OSF DCE Administration Guide--Introduction

Overview of DCE Maintenance
8. If DFS is used in a DCE cell, you must also issue the following command for every
DFS server (flserver) that has undergone a network address change:
> fts edserver -server old.ip.addr -changeaddr new.ip.addr
You can then restart all of the DFS servers in the cell so that they recognize the
new address. You may also have to stop and restart DCE (using dce_config), as
well, and remove the CDS cache before restarting the servers. For instructions on
how to remove the CDS cache, see the .
5.3 CDS Maintenance Tasks
CDS components, including clerks, servers, and clearinghouses, are largely self-
regulating. Except for routine monitoring, CDS requires little intervention for system
administration. When intervention is required, CDS provides system administration
tools to help you monitor and manage the CDS namespace and CDS servers.
You can use the DCE control program (dcecp) commands described in Chapter 15 of the
to create and manage the components of a CDS namespace.
You can also manage CDS by using the CDS Browser utility (cdsbrowser) to view the
namespace. The cdsbrowser utility enables you to monitor growth in the size and
number of CDS directories in your namespace. You can use the cdsbrowser utility to
display an overall directory structure, as well as the contents of directories. Chapter 19
of the discusses the cdsbrowser utility.
If you have a large organization, you can improve efficiency by having one system
administrator responsible for CDS servers and another system administrator responsible
for the namespace. You can delegate responsibility for a subtree of the namespace to
another administrator by granting access control rights to that person.
For more detailed information on CDS maintenance tasks, see the .
5.3.1 Monitoring CDS
CDS monitoring tasks fall into the following two categories:
• Monitoring the namespace
— Monitor the size and usage of clearinghouses and determine the need for new
CDS servers and clearinghouses. Plan and oversee the configuration of these new
servers and clearinghouses.
— Maintain and monitor a map of the namespace.
• Monitoring CDS servers
— Enable event logging, monitor CDS events, and solve system-specific problems if
they arise. If necessary, notify the namespace administrator of problems that can
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