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RE: [nv-l] ITSA, ovtopodump and fully-qualified selection names

2005-09-20 12:12:23
Subject: RE: [nv-l] ITSA, ovtopodump and fully-qualified selection names
From: REIBENSCHUH Alfred <alfred.reibenschuh AT it-austria DOT com>
To: "'nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com'" <nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:11:29 +0200

hi!

> Deleted all 3 switches entirely and completely recycled all NetView
> daemons.  Rediscovered 3 switches - same symptoms.
>
> Digging deeper, ovobjprint definitely has Selection Name
> fields without
> the trailing "."; however "ovtopodump -lr switch2.skills-1st.co.uk"
> gives information but "ovtopodump -lr
> switch.skills-1st.co.uk" does not
> - it DOES if you put a trailing "." on.

sounds like a misconfigured dns

put the domain names into /etc/hosts (with a trailing '.')
and see if discovery works correctly.

you might also like to "dig skills-1st.co.uk. axfr |grep switch"
and look for any double dots.


cheers,

--
fredo

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