kerm@mcnc.org (Cary E. Burnette) (04/08/91)
I have a couple of questions about AIX, they may have been answered, but I missed them. First I have 5 RS/6000's that are running 3003 AIX. Questions: 1. How do you put multiple backups (inode method) on a single 8mm tape? I have tried using a no rewind device, but it still rewinds and I can space over the initial file. 2. If you are running name server can you make the network services check the /etc/hosts file first. My RS/6000 LAN has an unreliable link to its nameserver. When this link is down I still want to be able to communicate within the RS/6000 LAN. Know when the link is down I have to wait a long time for telnet to time-out and try the /etc/hosts file. Most of the traffic is among the RS/6000's and since it is small I do not want to set up one as a nameserver. But on the few occasions that I do want to go out on the internet I want to have the name server available. 3. We have installed resource license manager (RLM) and it is started on every reboot. We know want to disable it. I have looked through all of the rc files and it is not started in any of them. I have seen something about ODM database, but cannot find anyfiles related to this. Can someone help remove this process. Thank you for any assistance. Cary Burnette (kerm@linus.ncat.edu) ############################################################# # # # North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University # # Department of Electrical Engineering # # McNair Hall # # Greensboro, NC 27411 # # (919)334-7760 # # # #############################################################
hubler@galaxy.lerc.nasa.gov (Dale Hubler) (04/09/91)
In article <2897@speedy.mcnc.org> kerm@mcnc.org (Cary E. Burnette) writes: >2. If you are running name server can you make the network services > check the /etc/hosts file first. My RS/6000 LAN has an unreliable > link to its nameserver. When this link is down I still want to be able > to communicate within the RS/6000 LAN. Know when the link is down I > have to wait a long time for telnet to time-out and try the /etc/hosts > file. Most of the traffic is among the RS/6000's and since it is small > I do not want to set up one as a nameserver. But on the few occasions > that I do want to go out on the internet I want to have the name server > available. We are in the same situation. The IBM's seem to have a hard time recovering from the loss of the nameserver. We are planning to set up a cacheing name server for our group. That will cache the information for routing that we are using most the time. The few times it needs more info it can go to the primary nameserver. The rest of the machines point to the local caching nameserver, keeping the traffic local. When the nameserver or the communications to it are down, our group can still operate without delays. I wish they would look at their own host table first prior to checking the nameserver. -- Dale A. Hubler -- Sverdrup Technology -- (216) 977-7014 hubler@galaxy.lerc.nasa.gov Try Eggo brand Common Sense Oat Bran frozen waffles, it's the health food of the 90's