Server name alias?

Cringer

ProgressTalk.com Moderator

Staff member

• Sep 12, 2014

• #1

I've got to urgently run some code on a different server to normal and the author is away and I can't find his source. It's hard coded to look at \\hob03\someplace but that server doesn't exist at the moment. Is there any way I can trap any calls to \\hob03 and route them to \\inevh05 instead?

 

TheMadDBA

Active Member

• Sep 12, 2014

• #2

Temporary fix might be to add inevh05 with the IP address of hob03 to your hosts file. Usually under C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc.

Depends on how your host name resolution is set up and how it looks for hosts.

 

Cringer

ProgressTalk.com Moderator

Staff member

• Sep 12, 2014

• #3

Thanks for that. Already tried that and it's not working. Trying a DNS alias for now, and whilst that works for manual navigation Progress still doesn't seem to be able to find the files. Very frustrating.

 

Rob Fitzpatrick

ProgressTalk.com Sponsor

• Sep 12, 2014

• #4

Progress should resolve host names the same way any other application would. Did you try flushing your DNS cache?

 

TomBascom

Curmudgeon

• Sep 12, 2014

• #5

You have learned a very important lesson about hard coding things -- now teach that lesson to your colleague

 

Cringer

ProgressTalk.com Moderator

Staff member

• Sep 15, 2014

• #6

Thanks Tom. It's a lesson I have already learned. Unfortunately the colleague is the IT manager and shouldn't be hacking code but he does.