Thursday, 4 July 2024

Why Two different FQDN for the same IP address is strictly forbidden in /etc/hosts file ? #SAP #OS

 Two different FQDNs for the same IP address is forbidden, the file will be unreadable,

The /etc/hosts file will not be able to contain 2 FQDNs for the same IP address SAP Server following the standard format RFC.

Correct format regarding FQDN :

#IP                                  Full Qualified Domain Name                       Hostname


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Incorrect format regarding FQDN :

#IP      1 Full Qualified Domain Name      2 Full Qualified Domain Name       Hostname

(This example is strictly forbidden you cannot have 2 FQDN for the same IP address, each IP must have only one FQDN referenced)

In case you would like to use 2 FQDN for one IP it is not standard cause one IP must be associated only with one FQDN please verify the network possibility for this request