OK, the upgrade went rather well.  Backups are running.  Java 6 works
better than java 5.  I have one question remaining, the old IP address
of the server is still appearing in the resources in various places.
Whenever one of these resources is encountered, I have a reverse DNS
lookup error logged.  One example is the backup of the console database.
The backup is successful, but the lookup error is there every time.  Is
there any method of getting rid of the old IP address of the server in
the networker resources?

Patti

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Clark, Patti
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:20 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Renumbered network addresses and more
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Tim Mooney
> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:28 PM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: [Networker] Renumbered network addresses
> > 
> > In regard to: Re: [Networker] Renumbered network addresses, 
> > Clark, Patti...:
> > 
> > > <Sigh> That's what I thought.  The real issue seems to be 
> the server
> > > can't find itself.  It's complaining that it can't find the 
> > old address
> > > which has been completely removed from DNS and /etc/hosts.  
> > I am also
> > > getting the same from NMC.
> > 
> > That has me wondering if maybe I'm incorrect -- maybe you 
> *do* need to
> > do something on the NetWorker server.
> > 
> > > both RH and Windows.  I use FQDN throughout the Networker configs.
> > > Version is 7.3.3.  We use DNS, but my configs use files 
> > first, then DNS.
> > 
> > Same for us.
> > 
> > One thing you might want to check on is the hostid.  On at 
> least RHEL,
> > the hostid is just the hex representation of the four 
> octets of the IP
> > address.
> 
> Yep, already found it.  Surprised the heck out of me.  I'd 
> thought that
> hostid was hardcoded.  Obviously not.  I also found the 
> notices sent via
> email about the licenses being disabled.  One big surprise that was
> really pleasant, PowerLink has been upgraded and now provides an easy
> interface to request a move of the licensed components for a single
> hostid.  It generates the new enablers and everything.  This 
> is really,
> really cool!  I've never really had much to cheer me on PowerLink, but
> it is actually getting useful beyond doco and software downloads.
> 
> > 
> > Since your IP address changed, your Linux hostid changed.  
> > That shouldn't
> > impact the clients, but it might impact the server.
> > 
> > You indicate that it's complaining that it can't find the 
> old address.
> > Where are the complaints showing up, and are they in response 
> > to something
> > (like running a savegrp) or are they just spontaneous 
> messages in some
> > log file?  What's the exact message?
> 
> It seems that whenever I start any networker-related process, it's
> checking the resources.  The old IP is still showing up in 
> the resource
> files.  At this point, I think it's just a nag since the new 
> IP is also
> present.
> > 
> > Are you running nscd or a caching nameserver on the NetWorker 
> > server?  Is
> > there any possibility that it's cached the old IP and hasn't 
> > yet expired
> > it from the cache?
> 
> No, none of that.  Also, the box has been rebooted.  
> 
>  Because of other issues inhouse, I'm going ahead with an upgrade to
> v7.4.3.  I know this goes against any recommendations given 
> the current
> situation, but there are 2 issues driving this, a need to backup a
> different client type that I don't have a client pak license for which
> went away with 7.4.2 and a new server/tape library/LTO-4 w/encryption
> which will happen in about 6 weeks.  Nothing like practice to keep
> everything sharp.
> 
> > 
> > Tim
> > -- 
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> > 
> > 

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