Virtualization, Servers and Storage : UTORrecover NetWorker Echo Request results in: Unable to establish RAP connection with

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

(blue star) Problem

Unable to establish RAP connection with <host>: Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak
There does not appear to be a nsrexecd server running on <host>

(blue star) Solution

This is a two part solution. Client and Server.

  1. For the client follow: UTORrecover NetWorker: Fixing inconsistent NSR peer information

  2. Create a ticket via ESC https://utor.cloud/utorrecover/help to clear the client peer information including the client FQDN, .e.g. host.dept.utoronto.ca

  3. Once the client peer info has been cleared, run an echo request https://backups.eis.utoronto.ca/request/echo