NW 5.1 and 6 Hosts file 2

[cwissy]

We are running a blend of these 2, we run pure IP, is the hosts file used? On running DSREPAIR Getting 'could not find a net address for this server - Error -634 could not connect -634'
However the servers are 'talking' to each other.
Also getting the message 'error updating trasitive vector for replica' We have had issues with our master replica server losing time, replaced the battery etc, but still gains time by 20 odd years on reboot sometimes, this is the 'time giver' in our network so causes lot's of problems.

 

[marvhuffaker]

Those errors may be cosmetic. See TID# 10052551. I'd be more concerned about other NDS errors you may see.

However, There are many things that rely on the HOSTS file and will not work correctly without. You should at least have an entry for Localhost pointing to 127.0.0.1 as well as the server name with it's actual ip address.

If you have your DNS setup correctly, you shouldn't have to have any other servers in the hosts file. That becomes cumbersome and difficult to manage, especially with a lot of servers.



Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[cwissy]

I am not sure that DNS is set up correctly, but my hosts files have the main server names and IP address's in them. Does the name have to be the full distinguished name?

 

[marvhuffaker]

Generally you put the short name (Server name) as well as the Full name with domain.. Like this:

192.168.5.43 MYSERVER MYSERVER.MYDOMAIN.COM

You can easily check and find out of DNS is working correctly on the server. Look at your SYS:ETC\RESOLV.CFG file. If it's empty, it's not resolving names. Or do a PING

http://WWW.ANYTHING.COM.

If it resolves to an ip address, DNS is working (At least for outside addresses..)





Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[terry712]

scares me when you say 20 years

are you getting any synthetic time messages?
the transitive message is cosmetic issue.

in dsrepair - advanced - servers known to this database - are they there and up

also with the hosts file - make sure there a full rtn after the last entry - this can cause funnies in not there