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Old 10-09-2007
Solaris 10 network configuration problem with zone

I am seeking help from the gurus in this forum and hope that I can find answers soon. Anyone who provide the answers will be greatly appreciated.

I have a sparc box with Solaris 10 on it. We install Solaris with zone structure. One global zone and two other zone. I installed Oracle DB on global zone successfully. But Oracle DBconsile couldn't find correct IP address mapping with hostname or qualified hostname.domain. I did some steps to test like this:

1. login box as root user

2. $>hostname, I got correct hostname.domain

3.$>nslookup 190.90.80.20 (IP address), I got
Server: 190.90.90.34
Address: 190.90.90.34 # 35
Server can't find 20.80.90.190 in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN
(my box's hostname and IP didn't show up here)

4.$>nslookup hostname, I got
Server: 190.90.90.35
Address: 190.90.90.35 # 35
Server can't find hostname: SERVFAIL

5.$>nslookup hostname.domain.com, I got
Server: 190.90.90.35
Address: 190.90.90.35 # 35
Server can't find hostname.domain.com: NXDOMAIN.

I think this might be caused by network configuration during zone installation. So how could I fix this problem? Please advise me with details.
# 2  
Old 10-09-2007
So you have a PTR record configured in DNS somewhere for this server?

Otherwise nslookup will fail - that's expected.
# 3  
Old 10-10-2007
zazzybob:

Thanks for your advice. But I didn't understand 'PTR record configured in DNS'. Could you please give more details or examples?
# 4  
Old 10-10-2007
Are your IP address and server name configured in the DNS server you are using?
# 5  
Old 10-11-2007
porter:

Frankly speaking, I am not sure. I am going to check. But I did nslookup on Solaris server. The hostname and IP on server couldn't be mapped correctly. I have added server's IP and hostname on the host file at my local machine(my laptop). I can ping server either by IP or hostname successfully. Now problem is on the server. Please comment on it. Thanks.
# 6  
Old 10-11-2007
On your server have you checked the nsswitch.conf file and made sure it looks in both file and dns?

Solaris - nsswitch.conf (4)
# 7  
Old 10-12-2007
Porter:

Thanks for your advice and link. I have checked /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/nsswitch.dns files. They all list as: hosts files dns. I may need to enter DNS server IP into /etc/resolv.conf.

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