Title: Error message: "Unable to communicate with client" or "cannot gain network access to client"
Date: 11/06
NV Version: All
OS Version: Unix / Linux / HPUX
Application version: N/A
Plugin version: N/A
Description: This FAQ describes the change needed to resolve the above error message that may be received on Unix / Linux clients. In addition the error message "cannot gain network access to client" may also be seen.
Symptoms: Backups fail with "Unable to communicate with client" and/or "cannot gain network access to client". There may also be many instances of "Machine 'xyz' has gone down" and "Machine 'xyz' has come up" in the logs.
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