Why hostname parameter is not working in the prescript during installation ?

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Issue

  • Hostname parameter is not working in prescript
  • volume groups are not getting the expected names.
hostname=`hostname -s` 
network --bootproto=static --ip=192.168.0.1 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.0.254 --nameserver 192.168.0.254 --hostname server.example.com part pv.3 --size=2000 volgroup vg_`$hostname` pv.3 logvol /test --vgname=vg_`$hostname` --size=1000 --name=lv_`$hostname` --grow EOF
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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4

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