RE: Internal domain change

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks all of you.

I have the following 4 names in the i's host table to refer to the i (the i
is the DNS server):

192.168.0.1    DILGARD
               I5.DILGARDFOODS.COM
               DILGARDFOODS.COM
               MAIL.DILGARDFOODS.COM

In thinking about these individually:

DILGARD
- I don't know why I have this one in there

I5.DILGARDFOODS.COM
- this is the name I use in i Access

DILGARDFOODS.COM
- I don't know why I have this one in there either

MAIL.DILGARDFOODS.COM
- The i is currently (but not for long!) our mail server, that's why I put
this in here.  But it isn't really necessary, is it?  Thunderbird and
Outlook could just as easily use "i5.dilgardfoods.com" as the incoming and
outgoing mail server as long as the i is still the mail server.


It seems to me I could get rid of at least 1, if not more, of these, thereby
making room for i5.dilgardfoods.local.



--
Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531
www.dilgardfoods.com

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walden H. Leverich
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:29 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Internal domain change
>
> I agree with the .local or .corp setting for internal domains. We didn't
go
> that route many years ago and split-brained DNS is still a pain!
>
> > I know I've got to look at i Access at all the PCs to make sure they use
> > IP address instead of i5.dilgardfoods.com.
>
> Why go IP instead of referring to i5.dilgardfoods.local? If it's a now vs.
> later issue you should be able to setup a DNS server right now that
handled
> the .local domain until AD was online.
>
> As for HOSTSCHPTY the advantage of *LOCAL is that you can override names
on
> the i without changing DNS. The advantage of *REMOTE is that you don't
need
> to remember to change the local entries when you change the remote (DNS)
> entries. I don't see a reason to do local overrides so I'd use *REMOTE.
>
>
> -Walden
>
> --
> Walden H Leverich III
> Tech Software
> (516) 627-3800 x3051
> WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.TechSoftInc.com
>
> Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
> (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:14 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: Internal domain change
>
> All,
>
> In preparation for changing from a workgroup to a domain in a few weeks,
the
> tech has suggested "dilgardfoods.local" as the internal domain on the
System
> i instead of "dilgardfoods.com" as it currently is, to avoid internal and
> external DNS conflicts.  This makes great sense to me.
>
> Are there hidden pitfalls to this change?  I know I've got to look at i
> Access at all the PCs to make sure they use IP address instead of
> i5.dilgardfoods.com.
>
> As an aside, I see the infocenter recommends the HOSTSCHPTY parm on
> CHGTCPDMN be set to *REMOTE.  Mine is *LOCAL.  Thoughts there?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Jeff Crosby
> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
> P.O. Box 13369
> Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
> 260-422-7531
> www.dilgardfoods.com
>
> The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
> company.  Unless I say so.
>
>
>
>
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