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Destination host unreachable
I think I'm going crazy. I could use a fresh set of eyes to help me figure out what is wrong.
I spun up a new virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 standard machine yesterday. Connected it to the domain, installed windows updates, pushed out anti-virus, etc.
When I attempted to push the backup agent to the new server it began to fail The backup server could not connect to the new server. Ping testes reveal the following:
Pinging newserver.domain.com [10.1.20.131] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
If I go to the new server and ping back to the backup server I get the following:
Pinging backupserver.domain.com [10.1.20.142] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Then, if I go back to the backup server I can now ping:
Pinging newserver.domain.com [10.1.20.131] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Now, if I wait ~10 - 15 minutes, the backup server will once again fail to connect to the new server and show "destination host unreachable" again.
Both servers are on the same subnet, using the same gateway, with only ipv4 enabled. Windows Firewall is disabled. The newserver is serving file shares, which continue to be accessible. The backup server has no problem accessing any other servers on the same subnet.
Any ideas of what I can look at to figure out why the backup server will lose connection to the new server without having the new server first ping the backup server?
Thanks for any suggestions.
I spun up a new virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 standard machine yesterday. Connected it to the domain, installed windows updates, pushed out anti-virus, etc.
When I attempted to push the backup agent to the new server it began to fail The backup server could not connect to the new server. Ping testes reveal the following:
Pinging newserver.domain.com [10.1.20.131] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 10.1.20.142: Destination host unreachable.
If I go to the new server and ping back to the backup server I get the following:
Pinging backupserver.domain.com [10.1.20.142] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.142: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Then, if I go back to the backup server I can now ping:
Pinging newserver.domain.com [10.1.20.131] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.1.20.131: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Now, if I wait ~10 - 15 minutes, the backup server will once again fail to connect to the new server and show "destination host unreachable" again.
Both servers are on the same subnet, using the same gateway, with only ipv4 enabled. Windows Firewall is disabled. The newserver is serving file shares, which continue to be accessible. The backup server has no problem accessing any other servers on the same subnet.
Any ideas of what I can look at to figure out why the backup server will lose connection to the new server without having the new server first ping the backup server?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Since migrating the server from one host to another the issue has not be reproduced.
Interestingly enough, the two host servers are members of a pool, which means all settings and network are identical. Not sure exactly what happened, or why, but things are currently working.
I appreciate the suggestions and help from HalldorG.
Interestingly enough, the two host servers are members of a pool, which means all settings and network are identical. Not sure exactly what happened, or why, but things are currently working.
I appreciate the suggestions and help from HalldorG.
ASKER
problem could not be reproduced. Thanks for the suggestions -- help is always appreciated.
ASKER
10.1.20.131 16-f4-de-8a-f1-27 dynamic
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Description: Citrix PV Network Adapter #0
Physical Address: ¿16-F4-DE-8A-F1-27
DHCP Enabled: No
IPv4 Address: 10.1.20.131
IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
IPv4 Default Gateway: 10.1.20.1
IPv4 DNS Servers: 10.1.20.115, 10.1.20.120
IPv4 WINS Server:
NetBIOS over Tcpip Enabled: Yes
Additional info / update: I have migrated the virtual server in question to a different host server. Since that migration, the connectivity issue has not reoccurred. I'm still monitoring it to verify if the issue may be something with the original host server -- but I cannot duplicate with any other servers running on that particular host. (good thing I'm already bald!)