Troubleshooting guide

274 NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide - UNIX
You can create and edit this file to force the desired translation of NetBackup client host
names.
Each line in the host.xlate file has three elements: a numeric key and two hostnames.
Each line is left-justified, and each element of the line is separated by a space character.
key hostname_from_ client client_as_known_by_server
Where
◆ key is a numeric value used by NetBackup to specify the cases where the translation is
to be done. Currently this value must always be 0, indicating a configured name
translation.
◆ hostname_from_client is the value to translate. This must correspond to the name that
is obtained by the client’s gethostname() function and sent to the server in the
request.
◆ client_as_known_by_server is the name to substitute for hostname_from_client when
responding to requests. This name must be the name configured in the NetBackup
configuration on the master server and must also be known to the master server’s
network services.
For example, the line
0 danr danr.eng.aaa.com
specifies that when the master server receives a request for a configured client name
(numeric key 0), the name danr is always replaced by the name danr.eng.aaa.com. This
resolves the problem mentioned above, assuming that:
◆ The client’s gethostname() function returned danr.
◆ The master server’s network services gethostbyname() function did not recognize
the name danr.
◆ The client was configured and named in the NetBackup configuration as
danr.eng.aaa.com and this name is also known to network services on the master
server.