Virtualization, Servers and Storage : UTORrecover NetWorker: savefs: nothing to save savefs hostname: failed.

Created by JM Lopez, last modified on Jul 30, 2025

(blue star) Problem

UTORrecover backup fails with error: 

7184:savefs: nothing to save savefs ClientName: failed.

(blue star) Solution

  1. Login to https://backups.eis.utoronto.ca

  2. Go to the “Protected Clients” section and search for the client having issues.

  3. Verify the Column “Aliases” contains all host aliases.

  4. If any of the host aliases is missing, create a ticket via ESC https://utor.cloud/utorrecover/help and provide the aliases missing.

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