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ArcServe Backups Fail on SBS2008
I have a client running SBS2008 SP1. Their backups (Arcserve 12.5) are failing with:
E3392 Backup Server TCP reconnection timeout. (AGENT=SERVERNAME @ IP ADDRESS, Network Error 10054)
This is at the BEGINNING of the backup job, after the job says "waiting" for a couple minutes (what I'm assuming is the designated TCP timeout period for the Windows Server Agent. Any hints / tips? They got ONE good backup 5 days ago, immediately after installing Arcserve. That backup went flawlessly, and they've been nothing but trouble since.
Any help would be appreciated...
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TCP timeout is a very generic error when doing a client agent backup.
All it tells us is the flow of data from the agent running on the remote target system stopped. It could be something on the system or network related.
Consider:
does this happen with all clients, just this one, or some
If it happens with all systems then investigate things from the backup server NIC to cable to port on the switch.
If it is just the one or some systems check things on their side. But also consider the possibility that something at the application level is causing it.
Open the Client Agent GUI and configure it for low priority.
Check to see what other applications are running on the client system.
Did you check below Article from CA support online.
Troubleshooting E8522 and E3392 (Failed to receive data from the client agent) errors
Document ID: TEC266855
Run a test backup of the remote server in question to an FSD on backup server.This proves if the problem is with device.
You can try steps mentioned in above document.
Increase ReceiveTimeOut and SendTimeOut value from default. Make sure both timeout values are same on backup server and remote server.
You can also decrease packet size on the remote server. Default packet size is 2048, make it 512 or 48 as mentioned in the document.
I hope this document will help you resolve the issue.
Thanks for the repsonses... I'm trying the information in that article. Doesn't look like the Backup Agent is working properly. The agent is listening (proof is telnet localhost 6050), and I can see the servers connection to the client agent in the Backup Agent Admin, but it just says "preprocessing."
Going to try a complete uninstall/reinstall of the application.
btw, this is a single server backup scenario. The Application and Tape Drive are installed on the server I'm trying to backup.
Turns out this is a known bug w/ ArcServe on Server2008 x64.
Whenever the OpenFileAgent is installed, having ANY WRITERS (WMI Writer, DHCP Writer, etc) selected will cause an immediate TCP Timeout error. Some kind of conflict between the writers and the OFA. But that's ok, because the OFA will allow those file to be backed up while open. So the fix is to de-select the WRITERS from the backup job.
Problem solved.
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by: CrisHanna_MVPPosted on 2009-08-29 at 06:11:08ID: 25213937
What are you trying to backup to? Portable harddrive? Tape? Another Server?