TCP_NAME corresponds to the hostname of your node, which may not be the
same as the node name you are using to contact the server. Likewise,
TCP_ADDRESS is the IP address corresponding to the hostname, as returned
by gethostbyname(), which may not be the same as TCPCLIENTADDRESS in
dsm.sys. The two values are updated each time the node contacts the server.

This being said, the NODENAME and TCPCLIENTADDRESS values in dsm.sys
are the ones that are used for client-server communications, regardless of
what TCP_NAME and TCP_ADDRESS are.

Hope I understood your question right.

On Wednesday 24 March 2004 17:50, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:
> Just did a query of the NODE table of my TSM AIX 5.2.1.3 and noticed
> something weird.
>
> The TCP_NAME and TCP_ADDRESS fields from one node has been overlayed onto
> a completely different nodes entry.
>
> Checked the DSM.SYS (both of these boxes are AIX systems) and they are
> correct/haven't changed for a long time !
>
> This is a bit unsettling!  What could be causing this ?