Resolving GroupWise Disaster Recovery Collector Connectivity Errors

A Reload Collector cannot get connected to the Paired Reload Server.

The error in the Reload Test and Initialize Utility reads:

The authenticity of host '<ip address>' can't be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is <numeric value> [MD5]
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

On the server running the Reload Collector do the following:

1. Go to the directory: /root/.ssh

2. Delete all files in this directory

3. Type in the following command, and press enter for each prompt, and add values if you would like to:

ssh-keygen -t rsa

4. Exchange keys with the Reload Server in the following manner:

ssh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub <address of Paired Reload Server>

FOR EXAMPLE: ssh-copy-id  -i  /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub   10.1.1.1

Now you can test the collector, and the problem should be fixed.

This article was originally published in the GWAVA knowledgebase as article ID 2687.