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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 is false .

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