Technical data

SET NAME_SERVICE
Makes your settings systemwide.
/TIMEOUT=seconds
Optional. Default: 4 seconds.
Specifies the timeout interval for the BIND resolver’s requests to a server.
When the BIND resolver is used by the auxiliary server, the following conditions
are true:
• The number of retries is one.
• The timeout interval is 1 second.
• The timeout interval increases by the power of two for each retry, as shown in
the following table:
Current settings:
If Retries=4
and Timeout=4
Retry Timeout interval is:
First 4 seconds
Second 8 seconds
Third 16 seconds
Last 32 seconds
Total = 1 minute for one server
If a second BIND server exists and both servers
time out, total = 2 minutes
/TRANSPORT=protocol
Optional. Default: UDP.
Protocol used for communicating with a BIND server. Specify one of the following:
• UDP
• TCP
Examples
1.
TCPIP> SET NAME_SERVICE /SERVER=(PARROT,SORA,JACANA) /SYSTEM /ENABLE
Defines hosts PARROT, SORA, and JACANA as systemwide BIND servers.
Also enables the BIND resolver.
2.
TCPIP> SET NAME_SERVICE /SERVER=OSPREY
For your process, defines host OSPREY as the BIND server. The servers that
are defined systemwide will not be queried.
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