PM36331: HOSTID IS (CAN'T GET HOSTID OF TYPE 2 []) INVALID HOSTID ON SERVER LINE

APAR status

• Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

• lmgrd log error message 'hostid is (Can't get hostid of type 2
  []) ... Invalid hostid on SERVER line' when creating license key
  for license server installed on SLES 10 Linux in a VMWare
  virtual environment.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  The Rational License Server 7.1 was installed on a Linux
  machine with SLES 10 Linux in a VMWare virtual environment.
  When using the lmhostid utility there was no hostid found.
  This machine had 3 ethernet interfaces. When using the
  MACaddress for ifeth1 the license server could not be
  started. The error reported was
  18:00:06 (ibmratl) SERVER line says 005056000014, hostid is
  (Can't get hostid of type 2 [])
  18:00:06 (ibmratl) Invalid hostid on SERVER line
  

Problem conclusion

• The SLES 10 OS is not a supported OS for the License Server.
  Additionally in a technote from Flexera, Q206115, they say
  that it is interface eth0 that is used to get the hostid. So
  a possible solution, although unsupported, could be to map
  the interface ifeth1 to eth0.
  

Temporary fix

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Fix information

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