Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual

Contents
31258 Tandem Computers Incorporated v
About This Manual xv
Notation Conventions xix
Section 1 Introducing Distributed Name Service
The Need for Better Name Management 1-2
The DNS Solution 1-4
Users of DNS 1-5
Ways to Use DNS Programmatically 1-5
Interfaces to the DNS Database 1-7
DNS Architecture 1-9
DNS Files Loaded by Install 1-9
DNS Configurations 1-10
Section 2 Introducing DNS Names
Command Object Keywords 2-1
Subsystem Names 2-2
Subsystem Managers 2-2
Subsystem-Object Names 2-3
DNS Type Names 2-3
DNS Object Names 2-4
Aliases 2-4
Composites 2-4
Domains 2-5
Groups 2-6
Section 3 DNS Management and Operations
Installation Planning Considerations 3-1
DNS Dependencies
Guardian 90 and TMF 3-1
The DNS Database and AUTOLOAD 3-2
DNS Configuration Files and Associated Processes 3-2
Installing DNS 3-3
Initializing and Starting DNS Configurations 3-3
Stopping a DNS Configuration 3-7
Checking DNS Operating States 3-7