What I've seen is that it depends on how Netview discovered the device. If
Netview first heard from the device via the en1 interface, then it would do a
reverse DNS lookup and use the nodeastby.pepsi.com name. I'm sure others will
have more details, but that's what I've seen. I typically put the name I want
in the seedfile, delete the node, and do a netmon -y to rediscover it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott . [mailto:pepsiasg@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 2:02 PM
To: nv-l@tkg.com
Subject: [NV-L] Multiple Interfaces and DNS entries
NetView 6.0.1 AIX 4.3
I have several AIX nodes with multiple interfaces. How does NetView decide
which name to use for the node when it displays it? Here is an example:
Node appears on the map as:
nodeastby.pepsi.com
Node has 2 interfaces, each has a DNS entry:
(en0)nodea.pepsi.com
(en1)nodeastby.pepsi.com
Why does NetView choose one name over another?
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