Host Name (-H)

Use Host Name (-H) to identify the host name.

Operating system and syntax	UNIX / Windows(TCP)	-H {host-name \| localhost¹}
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Client Connection, Database Server, DataServer	—	—	—	—

¹ Localhost does not apply to DataServers.

host-name

The name (address) of the database server machine. This name is assigned to the machine in your TCP/IP hosts file.

localhost

A reserved word that specifies that the database server communicate only with clients on the database server machine.