cannot run dataserver and backup server at same time

[jdaniels]

Hi,

I am running ASE 12.0 on Solaris and cannot run the backup server while the dataserver is running (and vice versa). I looked at the ports in interfaces, and set them to be different, but I am still getting the same error, which is:

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Logging Backup Server messages in file 'srv.log'
Open Server Error: 16240.10.0: Net-Library routine net_listen() failed in srv__start_net
Network error: status = 23 - Net-Lib protocol driver call to register a listener failed
.
Open Server Server Fatal Error: 16029.20.0: Failed to start any network listeners
.
No server log file open; Using stderr for log.
Oct 22 17:16:19 2002: Backup Server: 1.29.2.1: Unable to start the Backup Server. See Backup Server error log for additional information.
=====================================


My backup server is called SYB_BACKUP and it appears in the 'sysservers' table in the master DB. The output to 'srv.log' is very similar to this output.

I looked at the ports allocated to the dataserver and backup server (in the 'interfaces' file):

=============================
SYBASE
master tli tcp /dev/tcp \x000213883e73e1050000000000000000
query tli tcp /dev/tcp \x000213883e73e1050000000000000000

SYB_BACKUP
master tli tcp /dev/tcp \x000213893e73e1050000000000000000
query tli tcp /dev/tcp \x000213893e73e1050000000000000000
=============================

My understanding is that the 5th to 8th digits in the sequence of numbers - after x0002 - is the port number, and so I set them differently, in order to avoid port clashes. However I still cannot get the backup server to start.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jonathan Daniels

 

[JMCraig]

I've never seen that one before. What it sounds like is a network error (although why it would be only one or the other is very puzzling). Do you have Sybase support? I'd definitely open a case with them. You might also check the Troubleshooting Guide for any reference to this message.

Best of luck,

J M Craig
Alpha-G Consulting, LLC

http://alphagconsulting.bizhosting.com

nsjmcraig@netscape.net

 

[jhonty]

You can reinstall the backup server and try again, probabily you'll be succeed.

All the best.

 

[qyllr]

hello,

i've only encountered this problem if the ports are the same...

but i can see from your tli string that your ports are 5000 and 50001... assuming that the interface file insert that you posted is the snapshot after you changed the ports...

you might want to check the .rs files located in $SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/init/logs for your server and backup server and compare the port numbers... and see if your initial ports were the same...

as jhonty advises, the best thing might be reinstalling the backup server with a different port number...

hth,
q.