On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:25:28AM -0500, Stewart, Brian C wrote:
> 
> Use the  "REQUIRED_INTERFACE = <netbackup-host-name>" in your
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bp.conf file...
> 
> I personally recommend using /etc/hosts file for name resolution and edit my
> nsswitch.conf file for "hosts         file    dns".

Yuck.  The only entries we have in our hosts files is on the master and
media servers for each other.  Everybody else (about 150 clients - VMS,
Solaris, Windows, Linux, HP-UX) all use the DNS.

hosts files are a maintenance nightmare and should be avoided at all
costs, IMHO.

> DNS and NetBackup do not get an A+ for playing together. On a good day I
> can't figure out where NetBackup gets its IP addresses from.

That's because you're using hosts files :-)

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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