First Created & tested: 6/15/2016 - Raj Patel Confirmed on customers setup: 6/16/2016 Tested on VIOS 2.2.4.10 ======================= These are the revised steps tested on nodes [ violab5 , violab6 ]. The example used is from [ short -> long ]. These can be reversed to perform [ long -> short ]. Verify these steps on your setups. What likely already exists 0) /etc/hosts of target node (short name first , in cluster with short name) 10.99.3.6 violab6 violab6.aus.stglabs.ibm.com 1) All nodes [ resolve locally ] #cat /etc/netsvc.conf hosts=local4,bind4 2) The other node (!target) that is UP. [ violab5 here ] padmin:$ clstartstop -stop -m violab6 3) On Target node [ violab6 ] , update hostname to long name # chdev -l inet0 -a hostname=violab6.aus.stglabs.ibm.com inet0 changed 4) The other node (!target) that is UP. [ violab5 here ] i) Split /etc/hosts entries to look like: 10.99.3.6 violab6 10.99.3.6 violab6.aus.stglabs.ibm.com ii) On same node as root: Change hostname from short name to long name. # /usr/sbin/chcluster -m violab6{cle_hostname=violab6.aus.stglabs.ibm.com} chcluster: Successfully modified cluster. 5) All nodes [ remove short name entry in /etc/hosts ] , will just have: 10.99.3.6 violab6.aus.stglabs.ibm.com 6) The other node (!target) that is UP. [ violab5 here ] padmin:$ clstartstop -start -m violab6.aus.stglabs.ibm.com Additional Notes From Customers test setup: =========================================== Before: 10.70.51.134 vios103a 10.70.51.134 vios103a.wasserstrom.com 10.70.51.135 vios103b.wasserstrom.com 10.70.51.135 vios103b NODES Name Shid Uuid Flags N_gw Site_shid Site_uuid vios103a 1 693c413c-2287-11e6-8005-f81ecfcfa1a3 00000000 1 1 693608d0-2287-11e6-8005-f81ecfcfa1a3 After: 10.70.51.134 vios103a.wasserstrom.com vios103a 10.70.51.135 vios103b.wasserstrom.com vios103b NODES Name Shid Uuid Flags N_gw Site_shid Site_uuid vios103a.wasserstrom.com 1 693c413c-2287-11e6-8005-f81ecfcfa1a3 00000000 1 1 693608d0-2287-11e6-8005-f81ecfcfa1a3