could you set up a cdsl (context dependant symbolic link) for the 
bp.conf file to allow each server to see a different one?

man mkcdsl for more details

-charlie
(note: this is tru64 specific for those playing along at home)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cornely, David [mailto:David_Cornely AT intuit DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 5:49 PM
> To: 'larry.kingery AT veritas DOT com'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT 
> edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] REQUIRED_INTERFACE question
> 
> 
> All files are the same on every node.  Because this is a 
> Tru64 cluster each
> filesystem is shared among all nodes which means there is one 
> bp.conf file
> for every node.
> NBU apparently has problems with this because every time a 
> stream needs to
> mount another tape it errors out with a 40.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lkingery AT veritas DOT com [mailto:lkingery AT veritas DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:25 PM
> To: David_Cornely AT intuit DOT com
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] REQUIRED_INTERFACE question
> 
> 
> It's probably not working, just being ignored.
> 
> Since the file is read, not executed, I wouldn't expect that to work
> at all.
> 
> The real question is probably if you need  R_I at all 
> (probably not).  If
> you really do need it, do you have a different hosts file on 
> each node?
> 
> > 
> > I'm wondering if anyone has ever done this:
> > Used REQUIRED_INTERFACE=`/usr/bin/hostname` instead of explicitly
> specifying
> > the hostname in the client's bp.conf file.
> > 
> > I'm encountering issues with Tru64 clusters and because 
> each node shares
> the
> > exact same bp.conf file I'm trying to come up with a work around.  I
> tested
> > this on a standalone sun client and it "appeared" to work.  
> Any thoughts
> > would be appreciated.  Thanks.
> > 
> > -Dave
> > _____________________
> > David Cornely
> > San Diego Storage Team
> > 858.784.4852
> > david_cornely AT intuit DOT com
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