The DDNS Server Administrator Window enables you to add, modify, delete, or view configuration information for your DDNS name server. The items in the configuration are displayed in two panes:
Configuration actions are available through:
Additional windows and notebooks are displayed either directly or indirectly from the DDNS Server Administrator Window.
The name server pane, which is located on the left side of the DDNS Server Administrator Window just below the tool bar, displays the name server and its primary and secondary domains.
The following items can be displayed in the name server pane:
An IBM Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) server
Dynamic primary domain, a domain for which the DDNS server is primary and
which can contain both hosts that are configured dynamically (by a dynamic
client) and hosts that are configured statically (by the system administrator)
Static primary domain, a domain for which the DDNS server is primary and which
contains only hosts that are statically defined
Secondary domain, a domain for which the DDNS server is secondary
To modify or view the configuration information for a selected item, use the tool bar, the menu bar, or a pop-up menu (displayed by clicking mouse button 2 on the item). You can also double-click the item.
The host pane, which is located on the right side of the DDNS Server Administrator Window just below the tool bar, displays hosts and alias hosts for the selected domain.
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To turn off the display of the host pane, click View, Show No Hosts on the menu bar. To display the host pane, click View, Show All Hosts or View, Show n Hosts (where n is the number specified in Edit, Settings, Number of Hosts to Show) on the menu bar.
The following items can be displayed in the host pane:
Note:
A reserved name has a SIG resource record or a KEY resource record (or both), but not enough information to determine whether it is a host or an alias host, and can be converted either to a host or to an alias host.
Dynamic host in a primary domain
Static host in a primary domain
Host in a secondary domain
Dynamic alias host in a primary domain
Static alias host in a primary domain
Alias host in a secondary domain
Reserved name in a primary dynamic domain
Reserved name in a secondary domain
To modify or view the configuration information for a selected item, use the tool bar, the menu bar, or a pop-up menu (displayed by clicking mouse button 2 on the item). You can also double-click the item.
Use the menu bar of the DDNS Server Administrator Window to configure your DDNS name server, to view the configuration, and to control the view of the configuration.
The menu bar has these choices:
Use the File pull-down menu on the DDNS Server Administrator Window menu bar to create, open, or save a configuration or to exit the program.
The File pull-down menu has these choices:
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The new boot file will be written in the NAMEDB subdirectory in the directory specified by the ETC environment variable, and any existing configuration will be overwritten.
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The new boot file will be written in the NAMEDB subdirectory in the directory specified by the ETC environment variable, and any existing configuration will be overwritten.
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The boot file is saved in the NAMEDB subdirectory in the directory specified by the ETC environment variable. Other configuration files are saved as specified in the Files tabs of the Domain Name Server Notebook and the Primary Domain Notebook. If you are overwriting files and have set Edit, Settings, Notify Before Overwriting Files (on the menu bar) to on, the File Save--Overwriting Files Notebook is displayed.If the boot file read in contains a directory statement, the directory specified is incorporated into the path names for the appropriate files and the directory statement is removed. Any bogusns, check-names, include, limit, options, sortlist, stub, or xfrnets statements that are in the boot file when it is read in are written as is, without any validation, when the boot file is saved.
Use the Edit pull-down menu on the DDNS Server Administrator Window menu bar to customize this program or to delete items from the configuration.
The Edit pull-down menu has these choices:
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The default for new dynamic domains is to separate the data.
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Turn on the trace only when instructed to do so by IBM.
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When you delete a dynamic host, the host becomes a reserved name in the DDNS Server Administrator program because the SIG resource records cannot be deleted.
Use the Configure pull-down menu on the DDNS Server Administrator Windowmenu bar to add or modify items in the configuration.
The Configure pull-down menu has these choices:
You can also select this action from the tool bar or from the pop-up menu for the selected item.
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If you want to configure several domains, you must finish configuring one and close the notebook before you can start configuring another.
You can also select this action from the tool bar or from the pop-up menu for the name server.
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If you want to configure several domains, you must finish configuring one and close the notebook before you can start configuring another.
You can also select this action from the tool bar or from the pop-up menu for the name server.
You can also select this action from the tool bar or from the pop-up menu for a selected primary domain.
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You can add an alias for a host that does not yet exist.
You can also select this action from the tool bar or from the pop-up menu for a selected primary domain.
Use the Server pull-down menu on the DDNS Server Administrator Windowmenu bar to control the name server.
The Server pull-down menu has these choices:
Use the View pull-down menu on the DDNS Server Administrator Windowmenu bar to view your configuration and to control the view of the configuration.
The View pull-down menu has these choices:
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To display the host pane, click View, Show All Hosts or View, Show n Hosts.
Use the Help pull-down menu on the DDNS Server Administrator Windowmenu bar to access help information for this program.
The Help pull-down menu has these choices:
Use the Tool Bar of the DDNS Server Administrator Window to quickly access frequently used actions on the menu bar.
The tool bar has these buttons:
The Modify Parameters push button on the DDNS Server Administrator Window tool bar displays the notebook for the selected item in the name server or host pane, as follows:
Use the Add Primary Domain push button on the DDNS Server Administrator Window tool bar to define one or more domains for which this name server is primary. Clicking the Add Primary Domain push button displays the Primary Domain Notebook.
Use the Add Secondary Domain push button on the DDNS Server Administrator Window tool bar to define one or more domains for which this name server is secondary. Clicking the Add Secondary Domain button displays the Secondary Domain Notebook.
Use the Add Host push button on the DDNS Server Administrator Windowtool bar to define static hosts in primary domains. Clicking the Add Host button displays the Add Hosts Window.
Use the Add Alias push button on the DDNS Server Administrator Window tool bar to add an alias. Clicking the Add Alias button displays the Alias Host Notebook.
Pop-up menus, which are available on the DDNS Server Administrator Window, provide you with a convenient way to access actions specific to a selected item.
To display pop-up menus, click mouse button 2 on a selected item in the name server or host pane. Choose the desired action when the pop-up menu is displayed.
The following windows are available only from pop-up menus:
In addition to the major notebooks and windows, the following windows and notebooks are displayed from the DDNS Server Administrator Window: