Sorry, typo its inputs.conf
From the metrics log it looks like its trying and failing. I don't see any erroe message why is it failing.
06-18-2014 13:11:01.595 -0400 INFO StatusMgr - destHost=XXXXX, destIp=XXXX, destPort=9997, eventType=connect_try, publisher=tcpout, sourcePort=8089, statusee=TcpOutputProcessor
06-18-2014 13:11:08.452 -0400 INFO StatusMgr - destHost=XXXX, destIp=XXXX, destPort=9997, eventType=connect_fail, publisher=tcpout, sourcePort=8089, statusee=TcpOutputProcessor
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