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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Host appears to be up, but had a network related error (-255)</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p>This error is usually related to problems being experienced with the Windows agent. Use the following steps to troubleshoot:<br> </p> <h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p> </p> <ol><li>Ensure your Unitrends appliance is on the latest version. If it is not, restart the Unitrends system, then update the system to the latest version. If you wish to reboot the system after the update, please wait at least 30 minutes to ensure all update related processes have completed.</li> <li>Ensure all computers with a Client Agent installed are on the latest Agent version. This can be found after the update of the Unitrends system, in the Shared Directory <strong>windows_agents</strong>. <ul><li><a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Funitrends%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013245117" rel="noopener nofollow">Downloads</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Verify that if you have a local firewall or Anti-virus running on the client to allow firewall to allow traffic on ports 1743 through 1745. <ul><li><a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Funitrends%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F4404684084369" rel="noopener nofollow">Backup Agent Firewall Rules</a></li> </ul></li> <li>With the Anti-virus, make sure that you add exceptions or permissions for the BP Agent service to be able to run. Also, add the C:\PCBP directory to the Exclusion/Allow. <ul><li><a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Funitrends%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013272678" rel="noopener nofollow">Recommended Anti-Virus exclusions for Unitrends backup</a></li> </ul></li> <li>First verify the IP address of the Client is correctly identified in the Unitrends system.</li> <li>Verify that all VSS writers are "Stable" with no errors. <ul><li><a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Funitrends%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013245618" rel="noopener nofollow">VSS Writer Failed / How to Restart and Re-Register VSS Writers</a></li> <li><a href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Funitrends%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013160717" rel="noopener nofollow">Volume Shadow Copy Service Errors</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Restart the BP Agent Service, confirm PID assigned to bp_agent service via taskmanager > services.</li> <li>Open a command prompt and run as Administrator. <ul><li>From the Command Prompt, type the following command string to confirm what PIDs are bound to the listening port 1743 : <strong>netstat -a -n -o | findstr ":1743 PID"</strong> </li> <li><em>Following examples show results if an active backup is in progress and data is set to default: 1745 (static) or 1743 (dynamic high range) for reply to the appliance.</em></li> </ul></li> </ol><p><u><strong>Example Data Port 1745:</strong></u><br><br>Active Connections<br>Proto Local Address Foreign Address State<br>TCP (Local Client):1743 (DPU/UEB):1745<strong><--Static</strong> LISTENING<br><br><br><u><strong>Example Data Port 1745:</strong></u><br>Active Connections<br>Proto Local Address Foreign Address State<br>TCP (Local Client):1743 (DPU/UEB):5321<strong><--Dynamic</strong> LISTENING</p> <ul><li>If the above shows that State is stuck in a TIME_WAIT status, then you would need to restart the bpagent in Services or reboot the client to release the thread.</li> </ul><p><strong>If the changing of the above doesn't fix the issue, then call into support or come into support chat for assistance</strong></p> <p> </p> <h1 data-id="windows-2003-issues"><strong>Windows 2003 Issues: </strong></h1> <p>After an upgrade of the Windows 2003 32-bit agent, the backup system can no longer communicate with the agent and the error below is presented when a backup is attempted.</p> <p><span style="font-family: courier;">Task failed: Host appears to be up, but had a network related error (-255) Host appears to be up, but had a network related erorr (-255)</span></p> <p>Running the command <span style="font-family: courier;">netstat –abn | find “:1743”</span> produces the following output:</p> <p><span style="font-family: courier;">TCP 10.10.10.50:2535 10.10.10.65:1743 TIME_WAIT 0</span></p> <h3 data-id="resolution-for-windows-2003-issues">Resolution for Windows 2003 issues:</h3> <p>This may be an indication that the agent did not get cleanly installed. Use these steps to uninstall and reinstall the agent software.</p> <ol><li>Uninstall the current installation of the Unitrends agent software</li> <li>Manually remove (or rename) the PCBP directory located at the root of the C Drive (or the location you chose during installation).</li> <li>Reboot the Windows server.</li> <li>Download the Unitrends Client Agent installer from the Unitrends website.</li> <li>Install the Unitrends agent software (this must be done using Administrative privileges).</li> <li>For Windows 2003/XP and older systems, also install the Unitrends Bare Metal Agent as you will need to create a bare metal media which is required to load the bare metal backup during a restore.</li> </ol><h2 data-id="notes"><strong>NOTES</strong></h2> <p>First, consider elevating the debugging log levels to 3 for the WBPS and WBPR in the file C:\PCBP\MASTER.INI under [debugging], then restart the BP Agent Windows Service.</p> <pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">[debugging] bpr=0 wbps=0 wbpr=0 bpnetd=0 </pre> <p>After the file has been modified and saved, restart the BP Agent service.<br><br>This needs to be performed after you have installed the latest Client Agent (after step 2 in the Resolution section) and before you begin running the new backups.<br><br>If after following the steps in the Resolution section, the issue is yet to be resolved, please submit the logs to ftp.unitrends.com/inbound.<br><br>The logs must be compressed into a ZIP file with the format of <strong>Case Number_Client Name</strong>. (Example: <strong>320647_DC01.zip</strong>). The logs we need are in C:\PCBP\<strong>CATALOG.DIR</strong> and in C:\PCBP\<strong>LOGS.DIR</strong></p> </article> </main>