Agent error

Does anyone know what will cause this error in an agent : Notes error: The remote server is not a known TCP/IP host.

Subject: agent error

Hassan,

probably your agent has some code that connects the agent to a server - either the one the agent is running on or another “remote” server.

What happens now is that Domino tries to resolve this servername to an IP address - even if it is only his OWN servername.

So what I guess is that the server cannot properly resolve the servername in the agent to an IP address.

This is a common problem with a local server - as sometimes (if DNS is not used) administrators overlook to enable a server to resolve his OWN name. Especially common if you’re working with HOSTS files.

Additionally, you probably won’t have a connection document from this server to HIMSELF in your NAB - so Domino needs to rely on the name resolution of the operating system.

Hope that gives you some hint how to solve this.

Stephan Holowaty

Principal Certified Lotus Instructor SA&AD

IBM Certified Instructor Websphere App Server (SA)

IBM Certified Instructor Websphere Portal Server (SA)

mailto:stephan.holowaty@holowaty.de

Subject: agent error

There are some references to this error in the Agent FAQ. See if they give you any useful leads.