Re: Implementing DNS on SP2

From: Ford, Phillip (phillip.ford_at_SPCORP.COM)
Date: 07/30/03

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    I don't agree. We use local,bind. We try to put nothing in our local host
    file but if we need to overrule DNS (say for testing) then we can by putting
    something in the local host file. With bind,local you are stuck with what
    is in DNS and can not overrule it even temporary. The only things that we
    duplicate (local and DNS) are HACMP addresses otherwise we use DNS for just
    about everything. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Green, Simon [mailto:Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:12 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Implementing DNS on SP2
Regarding netsvc.conf, I'm in two minds.
If one is going to use DNS, then surely it makes sense to _use_ it and use
"bind,local".  Otherwise, if you omit to make a change in /etc/hosts as well
as DNS you could go badly awry.
If I really can cut /etc/hosts down to the bone that's not very likely to be
a problem, but we'll still have six distinct SP2s at the moment and over 100
nodes, in a fairly fluid environment. (We're doing a lot of consolidation at
the moment, so we keep moving things around and setting up temporary staging
systems etc.)
Simon Green
Altria ITSC Europe Ltd
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-----Original Message-----
From: Raj Atwal [mailto:atwalrs@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: 30 July 2003 14:47
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Implementing DNS on SP2
Thats pretty much the way I have done it with my SP customers. I keep a
minimal /etc/hosts file which contains just AIX servers, and use DNS for
stuff like NT and file/print servers. Besides removing your adminstrative
overhead of maintaining the hosts file, another advantage I see is that you
probably have a secondary DNS server out there in your network and therefore
have some redundancy - which is never a bad thing :)
Oh, and I'm sure you know this Simon but just in case, dont forget to set up
you /etc/netsvc.conf file to use local before bind, or use NSORDER variable.
Rgds
Raj Atwal
"Green, Simon" <Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM> wrote:
What I would like to do is just have all of the AIX IP addresses in
/etc/hosts - which would include some HACMP stuff - but ditch all the NT
print servers, AS/400s etc.
Simon Green
Altria ITSC Europe Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferenc Gyurcsan [mailto:fgyurcsa@AVAILANT.COM]
> Sent: 30 July 2003 14:06
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Implementing DNS on SP2
>
>
> If you use HACMP, you will have to maintain the HACMP addresses in
> /etc/hosts.
> I would still maintain a minimal /etc/hosts, so that if the
> DNS is down, you
> still don't have to remember a bunch of critical IP addresses.
> --Ferenc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Green, Simon [mailto:Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:00 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Implementing DNS on SP2
>
>
> At the moment, most of our AIX boxes (nearly all of which are
> SP2 nodes, but
> a few are standalone), just use /etc/hosts for name
> resolution. We are
> considering moving to DNS. (There are a couple of AIX boxes
> which use DNS,
> plus all the PC network, so we're not talking about setting up new DNS
> servers.)
>
> I've read through the manuals to refresh my memory, including the IBM
> document on DNS for SP2, and it all looks pretty straight forward.
>
> Are there likely to be any unexpected pitfalls?
>
> Do those of you using DNS have a very small, fairly static
> /etc/hosts file
> or do you continue ! to maintain it as before?
>
> We haven't yet made up our minds whether to do this. What
> reasons can you
> think of for and against, besides removing the administrative
> overhead of
> maintaining /etc/hosts?
>
> Thanks,
> Simon Green
> Altria ITSC Europe Ltd
>
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>
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