Yura Pismerov said:
> Roy Kidder wrote:
>
>>I'm having a problem backing up a dual-homed host... specifically, my
>>laptop. It's Linux running as a NetWorker 6.1.4 client. It's named as
>>follows:
>>
>>nomad.foo.org -- the "proper" host name
>>nomad.foo.org -- CNAME to nomad-eth.foo.org
>>nomad-wifi.foo.org -- the DNS name for the wireless interface
>>nomad-eth.foo.org -- the DNS name for the copper interface
>>
>
>     Keep in mind that Networker is "picky" to what you set up as a
> hostname (run "hostname" to see it),
> what you have in your /etc/hosts and DNS (both forward and reverse
> zones) for the client.
> Make sure that all those names match.

`hostname` on the client simply returns "nomad" (no FQDN). /etc/hosts on
the client reflects DNS as far as the two different interfaces
(nomad-wifi and nomad-eth). There is no entry for nomad.foo.org in
/etc/hosts.

>
>>
>>Ideally, I'd like to backup the client via the copper interface, so I
>>created a client called "nomad-eth.foo.org" in nwadmin. I can back it up
>>just fine. The problem is that the backup is added to the backup
>> server's
>>index (backup.foo.org, also Linux running NetWorker 6.1.4), not the
>>client's index. I've verified this by doing a relocated recover on the
>>
>
>     Did you mean "directed recovery" ? How exactly did you do that ? Did
> you use "recover -R <client name>" ?

I ran nwrecover on the backup server and chose a to "relocate" via the
Options menu.


>
>>backup server (not the laptop), only to find I've recovered the files
>>from the laptop (not the server).
>>
>>I seem to remember reading about multi-homed hosts in the documentation,
>>but when I went back just now to find it, I can't locate it.
>>
>>Anyone have any ideas?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Roy
>>
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