Node and Host Name Sizes on HP-UX: Using the Expanded Capabilities of HP-UX

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Serviceguard
The Serviceguard product supports host names up to 39-bytes (not including null terminator).
Shared LVM
In a Shared LVM SGeRAC environment the vgdisplay command displays the host names
of activated/shared volumes. In this environment it supports up to 39 bytes (not including
null terminator).
UUCP
UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Protocol (UUCP) on HP-UX supports node names only up to 8 bytes. The
intersystem protocols cannot support longer node names. If the system node name is set to
more than 8 bytes, UUCP might fail to function properly.
VxVM
The VxVM volume manager product supports node names up to 8 bytes.