POWER7 information

hostname command

Purpose

Sets or displays the name of the current host system.

hostname [HostName]

The hostname command sets or displays the name of the current host system.

Note: If the cluster is present on the machine, you cannot change the host name.

Parameter name	Description
Hostname	Sets the primary name of the host.

To set the host name to rotterdam, type the command as follows:
```
hostname rotterdam
```

Note: If you attempt to change the host name of a partition, which is in use for cluster communication by typing the following command:

hostname abc

The system displays the following error message with return code 78:

The requested operation is not allowed because partition is a member of "test_cluster" cluster.

The mktcpip command, the startnetsvc command, the stopnetsvc command, the cfglnagg command, the entstat command, the cfgnamesrv command, the hostmap command, the traceroute command, the ping command, the optimizenet command.

Last updated: Wed, June 03, 2015