Novell DNS Tools – iManager and DNS/DHCP Console
The Novell DNS DHCP Console is what most prefer to use to manager Novell DNS. It allows for easy viewing, modification, and creation of zones, records, and DNS servers.
If there are more than one dns locator objects in the tree use the -C switch after the executable to specify which locator object to use.
-C OESSystemobjects.novell
If updates made in the DNS/DHCP tool are not fast enough for you, loo at the novell_dyn_reconfigure setting on the DNS server object or restart novell-named.
At 6:51 on the video this setting is displayed. 15 minutes is recommend . If the reconfigure is set to 5 minutes in a large environment, the reconfigure might not finish updating cache before the the process is started again.
iManager is the second tool available to use to manage DNS and DHCP. The second video will… Continue reading