I know this has been discussed before, but I cant find any notes I kept about
it, and its not an FAQ on the Tivoli site.

Running Netview v5 on AIX 4.2.1

How can I make Netview know a node by the name assigned to a loopback
interface, and not the first interface it finds?

OpenView will automatically change the name it knows a node by to the loopback
interface as soon as it finds a loopback interface.  Does the current 5.1.1
Netview do that? (I have not applied patches yet.)

If not, how can I force it (deleting all other interfaces and doing a demand
poll doesnt help: it just adds the other interfaces back and keeps the same
name.)

And also if it doesn't whats the email to request enhancements?

TIA