"connection refused" error

Question:

I received the error:

FCOPY-E-CONNECT, unable to connect to node REMOTE_NODE
-SYS-E-ERRMSG, Connection refused

What does it mean?

Answer:

This error means that the FASTCopy daemon (fcopyd) has not been started on the remote node.
On a Windows machine, ensure the "FASTCopy Daemon (fcopyd)" service is started on the remote node. This is usually found under "Services" through the "Administrative Tools" section of the Start menu.
On a UNIX machine, issue fcopyd while logged in as root on the remote node. To test if the FASTCopy daemon is properly started, issue a simple FASTCopy command from the problematic node (REMOTE_NODE) to itself. For example: UNIX Example:
fcopy /tmp/sample.txt localhost:/tmp/sample2.txt -user=root -pass=SOMEPASS -report
Windows Example:
fcopy C:\temp\sample.txt \\localhost\C:\temp\sample2.txt -user=administrator -pass=SOMEPASS -report
If the above test succeeded the cause is probably installation with non standard port on one of the machines or connectivity problem.
Check the port number in the /etc/services file. it should be 5745. Finally, to check the connectivity, issue "telnet remote_node 5745" (replace remote_node with the ip of the node you are trying to connect to. this hsould connect and do nothing. If you get "connection refused", than there is a connectivity problem (firewall, router, etc).

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UNIX
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