Distributed Name Service (DNS) Management Programming Manual

DNS Definitions
Common Definitions
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ZDNS-DDL-SYSNAME
is used to to hold Guardian 90 system names. It has the following structure:
def ZDNS-DDL-SYSNAME type ZSPI-DDL-CHAR8.
Allowed Parameter Values:
In cases where the input field is optional, it may be left null.
Where not null, input fields of this type must contain a valid Guardian 90 system
name, including a leading backslash (\). The name manager upshifts the contents of
the field using SHIFTSTRING.
Some fields of this type also allow an asterisk (*) in the leading character position, with
the remainder of the field containing spaces.
Response Values:
On output, fields of this type contain a valid Guardian 90 system name.
ZDNS-DDL-TYPE
is used to specify object types defined by DNS. It has the following structure:
def ZDNS-DDL-TYPE type ZSPI-DDL-ENUM spi-
null
0.
Allowed Values (Parameter and Response):
ZDNS-OBJ-DNS (0)
ZDNS-OBJ-NAME (1)
ZDNS-OBJ-ALIAS (2)
ZDNS-OBJ-ATYPE (3)
ZDNS-OBJ-COMP (4)
ZDNS-OBJ-CTYPE (5)
ZDNS-OBJ-FILE (6)
ZDNS-OBJ-PROC (7)
ZDNS-OBJ-DOM (8)
ZDNS-OBJ-GROUP (9)
ZDNS-OBJ-SS (10)
ZDNS-OBJ-SSMGR (11)
ZDNS-OBJ-SSOBJ (12)
ZDNS-OBJ-SSTYPE (13)
ZDNS-OBJ-SYSTEM (14)