The Hostid is a globally unique ID for a Sun Solaris Machine. Sometimes, you need to change this hostid for whatever purpose. For example, you current machine is down for hardware failure and you purchased a new machine.
However, all your current running software are based on this old hostid, and you must bring the new machine up within a very short time. The quick solution is to change the new machine’s hostid to be as same as the old one.
However, all your current running software are based on this old hostid, and you must bring the new machine up within a very short time. The quick solution is to change the new machine’s hostid to be as same as the old one.