No longer able to view server health in remaote manager after changing subnet mask in 3 clustered servers

Have you changed the subnet mask EVERYPLACE?

Based on the old subnet mask are both computers in the same subnet?  My guess is that someplace the subnet mask did not get changed and one computer thinks it is on the same subnet as the other and is directly talking to it, while the other computer thinks it is on a different subnet and needs to be routed.  This will not work.

All subnets were changed and just dbl checked the three clustered novel servers.  The network is running better than ever.

Are you saying that it is working now?

No, just that I dbl checked everything i could think of.  It is still not working

Did you change your IP addresses, or just the subnet mask?

Have you tried to re-boot the servers?

I rebooted the servers after the subnet mask change.  i could still see server 1 with remote manager but not servers 2 and 3.  Then I rebooted all servers and now can not even see one remotely.  Freaky?

Do you have any (local or ssh) access to the servers?  Can you ping  them?

If you can ping them and you have ssh access, then I would assume that someplace within the Apache/Tomcat configuration it was aware of the subnet mask and has gotten upset because it changed.

I really appreciate your help.  I do have access to the servers with a monitor I have installed right in the server cabinet.  I can also access them thru console one.  They are all running well and when I changed my subnets to 255.255.252.0 my network jumped to life with sometimes an increase in data transfer 10x.  Now I transfer 1Gig in about 2.4 minutes.  Used to take 18 minutes.  An error in network setup from previous admin.  I am trying to keep hero status.

Can you direct me to check apache setting and such?

Novell Remote Manager uses the HTTPSTK.NLM and PORTAL.NLM's.  Check your autoexec.ncf and make sure they are being loaded.  Since you changed your IP Address you may need to regenerate your "SSL CertificateIP" and "SSL CertificateDNS" as those certificates are used by NRM.  

I would try unloading PORTAL, NDSIMON (if loaded), and HTTPSTK, and see if they properly unload.  I have seen errors with NICI that only show up when you unload NRM.

Remote Manager (connecting via port 8028/8030) doesn't use apache or tomcat so the ap2webup/tomcat4/tc4stop/ap2webdn won't help.  Nor will admsrvdn/tcadmdn/tcadmup/admsrvup to restart the admin apache/tomcat instances.

When changing a servers IP address there is a whole stack of places you need to change the settings, DNS/resolv.cfg/hosts files/apache config files/ tomcat config files.  What else did you update or change when you actually changed the IP Address.

I am sorry, I guess I was not clear.  I only changed the subnet mask.  I did not change any ip's.  If you have the time i would need specifics on how to check the autoexec.ncf.  I actually paid a company to come in and change the subnet masks for me.  I am a rookie.  But I have verified that all the subnets match.

Can you verify that the tcp ports you expect to be open are open?  I am assuming you are running this on Novell's OS and I am not familiar with it.  In most OS's there is a netstat -an command that will show you all TCP/UDP ports open by number.  If Remote  manager listens on port 8028/8030, then you should see that port open in the listen status.

To check open ports on Netware you need to load "TCPCON" on the server, in there you select Connections and you can see if the port is open or not.

Just changing the subnet should not affect NRM Portal, I think something else is not working correctly if NRM has stopped working.  Have you confirmed that "LOAD HTTPSTK" and "LOAD PORTAL" are in the autoexec.ncf, since these two NLM's are what are used to start up the portal.

Normally when portal stops working something has gone wrong with the SSL Certificates (unlikely since you just changed the subnet, and not the actual IP address, or perhaps is the box also running border manager so it has the Firewall loaded, try unloading IPFLT and see if that helps.

I am set up from my favorites to go to my servers to remote manager through port 8009.  I have done the netstat -an and do not see 8009 at all, but I do see other ports set to "listen".  I tried changing to connect to those ports with no luck.  How do I view the autoexec.ncf?

Thanks people.  This is just a little over my head.  My fault.  I ended up bringing back the people that helped me change the subnet in the first place.  They got it working buy making it HTTP instead of HTTPS.  Then for some reason the port reverted back to 8008.  They are still working on getting me back to a secure connection.  The whole thing is strange.  Thanks for your attentions.