Casper Admin unable to mount

[AlistairCarr]

We've now had two machines (standard not running JDS) That have stopped replicating

Checking the Casper Admin Sync logs shows the following

-- Unmounting afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare 03/07/2015 15:14 --
-- Replicating to distribution point afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare 24/08/2015 15:54 --
2015-08-24 15:54:36: Comparing files based on size
2015-08-24 15:54:36: Mounting afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare...
2015-08-24 15:54:43: ERROR: The distribution point could not be mounted. The replication operation will stop
2015-08-24 15:54:43: Finished.
-- Unmounting afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare 24/08/2015 15:54 --
-- Replicating to distribution point afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare 24/08/2015 16:32 --
2015-08-24 16:32:03: Comparing files based on size
2015-08-24 16:32:03: Mounting afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare...
2015-08-24 16:34:10: ERROR: The distribution point could not be mounted. The replication operation will stop
2015-08-24 16:34:10: Finished.
-- Unmounting afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare 24/08/2015 16:34 --
-- Replicating to distribution point afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare 24/08/2015 16:36 --
2015-08-24 16:36:05: Comparing files based on size
2015-08-24 16:36:05: Mounting afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare...
2015-08-24 16:38:11: ERROR: The distribution point could not be mounted. The replication operation will stop
2015-08-24 16:38:12: Finished.
-- Unmounting afp://192.168.10.240/CasperShare 24/08/2015 16:38 --

Any ideas where i can go ?

Thanks in advance.

[bkramps]

@AlistairCarr When we had a similar issue with mounting, I found that going through the Casper Admin replication steps manually helped us resolve the issue (it turned out to be an incorrect password on the write account in JSS).

Basically, eliminate Casper Admin from the equation. Mount the Distribution point manually with your write account and the known password. Then try to copy a file to the DP. If you are able to do the process manually, then there is probably an improper setting in your JSS. If the process fails, then you may have an internal environmental issue.

[AlistairCarr]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try that and let you know

Thanks again !!

[cshepp11]

@AlistairCarr I've had this issue a few times and have found out that the dp was already mounted, even though it said that it was unmounting. Then, when Casper Admin tried to mount, it failed. Make sure the DP is not already mounted or use something like

diskutil list
diskutil unmount /CasperShare/

Chris