gethostbyname

[RameshG]

Hi All,

Where does the Netbackup 7.1 media server running on Microsoft Windows 2003 x32 fetch the data for "gethostbyname"?

Thanks,

Ramesh G

[Marianne]

The request is sent to the OS. So, whatever the OS uses is what will be returned.

***EDIT****

Since NBU 7.0.1, NBU is using getaddrinfo. See http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH159765

Also see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms738524(v=vs.85).aspx

Another TN:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH27430
The -hn option allows a host name to be specified. Bpclntcmd uses gethostbyname() on the NetBackup node to obtain the IP address associated with the host name defined in the node's Domain Name Service (DNS), Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), or local hosts file entries.

[RameshG · Accepted solution]

In addition, this TN also helped http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH136792