[6646] in Moira
Re: new host record not being output by hosts DCM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ron M Hoffmann)
Wed Nov 5 10:45:28 2025
From: Ron M Hoffmann <hoffmann@mit.edu>
To: bug-moira <bug-moira@mit.edu>
CC: Ron M Hoffmann <hoffmann@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 15:45:25 +0000
Message-ID: <06AA7749-2464-407B-9267-360C6588B16C@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <A14541B3-A7D3-4CBC-B98E-16CD7266581A@mit.edu>
Content-Language: en-US
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-ID: <2EDD3141F9D0794BB3B7C286D6A46B54@prod.exchangelabs.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Suddenly not urgent. On cfox's suggestion, I deleted and re-added just the IP address,
and that seems to have fixed the status of the address. Maybe the logs have some
useful info...
Ron
> On Nov 5, 2025, at 10:23, Ron M Hoffmann <hoffmann@mit.edu> wrote:
>
> I ran into an odd behavior on 11/4.
>
> I attempted to add a host record for sts-jantolin01.mit.edu - Network: SLOAN-470
> yesterday. The client specified 18.4.70.29 .sts-jantolin01.mit.edu - Network: SLOAN-470.
> No error was reported. As a check on myself, I tried to read back the new record,
> but nothing was returned.
>
> After poking for a bit, I noticed that 18.4.70.29 was already assigned to context.mit.edu <http://context.mit.edu/> .
> Normally I would have expected an error to be reported when I entered the record, but
> didn't get one.
>
> I've since deleted context.mit.edu <http://context.mit.edu/>, and sts-jantolin01.mit.edu <http://sts-jantolin01.mit.edu/> shows up when querying
> for it with the stella command:
>
> % stella sts-jantolin01.mit.edu
> Machine: STS-JANTOLIN01.MIT.EDU
>
> Address: IPV4:18.4.70.29 Network: SLOAN-470
> Owner: NONE Use data: 01-jan-1970 00:00:00
> Status: Active (1) Changed: 05-nov-2025 08:37:19
>
> Vendor: VMWARE Location: OC11
> Model: PC Contact: sts.ios@mit.edu
> OS: LINUX Billing Contact: pshaughn@mit.edu
> Opt: 0 Account Number: 1500551
>
> Adm cmt: INC1692274
> Op cmt:
> Created by hoffmann/root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU on 04-nov-2025 16:21:27
> Last mod by hoffmann/root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU at 05-nov-2025 08:37:19 with stella.
>
> ... but it's not making it out of the hosts DCM.
>
> Ron Hoffmann
>
