topic Re: system nodename length in Operating System - HP-UX

system nodename length

Narayanaswami — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:46:32 GMT

Hi,
I have an nPar-ed rx8620(Integrity) running two n-partitions with 11iv2.
I want to assign nodenames to the partitions
with something like this..

-npar0
-npar1

There is a restriction on hostnames to a length of 8 characters,but
that used to be with 10.20 and previous versions.

Does this still hold?Don't we have the freedom to assign nodenames > 8 characters?
Can someone help me out?
Thanks
Swami

Re: system nodename length

James A. Donovan — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:49:01 GMT

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=246176

Re: system nodename length

James R. Ferguson — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:51:07 GMT

Hi:

You have the option of installing a new product which lifts the restictions formerly seen:

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=NodeHostNameXpnd

Be careful to read the caveats.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: system nodename length

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:56:08 GMT

And eventhough you can there is a very good chance that you will break legacy software. I assume that is an example because underscores (though common in Windows) violate the DNS rules.

Re: system nodename length

Narayanaswami — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:06:23 GMT

Thanks All,

There seem to be too many caveats there..
Scares me!
Of course is just a place-holder.
Many thanks for your help..

Best Regards!

Re: system nodename length

Narayanaswami — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:23:32 GMT

Well,closing thread..
From what I've read,Let me do some testing
after installing this product..I don't feel like taking the risk though.