Re: Maintaining the DNS on the i5

[ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

We did report it... it was IBM Service that recommended we fix it via the
text based files.  I asked if it was a bug that it didn't show in the GUI
and never really got an answer.  I would vote for the red triangle rather
than hiding them. ;)


                                                                           
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ChadB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The DNS redbook has a mention that the records should preferably always
be
> edited via the Ops Nav interface, but i've found a few situations
otherwise
> (with the help of IBM Service).  We've had a few instances where the GUI
> interface to the DNS zones doesn't show all the listings that are in the
> actual text files that drive the server.  It seems that sometimes there
are
> 'ghost' records that get left in the files and queries will still resolve
> using those records.   We needed to remove them manually from the actual
> zone file because they didn't show in the GUI.  Not sure how common this
> is...

If you want them fixed, you really need to report them.  I have found that
I
can't know how customers are using DNS unless they report problems, and
then we
can see the usability issues.

The problem with the gui is it doesn't know how to handle what it thinks
are
"errors" and therefore hides or throws a red triangle error icon.
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