UTORrecover NetWorker error: "Initializing the file level recovery of the client 'null'"

 Problem

Recover operations fail with: Initializing the file level recovery of the client 'null'. This may happen in dual-homed networker clients.

 Solution

1. Run recover as follows:

   recover -R $(hostname -f) -c <fqdn_of_management_interface>

2. Recovery should succeed.

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