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Running ESX Host kit 5.1 for NetApp on vSphere , DNS error’s

by Roger Lund

I had a ESX host that would give me the following error when I ran my config mpath.


#config_mpath –primary –loadbalance –policy fixed




WARNING:
   Your DNS is improperly configured.
   The following storage system hostname(s) could not be resolved:
      scoa-netac1
      scoa-netac2


   After the DNS issues are resolved, you must properly
   configure the preferred paths for NetApp storage systems
   by running the following command:
      /opt/netapp/santools/config_mpath –primary –loadbalance –persistent


I checked my dns, and my FQDN given was in uppercase , therefore, I changed it and tried again.

——

WARNING:
   Your DNS is improperly configured.
   The following storage system hostname(s) could not be resolved:
      scoa-netac1
      scoa-netac2
   After the DNS issues are resolved, you must properly
   configure the preferred paths for NetApp storage systems
   by running the following command:
      /opt/netapp/santools/config_mpath –primary –loadbalance –persistent
—–
Now what?
The next step was to manually check my configuration files.
#nano /etc/resolv.conf
Showed: ( note, I changed my below info)
nameserver 1x.220.0.x
nameserver 1x.220.0.x
search domain.com
Which is correct.
So then I did.
#nano /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain localhost
1x.220.0.x     SCOA-VIRTUAL2.domain.com
1x.220.0.x   scoa-netac1.domain.com scoa-netac1
1x.220.0.x   scoa-netac2.domain.com scoa-netac2
::1             localhost.localdomain localhost
Ah, Ha! We changed netac1 and netac2’s IP!
I commented out those lines, and yahoooo, it worked!
Roger L.


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