SUMMARY
Replication failure, ELIMIT: Number of registrations exceed maximum limit
ISSUE
Problem:
Replication failures with the following symptoms. When viewing the replication history report you see either of the following messages:
Failed: Unable to send blocks. This replication will now retry. Network: no error
Failed: Failed building on the target. This replication will now retry. Network: no error
Cause:
On the target, the vaultServer logs in /usr/bp/logs.dir may be reporting that it could not register the storage manager key. It may be bnecessary to increase the VaultServer log level in Settings > System Configuration and Licencing > General (Advanced) > debugging to log level 3 to see this error. See below for the log excerpt.
Apr 15 08:16:06 : [LOG4] Leaving function: smgr_registerSolution:
Apr 15 08:16:06 : [LOG0] SIS.c:2400: Can't register storage manager key: ELIMIT: Number of registrations exceed maximum limit.
Apr 15 08:16:06 : [LOG0] vaultServer.c:647: failed to write to SIS, retry.
Apr 15 08:16:06 : [LOG4] Entering function: smgr_avail
- Use the replication target's web interface go to Settings->System Monitoring->Processes.
- Select the devmonitor process' row.
- Click Terminate Process.
- Then go to Settings->System Monitoring->Jobs.
- Check Advanced Options.
- Click Stop Tasker. The buton label will toggle to say Start Tasker.
- Click Start Tasker.
- Go to Settings->System Monitoring->Processes and confirm that you see a devmonitor process again.
- If the log level for VaultServer on the target was increased, return it to log level 0 or 1 for optimal replication performance.