Lizette, Doesn't really answer your question, but our tape libraries refer to EKM servers by IP address, both the primary, and the secondary. _________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services [email protected] 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB1G p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.8497
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: DNS, IP, Internet and EKM (Tape Encryption) 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
