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Maintaining OVO
Changing Hostnames and IP Addresses
Changing Hostnames and IP Addresses
It is not uncommon for a node to have more than one IP address and
hostname. If a node becomes a member of another subnet, you may need
to change its IP addresses. In this case, the IP address or fully qualified
domain name may change.
NOTE For the HTTPS-based Windows nodes, you can also specify the IP
address as dynamic. You can do this from the Add/Modify Node window.
In general, on HP-UX and Solaris systems, the IP address and the
related hostname are configured in one of the following:
❏ /etc/hosts
❏ Domain Name Service (DNS)
❏ Network Information Service (NIS on HP-UX, NIS+ on Solaris)
OVO also configures the hostname and IP address of the management
server for the managed node in the management server database.
If you are moving from a non-name-server environment to a name-server
environment (that is, DNS or BIND), make sure the name server can
access the new IP address.
Hostnames work within IP networks to identify a managed node. While a
node may have many IP addresses, the hostname is used to pinpoint a
specific node. The system hostname is the string returned when you use
the UNIX hostname(1) command.
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