[Networker] Confused by "Can not get host IP address. ABORTING!"

When I do my Disaster Recovery of my NW server, I get this message after 
doing my "mmrecov". The service won't start, after I replace the "res" 
folder, and I don't understand why.

Platform = Win2003

This server is standalone (i.e., it is not physically connected to my LAN 
at all, so it has no connectivity to my DNS servers, either). The IP 
address is valid one for my LAN (xx.xx.7.20).  There are no DNS servers 
defined. 

The hosts files has

127.0.0.1       FQDN-of-this-server     shortname

defined. So if I ping the server by name, I do get a response (from 
127.0.0.1, obviously). An nslookup fails, however. Would that cause this 
error? The gateway address is the normal gateway for this subnet, although 
I get the same problem with no gateway defined at all.

Basically: what would cause this problem? What is NW doing, that it thinks 
it can't get the address, and how can I convince it that it can get an 
address, and start to work, so I can do this recover??

-- 
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel:  215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>

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