Description
An error of some kind has occurred when trying to read and record file data from an agent. The error message contains additional details to help diagnose the problem. For example, if the error occurred during the write-to-disk portion of the operation, the message states “error writing …”, specifying the name of the backing store file eMake selected to receive the data and the OS error message for the failed write. If the error occurred during the read-from-network portion of the operation, the message states “error reading …”, specifying the type of exception that occurred and the OS error message for the failed read.
Examples:
ERROR EC1118: error writing [file]: [OS error message]
ERROR EC1118: unexpected end of file reading file data from TCP connection from agent
ERROR EC1118: error reading TCP connection from agent: [exception detail], [OS error message]
Reasons
The list of possible causes for this error is virtually limitless: out of disk space on the eMake client; a failed network connection to the agent; hardware failure of some sort; and so on. Read the OS error message to determine the specific cause of the failure.
Fixes
This is truly an example of an “exceptional” error - one that in practice, should not be expected to occur at all. Most likely if it happens once it will not happen again, so a retry may be all that is in order. If the messages are occurring persistently, refer to the specific error message from the OS and reason about what could cause that type of failure. Searching for the OS error message using Google may turn up some clues.