Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual
ALTER GROUP
The DNSCOM Commands
31258 Tandem Computers Incorporated 7–61
ALTER GROUP Groups are altered using the following syntax:
ALTER [ GROUP ] 
group
 [ ON \
system-1
 ] [ 
at-part
 ] ,
parameter
 [ , 
parameter
 ] ...
where 
at-part
 is:
 AT { \
system-2
 | 
name manager
 }
GROUP
may be omitted if 
group
 is unique in the command name manager’s database, or
if ON \
system-1
 is specified.
group
is the name of the group being defined.
\
system-1
a Guardian 90 system name that specifies the definition node for 
group
. If that is
different from the local system, 
group
 must have been previously copied on the
local system using the COPY command. When a name has been copied, the
domain attribute of the name may not be altered.
{ \
system-2
 | 
name manager
 }
is a system or name manager where 
group
 is defined. If omitted, the current
name manager is assumed.
\
system-2
 is a Guardian 90 system name. It designates a node other than the
current system for processing the command. 
name manager
 designates a
configuration other than the current one.
parameter
is one of the following:
DOMAIN { 
domain
 | LOCAL }
domain
is the name of a domain. The definition of 
group
 is replicated on those
systems in 
domain
 and deleted from any systems in 
group
’s current
domain that are not in 
domain
.
LOCAL
indicates that any replicated copies of 
group
’s definition are to be deleted.










