Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual

Working With Different DNS Configurations
Using DNSCOM
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Table 6-2. Default Values for Special Attributes
Attribute Default Values
FILENAME Logical File Default File Name
DNS-ALPHA-FILE ALPHAFIL
DNS-BILL-FILE BILLFILE
DNS-COPY-FILE COPYFILE
DNS-DOMAIN-FILE DOMFILE
DNS-FAST-FILE FASTFILE
DNS-FAST-GROUP-FILE FGRPFILE
DNS-GROUP-FILE GRPFILE
DNS-MANAGER-FILE MGRFILE
DNS-MAP-FILE MAPFILE
DNS-MEMBER-FILE MEMFILE
DNS-NAME-FILE NAMEFILE
DNS-QUEUE-FILE QFILE
DNS-RFAST-FILE RFASTFIL
DNS-RMAP-FILE RMAPFILE
DNS-RNAME-FILE RNAMEFIL
DNS-TYPE-FILE TYPEFILE
PRIORITY Process Priority
DNS-EXPORTER 140
DNS-MANAGER 150
PROGRAM Process Code File
DNS-EXPORTER $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DNSEXP
DNS-MANAGER $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.DNSMGR
CPU Process Default Configuration
DNS-EXPORTER 1,0
DNS-MANAGER 0,1
ALIASES (for SSOBJECT) If EXTERNAL OFF: None
If EXTERNAL ON: Subsystem-object name
DOMAIN (for ALIAS) If alias is typed: From TYPE
If alias untyped: From REFERENT
Working With Different
DNS Configurations
As discussed in Section 3, DNS allows you to have and use multiple DNS database on
a single system, thereby allowing you to use different DNS configurations. This
subsection discusses how you can use different DNS configurations, even from remote
systems.
Specifying a System Name
and Configuration File
When you run DNSCOM, it attempts to open the name manager on a system
determined as follows:
If a system name is passed in the text portion of the startup message, DNSCOM
attempts to open the name manager on that system.
Otherwise, if a system number is passed in the DEFAULTS portion of the startup
message, DNSCOM attempts to open the name manager on that system.