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Should UnknownHostException in synchronization cause instance to not come up?

From: Joe Di Pol <joe.dipol_at_oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:52:35 -0700

While looking into a different problem I noticed that
if an instance gets an UnknownHostException while attempting
to synchronize with the DAS it does not come up. If it
gets a ConnectionException (like when the DAS is down) it
does come up.

Is there a reason why the former case does not behave like the later?
Is it because we think UnknownHostException is more likely
to be a configuration error than a transient name service problem?

Joe