Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual
About This Manual
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The Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual provides
subsystem-specific information about object management using the Tandem DNS
subsystem. The interactive DNS interface, DNSCOM, allows users to send commands
to modify, control, and monitor the DNS name database.
The manual serves as both a reference manual to the DNSCOM commands as well as
an aid to the first-time user of DNS, including introductory information, usage
guidelines, and examples. It does the following:
Explains the architecture of the DNS subsystem, that is, the processes and files that
compose DNS
Explains how to start, use, and stop the DNS subsystem
Provides object management considerations for DNS
Gives a complete reference to all DNSCOM commands, parameters, and attributes
Who Should Read
This Manual?
You should read this manual if you will use the DNSCOM interactive interface to
devise and implement the naming strategy used in your network, and to request
information to aid in structuring particular operations. You might also use Enform to
write and run queries against the DNS database.
You should read this manual if you will use DNSCOM to enter commands that
implement functions required for system-object management.
To use this manual effectively, you should be familiar with the following subjects:
Tandem system architecture
Tandem Guardian 90 operating system
The Distributed Systems Management (DSM) facilities
What's in This
Manual?
Sections 1 and 2 of this manual give overview information about DNS, including the
following:
The types of objects managed by DNS and the operations necessary to manage
these objects (Section 1)
The architecture of the DNS subsystem (Section 1)
An introduction to DNS names and name types (Section 2)
Sections 3 and 4 provide object-management information, as follows:
How to start, initialize, and stop the DNS subsystem as well as object-management
operations information (Section 3)
How to build DNS name definitions (Section 4)