There is a server interface option in networker 7.4.4 and latest 7.6 .
Suggest an upgrade .



On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:29 PM, _richard_ <
networker-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> unfortunately in our environment, hardware to test air-traffic-control
> software, we have to deal with non-unique hostnames and sometimes
> ip-adresses as well. That is because the software must be tested on a
> hardware environment absolutely identical to the operative systems, before
> it is verified to go to the operative systems. Because of these
> circumstances, we have to deal with clients (tru64 4.0f) which are connected
> to a Networker Backup-Server on Tru64 5.1b. Networker Software is 7.2, using
> th same hostname and sometimes even same ip-adresses. To get around this
> problem, we introduced a backup-network, meaning that we put in extra
> network card in each client giving it a unique interface name and an address
> out of the backup-network. The problem is that i am having problems
> registering the client in the networker server in a way that the client ist
> not authenticated by its hostname but by the name of the backup-interface.
> What i wanted to do, if possible, is that i wanted!
>  to introduce the client to the server with its ip-address or the name of
> the backup network interface, rather then the hostname. But tru64 clients
> always seem to authenticate themselves with their hostname.
> Anybody got a hint, how i can get around this problem?
> I have a dirty solution, that i am changing the hostname prior to a manual
> backup, with "rcmgr set hostname" and an "inet restart", but that is not
> practical in an scheduled automatic environment, because if unattended, the
> proceudre does not know if it is critical to that because important
> test-procedures are running and you cannot change the hostname in runtime or
> mess around with restarting inet.
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Richard
>
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