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Operating Systems AIX AIX How to exchange hostname and IP address between two AIX servers? Post 302732449 by bakunin on Saturday 17th of November 2012 05:57:59 PM
Old 11-17-2012
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Originally Posted by lramsb4u
what is the difference between smitty mktcpip and smitty tcpip ?
These are so-called "fastpaths". Instead of calling "smitty" (which takes you to a main menu) and going through a series of smitty-panels you can go to a certain panel directly. If unsure, just use "smitty" and follow the panels, they are pretty self-explanatory.

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Also anymore steps to follow or just updating using smitty is enough (hoping that no reboot is required)
No, that is enough. Hostname and IP address only take a "touchdown" (stop/start) of the network. Depending on the IP addresses involved you might need to change also the routing, but this need no reboot too.


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1) remove server A from network and update hostname and IP address (to Server B's hostname and IP) using smitty

2) move network connection cables from server B to server A

3) update hostname and IP of server B (to that of server A's old values)

4) attach network cables removed from server A to server B
Looks good. The only thing you have to avoid is to have the same IP address twice on the network. Pulling cables is a pretty sure way of avoiding to be on the network, regardless of the validity of the IP address. ;-))

I hope this helps.

bakunin
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

gnome-network-preferences

gnome-network-preferences(1)					   User Commands				      gnome-network-preferences(1)

NAME

       gnome-network-preferences - configure network proxy

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-network-preferences [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  Network  Proxy preference tool enables you to configure how your system connects to networks. You can configure the desktop to connect
       to a proxy server, and specify the details of the proxy server. A proxy server is a server that intercepts requests to another server,  and
       fulfills the request itself, if it can. You can enter the Domain Name Service (DNS) name or the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the proxy
       server.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching the Network Proxy preference tool

       example% gnome-network-preferences

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-network-pExecutable for Network Proxy preferences tool

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	     ATTRIBUTE VALUE	    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Preference Tools Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    2 Oct 2003					      gnome-network-preferences(1)
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