Reverse Host Name Lookup changes outside of the Administration Console

In some cases, a master server may not be able to view the host properties of a media server or client in the NetBackup Administration Console. The NetBackup customer's DNS reverse host name lookup configuration may be one possible reason why the Host Properties may not be visible.

In this case, since changing the NetBackup Reverse Host Name Lookup host property requires being able to view the Host Properties, you'll need to use another method to change it.

Configure the REVERSE_NAME_LOOKUP option by using the nbgetconfig and nbsetconfig commands. The nbsetconfig command configures the option on Windows and UNIX master servers and clients.

See Methods to set the NetBackup configuration options.

The REVERSE_NAME_LOOKUP entry uses the following format:

REVERSE_NAME_LOOKUP = ALLOWED | RESTRICTED | PROHIBITED

For example:

REVERSE_NAME_LOOKUP = PROHIBITED

The values of ALLOWED, RESTRICTED, and PROHIBITED represent the same meaning as the values in the Network Settings host properties.