Steve
Sent.
Regarding setting up networking parameters, I assume, by "networking", you
are referring to the Communications Server IP component. In my heyday,
"networking" meant SNA and I have extensive notes already on the
Communications Server SNA component (VTAM) and related matters. I did also
teach TCP/IP for MVS a dozen years ago. However, to get an idea of the
extent, I have lecture notes for 15 mornings[1] of SNA teaching but only 1
of IP.
All the above is now 12 years out of date - although that's not too much of
a limitation for the VTAM stuff.
I have a few reports, such as the one I sent you[2], from a very small
number of consultancies but the bulk is 6 years old now.
It's true that I have added just about exclusively to the IP knowledge in
dealing with matters raised here in the list or sometimes privately. An
example has been the revision of the resolver function which was a surprise
when I first heard of a separate address space.
Chris Mason
[1] Afternoons were always hands-on.
[2] The name server did *not* get covered in my TCP/IP for MVS lecture since
gaining experience with it would have required installing DB2! I did play
with the old name server as a caching server (no DB2 was needed) in order to
get a little insight.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Comstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Domain Name Server (DNS) on z/OS?
Chris Mason wrote:
Kevin
6 years ago I created a little report based on getting a trivial test
name server running on OS/390. This was to prepare for possible use in
support of one of the techniques for the distribution of TCP connections
over multiple servers.
The report consists of some notes covering the essence of the
Communications Server IP Configuration Guide text - as it then was - the
files I used, and the messages showing that it worked - then!
I've edited the report to remove identifications and sent it to you.
Hey, Chris,
I'd like to try setting one up on our little FLEX-ES based
mainframe; could you send me a copy?
I've been watching your posts for some time and really think
you should write a book about how to set up networking
parameters for z/OS. You seem to have an excellent understanding
and a clear way of expressing yourself. Grab all your recent
posts and old class notes, verify the latest parameters and
settings, and put it down in one place for us network novices.
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