Probably worth an xnmsnmpconf -clearCache as well.
Jane Curry wrote:
>
> Judy,
> Is you NetView machine using your /etc/hosts file?? If you have done all
> the necessary name-to-address changes and deleted from NetView and they
> STILL come back with the old hostnames, perhpas your NetView system is
> actually using DNS or NIS? Check the /etc/netsvc.conf file (for AIX,
> /etc/nsswitch.conf for Solaris) to see what order your name-to-address
> resolution mechanisms are used (if you haven't got this file - don't
> worry). Then check whether you have a /etc/resolv.conf - if you have, you
> will use DNS rather than /etc/hosts unless your netsvc says otherwise.
>
> Cheers, Jane
>
> Judy Stobby wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am having some host name discrepancies with two nodes that the router
> > people decided to swap ip addresses. One node is the IBM 8265, which
> > now has the ip address of our used to be default gateway router. The
> > ethernet lec on the 8265 is now the default gateway. The old gateway
> > router, is now just a router, with the same host name on the token ring
> > side of the network. I changed the default gateway and I have swapped
> > the ip addresses in the /etc/hosts file, but the 8265 shows up with the
> > old gateway router host name. If I do object display info, I get all
> > the correct information regarding the 8265. I have deleted the nodes,
> > but the 8265 always appears with the old host name, not the one in the
> > /etc/hosts file.
> > When I try to explain this to the router folks, they tell me that
> > netview is stupid, but I know better. Does anyone have an idea of what
> > the problem is?
>
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