Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual

ADD ALIAS
The DNSCOM Commands
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Considerations
When adding an alias, a referent must be specified, either by the ADD ALIAS
command or the SET ALIAS command. The referent must have been previously
defined through use of the ADD SSOBJECT or ADD SSMANAGER command.
If a typed alias is being added, and the referent already has an alias of the
specified type, an error message is generated, and the alias is not added.
You can add an alias to a group by specifying the GROUPS attribute in the ADD
ALIAS command, as defined above, or by altering the group to include the alias.
That is, the command ADD ALIAS XYZ, GROUPS (G1, G2) is equivalent to:
RESET ALIAS GROUPS
ADD ALIAS XYZ
ALTER GROUP G1, MEMBERS + XYZ
ALTER GROUP G2, MEMBERS + XYZ