Verifying the host server IP address and names

Before you install IBM® Operations Analytics Log Analysis, you must ensure that the details for each host server are maintained correctly in the etc/hosts directory on the target system.

About this task

If you do not complete this task, you may encounter issues when you log in or run a Custom Search Dashboard. For more information, see Cannot run Custom Search Dashboards after IP address change in the Troubleshooting Guide.

Procedure

For a server that uses a static IP address, define the static IP address and the required values in the following format:
```
IP     LONG-HOSTNAME    SHORT-HOSTNAME
```
For example:
```
9.124.111.162     scaserver1.example.com     scaserver1
```
For a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server that uses a loop back IP address, define the loop back IP address and the required values in the following format:
```
LOOPBACK-IP     LONG-HOSTNAME    SHORT-HOSTNAME
```
For example:
```
127.0.0.1    ibmscala.example.com     ibmscala
```