nhJoinCluster -id field limitation

Products

• CA eHealth

Issue/Introduction

Question: 

What is the character limitation on the -id part of nhJoinCluster?

Environment:  

eHealth 6.3.x+

All supported operating systems

Answer: 

The limitation on the id field in nhJoinCluster is a numerical one not length one.  The limitation is 2^31 - 1 or 2147483647.  For example:

[[email protected] eHealth]$ nhJoinCluster -host hostname -useStdDac no -id 2147483648 
Error: Value '2147483648' is out of range.

 

[[email protected] eHealth]$ nhJoinCluster -host hostname -useStdDac no -id 2147483647
Enter Existing Cluster Password:

Environment

Release: LHDEVC99000-6.3-eHealth-Live Health Upgrade Elements
Component: