SAM complains difference in hostname and uname

[ramprakash surulirajan]

we have a situation where doing some work thru SAM it complains about differences in hostname and uname and ask us to set them to be same. We rely on hostname for some of our scripts so we cannot make them same. Is there anyway we can tell SAM not to complain on the differences. If there is not anyway for this how can we make SAM read only

[Bill Hassell]

From a search of the patch database:

"SAM fails to update the /etc/hosts file if the
nodename and hostname is different because SAM
does not support nodename that is more than
nine characters.
Resolution: SAM code has been modified such that the
/etc/hosts file is modified by SAM even if the
nodename and hostname are different."

The patch is PHCO_34207.

[Albert_31]

Hello Ramprakash,

There is a limitation on the number of characters on a HPUX OS till 11.23..

hostname = no limit.(64/256 I am sure at the moment)
nodename = 8 characters.

So you have to ensure that your hostname and nodename are the same. There is no solution to it now.

As a workaround you can create alias in the /etc/hosts or update in dns/nis as applicable.

Regards

Albert