All,
I am installing Oracle EBS R12.2 on a SLES 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64)
The installation fails, using an IP address for the hostname that is different from the one in the /etc/hosts.
The /etc/hosts IP differs from the return from the nslookup
(Q)How do I get the installer to read the /etc/hosts file and use that FQDN and IP?
When the installer runs this command /bin/ping -c 1 my_Hostname it returns:
THE INSTALLER ERRORS:
“PING My_Hostname (198.105.254.240)”
--- My_Hostname ping statistics --
1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
RW-50011: Error: - Mid-tier host ping has returned an error: 1 command: /bin/ping -c 1 My_Hostname.my_company.com
ping: unknown host My_Hostname.my_company.com
The /etc/hosts file has 192.168.0.121. When I ping my FQDN from my /etc/hosts file it returns the IP Address in the hostfile.
The /etc/nsswitch.conf is set to look at files and then DNS, but I believe nslookup only looks in DNS, hence Name Service Lookup
The # nslookup servername command returns
Server: 209.18.47.61
Address: 209.18.47.61#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: servername
Address: 198.105.254.240
Name: servername
Address: 198.105.244.240
"/etc/resolv.conf"
### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
search MY_Company.com
nameserver 209.18.47.61
nameserver 209.18.47.62
nameserver 192.168.0.1
options attempts:5
options timeout:15
Thanks,
Paul
