User Guide
78 Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
Novell DNS/DHCP Management Utility Administration Guide
103-000164-001
September 4, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Events Log: Specifies the degree of event data the server is to collect.
Major or critical events denote a significant change in the state of server
processing. To configure the event log, choose from the following
options:
None: Turns off event logging (default)
Major Events: Logs only critical events
All: Logs both major and minor events
Audit Log: Check Enable Audit Trail Log to log audit trails and events.
Starting/Stopping the DNS Server
1 Click DNS Management > DNS Server Management to open the DNS
Server Management window in the main panel.
2 Select Start/Stop Server from the drop-down menu > click OK to open the
DNS Server Start/Stop Services window.
3 Select the DNS server.
4 Click OK.
5 Depending on the state of the DNS Server module, any one of the
following will now appear:
Failure notification message: This appears if the DNS Server module
(NAMED.NLM) is not loaded. In order to start the server, load the
DNS Server module through the system console.
Start button: If the DNS Server module is loaded but in STOP mode,
click to start the DNS server.
Stop button: If the DNS Server module is loaded but in START
mode, click to stop the DNS server.
NOTE: To use the Start/Stop DNS service, NAMED.NLM must be loaded.
Creating a Zone Object
The DNS Zone object is an eDirectory container object that comprises
Resource Record Set (RRSet) objects and resource records. This section
provides information about how to create a Secondary DNS Zone object and
an IN-ADDR.ARPA Zone object. For information about how to create a
Primary DNS Zone object, refer to “Creating a Primary DNS Zone Object” on
page 79.