Server Fails To Load And Bind NIC, Fails To Initialize, AND Fails To Come Up Properly

  • 3932746
  • 01-Aug-2006
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell NetWare 4.12
Novell NetWare 5.1
Novell NetWare 6.0
Novell NetWare 6.5

Situation

Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: IPGetLocalAddr
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: IPGetLocalAddrIncludingAux
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: NWgethostbyname
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: IPGetDefaultIPAddress
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: ReadGatedDGlobal
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: ReadNonInetcfgAddr
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: gethostname
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: NWgethostbyaddr
Error: Loader cannot find public symbol: UDPReturnPacket
Error: Unable to find load file REINITIALIZE
Error: Unable to find load file INITIALIZE
Errorr: Module cannot be loaded until AFTER311 is loaded
SNMP.NLM fails to load
TCP.NLM fails to load
TCPIP.NLM fails to load
INETCFG.NLM fails to load
A very large number of other NLMs fail to load

Resolution

TLI.NLM is missing or corrupted. Replace it with a valid copy and reboot.