I don't know EKM. However, in general, you should be able to hardcode the IP address in your configuration file or, better, in local host tables.
Although hardcoding sounds less flexible, it has to be done somewhere - either locally or on a DNS server. > Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:59:20 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: DNS, IP, Internet and EKM (Tape Encryption) > To: [email protected] > > I am not strong on IP and server stuff, so I have a question I hope someone > can answer > > > > We had two things go on tonight. One was a cpu upgrade from z890 to z10. > No big deal. > > However, during this time we also had a six hour internet outage. Some > upgrade that required a larger outage than normal. > > > > Now I do not run a DNS server on my mainframe, they are out on the servers. > > > > During this time frame I EKM was unavailable, I think due to the server > (internet) outage. > > > > Am I correct in thinking that since EKM uses a DNS name and the DNS names > are on the servers, this outage affected EKM. If I had a DNS running on the > mainframe, this would not have been an issue. > > > > I am just trying to find a way to resolve this issue. Now that we encrypt > tapes, it is not good for EKM to be down. > > > > Lizette _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
