Host name ping to another ip.

[aamir4u]

Hi,

When i ping on host name ite reply to another ip.

my host entry is:-

##***Cluster Node IP Address ***

192.168.6.5     uatdata1        uatdata1.mpmkvvcl.com

192.168.6.6     uatdata2        uatdata2.mpmkvvcl.com

 ##***Private IP Addresses ***

 15.1.1.1        uatdata1-priv   uatdata1-priv.mpmkvvcl.com

15.1.1.2        uatdata2-priv   uatdata2-priv.mpmkvvcl.com

## *****Cluster VIP's*****

192.168.6.25    uatdata1-vip    uatdata1-vip.mpmkvvcl.com

192.168.6.26    uatdata2-vip    uatdata2-vip.mpmkvvcl.com

##*************application server****************

192.168.5.5     uatapp1         uatapp1.mpmkvvcl.com

192.168.5.6     uatapp2         uatapp2.mpmkvvcl.com

Example:

ping uatdata1-vip.mpmkvvcl.com

PING 208-87-35-101.securehost.com: 64 byte packets 64 bytes from 208.87.35.101: icmp_seq=0. time=464. ms 64 bytes from 208.87.35.101: icmp_seq=1. time=457. ms 64 bytes from 208.87.35.101: icmp_seq=2. time=465. ms

its reply to another ip but its host entry is (192.168.6.25    uatdata1-vip    uatdata1-vip.mpmkvvcl.com )

1.Why its not reply to 192.168.6.25 ?

Is any thing wrong on my cluster host entry.

Please help me as soon as possible.

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[Henry Fauni]

The first thing I would do:

# nslookup uatdata1-vip.mpmkvvcl.com

This will give you an idea how the system is resolving that hostname.

My guess is that you have  a DNS server configured, and your /etc/nsswitch.conf is configured to try DNS first.