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Parallel jobs fails due to Host lookup errors

Troubleshooting


Problem

A parallel job randomly aborts with the following error message: ,1: APT_PMaddrInfoFor(): getaddrinfo(host = , port = ) failed: node cannot be used

Symptom

The complete error is:

Message: <Job_Name>,1: APT_PMaddrInfoFor(): getaddrinfo(host = <host_name>, port = ) failed: node <host_name> cannot be used

Type: Fatal
User Name: <user_name>
Message Id: IIS-DSEE-TFIO-00082
Message: <Job_Name>,1: Fatal Error: APT_Communicator::InitConnectionInfo: gethostbyname(<server_name>) failed Error 0

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Modified date:
25 April 2025

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