NBServerMigrator: Unable to establish communication between the target and source primary servers

Article: 100073552
Last Published: 2025-04-09
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Product(s): Appliances, NetBackup & Alta Data Protection

Problem

Unable to establish communication between the target and source primary servers

Error Message

Error 1
Connecting to target for file transfer on default cport:9995 and port:9996...
SSL_cert_file /mnt/nbdata/usr/openv/nbsm/sourcessl/SourceMaster.pem can't be used: No such file or directory at /tmp/par-########/cache-#########/inc/lib/IO/Socket/SSL line ######.

Error 2
'>>9<< Running data transfer - sending source data
Connecting to target for file transfer on default cport:9995 and port:9996...
Error: Bad file descriptor There are network connectivity issues between the source and the target primary server. Please refer troubleshooting section in user guide for more details.

Cause

  1. sourcesecret.tar file is corrupted
  2. sourcesecret.tar has expired.

Solution

  1. Add the default port 9990/9991/9992/9993/9994/9995/9996/9997/9998/9999 into the firewall exception list.
  2. Check if the sourcesecret.tar file is present at the source primary server.
    a) If not, then copy it from the target primary server.
    b) if yes, then:
    1) delete the following from nbsm directory:
        Source primary server:
        I) sourcessl
        ii) sourcesecret.tar
        Target primary server:
        I) targetssl
        ii) sourcesecret.tar
    2) Generate the sourcesecret.tar on target primary server using the following command:
        "nbsm_target -generate_sourcesecret <number_of_days>".
        Example: nbsm_target -generate_sourcesecret 2
    3) Copy the newly generated sourcesecret.tar from target primary server to source primary server in nbsm folder.
    4) Proceed with the report/overwrite operation.

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