I feel stupid for asking this because I’ve done this very thing a million times, but cannot figure it out in 8.5. I have a server that we are replacing with newer hardware, running 64 bit Windows and 64 bit Domino. What I’ve always done in the past is set up the new server as a new domino server and then replicate the databases I need from the old server to the new server, turn off the old server, bring up the new server with the old server id and notes.ini file, etc.
My problem now is that I cannot get the old server to “see” the new server. I’ve put an entry in the hosts file for the new server, I can ping the new server from the old server, but when I try to do a trace from the old server console to the new, even though it recognizes the new servers name and ip address, it’s telling me it cannot connect because it’s unable to find path to server. They’re on the same network and in the same workgroup, so I don’t know why it can’t see it. The new server has no problem connecting to the old server…and I would use that except I’m not sure how to get the databases over without the admin client.
can you ping the none hierachical server name? Do you have connection documents with the right ip address? (Is port 1352 available between the systems)
I can ping the non-hierarchical name…and the port is open on both. I haven’t tried the connection documents…never needed them before, but I’ll do that now and see what happens.
Tried the connection documents and it still doesn’t work…although the error now says unable to connect to the server because the connection timed out…then it says unable to find path to server because connection timed out. It’s resolving the name to the correct ip…and even if I tell it to trace the ip, it still won’t connect. I’m at a loss on this one. It shouldn’t be that difficult.
Did you try to use a telnet command to be 100% sure your notes ports are open ?
From the new server open a command line and type :
telnet xyz 1352
where xyz is either the host or the ip of your other Domino server.
if your telnet connection switches to a black screen then you definitly have the network link. Otherwise if you get a connection failed it means something is wrong at the network level.
Although I cannot telnet from the new server to the old server…it’s a 2008 server. I need to download a tool, but tried from the old server to the new and it failed…and I can from the old server to another server on the same network.
Doesn’t domino use 1352 in both directions, though? How come, from the new server, I have no problem getting it to connect to the old server, or any server in the domino domain?
Yes the Notes RPC protocol can go both directions but if you cannot succeed to telnet it means somewhere between your two Domino server there is a firewall which prevents the incoming or outgoing traffic on port 1352.
Do your servers have firewall (like windows default firewall) enabled ?
If yes, disabled them for a while to see if it’s better.
then do you have network firewall between your two servers ?
If yes check that the port 1352 is enabled in both directions.
As soon as you had me telnet and it didn’t work, I thought about the Windows firewall on the new server…since it’s running 2008, there are quite a few things I needed to change. Turning it off completely only worked until the next reboot.
Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction! Everything is right in my domino world again!
Subject: Now you are at pure networking, no address resolution problems any longer.
you may actually allready be lucky if you try again right after the timeout (if this is Internet connectivity or something).
And I would still consider closed ports on Firewalls/routers as an option. (if this is windows machines, nping.exe might help - it uses the Lotus IP stacks and can connect on various ports.)