ITEM: FP1752L

smit not retaining all the information

Question:

PROBLEM SUMMARY:
smit not retaining all the information 

Env:
  AIX 4.2.1
  RISC J30
  sysback 4.2.0

Problem:
  I do this: 
  
  smitty sysback
    Configuration Options
       Network Boot/Install Configuration
         Add or Change a Network Boot Client

  Client network adapter type                        [ethernet]   
  Client platform/kernel type                        [rspc]   
  Client hostname                                    [mod43p-240]
  Server IP address                                  [9.19.129.186]
  Client gateway address (optional)                  [9.19.145.240]
  Client subnet mask (optional)                      []
  Client adapter hardware address (optional)         []


If I go back into that option, the values for the gateway, subnet and hw
address are blank.  Also the values for the adapter type and platfrom type
are back to the defaults.


APPENDED by tj on 04/23/98 13:35:
I setup a client using the same hostname and values you showed above
but did not experience any problem. All of the values I setup came back
without any problem. Can you give me a specific test case where I can
see your problem?
Thanks.

APPENDED by lmiller@systape2 on 04/23/98 13:55:

You can see this on my system:

tn 9.19.129.186  (systape2.aix.dfw.ibm.com)

CLOSED by tj on 04/23/98 16:16:
The problem is that the hostname is stored in the /etc/bootptab
file using the full domain name, but SMIT only looks for the 
client hostname according to the base hostname. I changed the
initial selection of hosts for this option to get the list from
the bootptab file instead of lo9oking for clients in the 
/tftpboot directory. You will be able to select a client with 
a full domain name but the rest will work the same.



Support Line: smit not retaining all the information ITEM: FP1752L

Dated: April 1998 Category: N/A

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