1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/test/Ice/metrics/AllTests.cpp b/cpp/test/Ice/metrics/AllTests.cpp
index c28f9e075da..1524e53f004 100644
--- a/cpp/test/Ice/metrics/AllTests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/test/Ice/metrics/AllTests.cpp
@@ -695,21 +695,27 @@ allTests(const Ice::CommunicatorPtr& communicator)
 
     prx->ice_getConnection()->close(false);
 
-    string exceptionName;
+    bool dnsException = false;
     try
     {
         communicator->stringToProxy("test:tcp -p 12010 -h unknownfoo.zeroc.com")->ice_ping();
         test(false);
     }
-    catch(const Ice::LocalException& ex)
+    catch(const Ice::DNSException&)
     {
-        exceptionName = ex.ice_name();
+        dnsException = true;
+    }
+    catch(const Ice::LocalException&)
+    {
+        // Some DNS servers don't fail on unknown DNS names.
     }
     test(clientMetrics->getMetricsView("View", timestamp)["EndpointLookup"].size() == 2);
     m1 = clientMetrics->getMetricsView("View", timestamp)["EndpointLookup"][1];
-    test(m1->id == "tcp -h unknownfoo.zeroc.com -p 12010" && m1->total == 2 && m1->failures == 2);
-    
-    checkFailure(clientMetrics, "EndpointLookup", m1->id, exceptionName, 2);
+    test(m1->id == "tcp -h unknownfoo.zeroc.com -p 12010" && m1->total == 2 && (!dnsException || m1->failures == 2));
+    if(dnsException)
+    {
+        checkFailure(clientMetrics, "EndpointLookup", m1->id, "Ice::DNSException", 2);
+    }
 
     c = Connect(prx);