the same subnet
work fine.

does anyone know why this is? I have a feeling the networker user
program sends out some sort of broadcast/mulitcast to find the server,
but when the server replies it seems to stick in the config somewhere.
I dont think these broadcasts are getting to the server as the clients
are on a different switch and subnet.

Any help appreciated.

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In <1118943363.865517.161390@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> cconnell_1@lycos.
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>I have set up legato networker clients and servers 7.1.2.
>Server is solaris, clients are windows.

>2 of our clients are on another subnet from the server, they
>backup ok, but when I run the networker user program on both these
>clients to restore data, they cant find the server, I get the error
>message "no networker servers found", the clients on the same subnet
>work fine.

>does anyone know why this is? I have a feeling the networker user
>program sends out some sort of broadcast/mulitcast to find the server,
>but when the server replies it seems to stick in the config somewhere.
>I dont think these broadcasts are getting to the server as the clients
>are on a different switch and subnet.

>Any help appreciated.

Ensure that you are using the "-s <fully qualified servername>" switch
on your Windows client Networker user program.

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Colin McFadyen wrote:
> In <1118943363.865517.161390@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> cconnell_1@lyco
s.com writes:
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> Ensure that you are using the "-s <fully qualified servername>" switch
> on your Windows client Networker user program.

Thanks, where do you set that exactly? Do you call it from the command
line somehow?
Because, when I run the networker user program, it says 'searchiong for
networker servers' then says 'no networker servers found' then the
program closes completely! and I cant even specify the server name etc.

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In <1118960288.840829.203540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> cconnell_1@lycos.
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>Colin McFadyen wrote: 
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>Thanks, where do you set that exactly? Do you call it from the command
>line somehow?
>Because, when I run the networker user program, it says 'searchiong for
>networker servers' then says 'no networker servers found' then the
>program closes completely! and I cant even specify the server name etc.

Right-click on the program and select properties.
In the target field, put the current entry inside double-quotes and
then add -s <servername> outside the quotes.
Click OK.
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Colin McFadyen - Systems Support - colinm@ccs.carleton.ca
Carleton university Computing and Communications Services
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1S 5B6

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Colin McFadyen wrote:
> In <1118960288.840829.203540@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> cconnell_1@lyco
s.com writes:
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> Right-click on the program and select properties.
> In the target field, put the current entry inside double-quotes and
> then add -s <servername> outside the quotes.
> Click OK.
> --
> Colin McFadyen - Systems Support - colinm@ccs.carleton.ca
> Carleton university Computing and Communications Services
> Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1S 5B6

Excellent! Worked a treat thankyou so much.

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