Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Operations Manual

DNS Database Replication
How DNS Exports the Name Database
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Figure 5-1. The Export Process
\ B \ C
DNS
Database
The remote name
manager updates
its local database.
6.
DNS
Database
The remote name
manager updates
its local database.
6.
DNS Name
Manager
DNS Name
Manager
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Names to
Export from \A
Names to
Export to \B
Names to
Export to \C
\ A
DNS
Database
When a destination node is
available, the name exporter
sends all the names queued
for that node.
5.
The name
manager tells the
name exporter
that there are
names to export.
3.
DNS Name
Manager
The name exporter
maintains queues of
names to export to
individual nodes.
4.
The operator or an application
adds or changes a definition.
1.
DNSCOM
Management
Application
ADD or ALTER
DNS Name
Exporter
2. The DNS name manager updates the
local database and adds an item to the
queue of names to export from \A.