Autoping -M localhost cannot be resolved
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Autoping -M localhost cannot be resolved

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Article ID: 35683

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Products

CA Workload Automation AE - Business Agents (AutoSys) CA Workload Automation AE - Scheduler (AutoSys) Workload Automation Agent

Issue/Introduction

autoping -M localhost' fails with

CAUAJM_I_50023 AutoPinging Machine [localhost] 

CAUAJM_E_10139 Localhost cannot be resolved to a machine definition.
CAUAJM_W_10109 Please define a single machine with the name 'log-machine-name' or specify an existing machine as the LocalMachineDefinition configuration variable.

Environment

Release: All Supported Versions
Component: Workload Automation AE (AutoSys Edition):

Cause

machine "localhost"  cannot be resolved 

Resolution

- On Windows:

From This Program path: CA---> Workload automation AE ---> Administrator ---> Scheduler
Look for " localmachinedefinition" , and add the hostname in this field

- On UNIX machine:

Open the $AUTOUSER/config.$AUTOSERV and look for " LocalMachineDefinition =
Add the local hostname

- Otherwise you can create a machine definition in Autosys with machine type 'a' and called "localhost"