Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Programming Manual

DNS Definitions
Common Definitions
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Allowed Parameter Values:
In an ADD command (ZDNS-CMD-ADD), the field may contain:
A valid DNS object name The name must be left-justified, blank-filled, and must refer
to an existing DNSDOMAIN on the local system. The local
system is the system where the name manager processing
the command is running. The definition of the name being
added is replicated on those systems defined by the named
domain.
Spaces This value indicates that the definition of the object being
added is not to be replicated.
null The DOMAIN attribute is to assume the default value
appropriate for the type of name being added.
In an ALTER command (ZDNS-CMD-ALTER), the field may contain:
A valid DNS object name The name must refer to an existing DNS DOMAIN on the
local system. The local system is the system where the
name manager processing the command is running. The
definition of the name being altered is replicated on those
systems defined by the named domain. If the name’s
definition is currently replicated, it is deleted from any
systems in the current domain and not in the new domain.
Similarly, the name’s definition is replicated on any system
in the new domain but not in the old one.
Spaces This value indicates that any replicated copies of the
name’s definition are to be deleted.
null The value of the DOMAIN attribute for the name being
altered is not changed.
Response Values:
In a response structure, fields of this type either contain the name of a domain (left-
justified, blank-filled, and uppercase) or contain spaces. The former indicates that the
name’s definition is replicated on the systems specified by the named domain. In the
latter case, the name’s definition is not replicated.