Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual

How to Define DNS Names
Building and Modifying the DNS Database
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When you add a manager definition, you specify the following:
The manager name
A list of subsystems the manager controls
Additionally, you can give the manager one or more aliases and specify the default
domain for aliases of this manager.
Figure 4-5 displays the relationships and dependencies of SSMANAGER name
definitions.
Figure 4-5. Dependencies and Relationships of SSMANAGER Names
OR
ALIAS
SS
SSMANAGER
SSOBJECT
IF DNSDOMAIN
Legend
Relationship between SSMANAGER and SSOBJECT exists only if SSTYPE
definition associated with SSOBJECT has HASMANAGER attribute set to ON.
ALIAS’s REFERENT may be either SSMANAGER or SSOBJECT.
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In an order-restricted relationship, a solid arrow line is used, and the
dependent name appears below the required name. Relationships shown
with dashed arrow lines are not order-restricted. The name from which
an arrow originates is specified in the definition of the name at the arrowhead.
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