vserver services name-service getxxbyyy gethostbyaddr
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Gets the host information from the IP address.
Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the advanced privilege level.
Description
The ` vserver services name-service getxxbyyy gethostbyaddr ` gets the host name by using the IP address. The underlying service for doing the lookup is selected based on the configured name service switch order.
Parameters
-node {<nodename>|local}- Node Name (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify the node where the lookup will be performed
-vserver <vserver name>- Vserver Name (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify the Vserver where the lookup will be performed
-ipaddress <IP Address>- IP Address (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify the IPv4/IPv6 address for which the host information is needed
[-show-source {true|false}]- Source used for Lookup (privilege: advanced)-
Use this parameter to specify if source used for lookup needs to be displayed
[-use-cache <true>]- Enable/Disable cache (privilege: advanced)-
If set to
true, locally-cached values will be used. The default value isfalse.
Examples
The following example requests host information for the given IP address:
cluster1::*> vserver services name-service getxxbyyy gethostbyaddr -node cluster1-01 -vserver vs1 -ipaddress 127.0.0.1 -show-source false -use-cache false IP address: 127.0.0.1 Host name: localhost