Symptom
- The system cannot start, sapcontrol command fails with error:
FAIL: NIEHOST_UNKNOWN (Address family not supported by protocol),
NiRawConnect failed in plugin_fopen() - The dev_disp trace file may contain:
*** ERROR => NiPGetHostByName: invalid family NNNNN [niuxi.c 1954]
*** ERROR => NiHLGetNodeAddr: NiPGetHostByName failed (rc=-1) [nixxhl.cpp 279]
*** ERROR => NiGetLoopbackAddr: NiIGetNodeAddr failed (rc=-2) [nixx.c 2180]
*** ERROR => NiDgHdlBindName: invalid hostname 'localhost' (rc=-2;hdl 1) [nixx.c 4341]
*** ERROR => DpCommInit: NiDgHdlBindName failed: -8 [dpxxdisp.c 10339]
*** DP_FATAL_ERROR => DpSapEnvInit: DpCommInit
*** DISPATCHER EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN *** - Niping selftest "niping -t -H <hostname of localhost>" fails with error:
*** ERROR => NiPGetHostByName: invalid family NNNNN [niuxi.c 1954]
*** ERROR => NiHLGetNodeAddr: NiPGetHostByName failed (rc=-1) [nixxhl.cpp 269]
*** ERROR => NiGetLoopbackAddr: NiIGetNodeAddr failed (rc=-2) [nixx.c 2180]
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Product
ABAP platform all versions ; SAP NetWeaver all versions ; SAP Web Application Server for SAP S/4HANA all versions
Keywords
KBA , BC-NET , Obsolete - Formerly used for network tests , BC-CST-STS , Startup Service , How To
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