VMS and DNS

[mjpearson]

I've read through many many many pages of information about setting up DNS in VMS and I'm starting to walk in circles as I'm very confused. All I want to do, is to allow my Alpha machine to use my local Windows-2000 server to do the DNS conversion.

Here is what I think I have to do.....I think I have to setup a DNS server on the Alpha and then have it somehow "forward" requests to the Windows server? Does this sound right?


mike

 

[wallace88]

In general... just don't install the DNS server software, and configure your tcpip software to "bind" to your w2k DNS server.

If you don't want your Alpha to be a DNS server, then why would you want to set it up?

Your tcp/ip software manual should explain how to bind to a dns server.

 

[mjpearson]

Now, I'm even more confused. I thought I had to setup a local server on the Alpha and then have it "forward" to the Win-2000 machine. That way the Alpha would use the local server and the request would be "forwarded" to the Win-2000.

What I understand you to say....is to "bind" the local tcp/ip account to the Win-2000 server? I guess I need to do some more reading.

thanks,


mike

 

[mjpearson]

Last night, I found another reference. It appears that I was reading way too much into enabling DNS resolution. One of the problems of too much information. Anyway, I was able to setup the NAME_SERVICE within UCX and now things are working. As a matter of fact, I am posting this from the Alpha machine.

mike

 

[wallace88]

Congrats on your success... I remember when I first tried to configure UCX... didn't even understand the whole concept of the internet back then....

So... now you're a network administrator!

 

[wallace88]

Congrats on your success... I remember when I first tried to configure UCX... didn't even understand the whole concept of the internet back then....

So... now you're a network administrator!

Now try to set up an internet mail server using PMDF!

 

[mjpearson]

Thanks for the words of encouragement.

Now that I'm the administrator, do I need to follow the strategy of my Corporate Windows Administrators.......Do I need to develop policies and procedures that will inhibit others from being productive and efficient?


m.j.p.

 

[wallace88]

Depends on what the corporate policy is. UCX allows you to configure a range of services; it's up to you whether you want to enable those services.

 

[mjpearson]

I said it toung-in-cheek.

Every time I try to get my corporate folks to make changes that will help or assist me, I get the standard answer: NOT CORPORATE POLICY. My typical requests are too exotic....typically, they are requests to make things work AS DESIGNED not as interrupted by some corporate guys trying to minimize their effort -and- maximize their control. Most of the time, it is corporate policy that tends to make my life difficult and harder to be efficient.

If you haven't figure it out by now, I have a little pent-up frustration over corporate IT departments.

 

[wallace88]

So what else is new?

I've been there... and feel for you!