WHATPORT(7937) whatport.net WHATPORT(7937)
7937

NetWorker nsrexecd

The backup agent daemon for Legato/EMC/Dell NetWorker — the entry point to a backup client.

TCP IANA registry

Description

IANA leaves 7937 unassigned, but in the field it is nsrexecd, the client-side execution service of NetWorker (originally Legato, then EMC, now Dell). Every protected host runs it so the backup server can start save and recover jobs remotely, and it anchors NetWorker's service port range. Nmap names it nsrexecd and it is one of the more commonly seen ports in the 7900s on enterprise networks. Finding it means you found a backup client, and by extension a backup server that talks to it.

Exposed to the internet?

Do not expose

This is a remote job-execution daemon wired into a backup fabric that can read every file on the host. It belongs on a segmented backup network, never on anything internet-facing.

Check it yourself

$ nmap -sV -Pn -p 7937 TARGET

See also

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