Summary

How to use nsutil with an IPv6 address in the ORBInitRef corbaloc URL.

Environment

VisiBroker 8.5 SP3

All supported operating systems

Question/Problem Description

The corbaloc URL which can be specified in the ORBInitRef has the following format:

corbaloc::<hostname/IPaddress>:<port>/NameService

The above URL can be used for the ORBInitRef parameter for nsutil as follows:

$VBROKERDIR/bin/nsutil -VBJprop ORBInitRef=NameService=corbaloc::<hostname/IP address>:<port>/NameService <nsutil command>

Error Message

org.omg.CORBA.OBJECT_NOT_EXIST: java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument or cannot assign requested address  vmcid: 0x56420000  minor code: 1  completed: No

Cause

IPv6 addresses (e.g. fdb0:449b:f30d:59:250:56ff:feb6:21de)  contain ":" characters, which conflict with the ":" characters in the corbaloc URL.

Resolution

IPv6 addresses need to be provided in square brackets [<IPv6 address>].

The corbaloc URL needs to be provided as

corbaloc::[<IPv6-address>]:<port>/NameService

The ORBInitRef parameter for nsutil looks as follows:

$VBROKERDIR/bin/nsutil -VBJprop ORBInitRef=NameService=corbaloc::[<IPv6 address>]:<port>/NameService <nsutil command>

e.g.

$VBROKERDIR/bin/nsutil -VBJprop ORBInitRef=NameService=corbaloc::[fdb0:449b:f30d:59:250:56ff:feb6:21de]:<port>/NameService <nsutil command>

Support Incidents

2872624