Is there a decent caching-only name server for z/OS? I run "nscd" on Linux to cache my name lookups. I am currently running the RESOLVER proc on z/OS. It points to a Windows WINS server. But, for some reason, most of the jobs on z/OS have hard coded IP addresses in them. I don't know why.
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Jon Perryman <[email protected]> wrote: > I suggest looking at the name servers you are using and the quality of > those name servers. Try using the one in use by PC's on your network to see > if that helps. > > Name servers work in a tree like structure. By that, I mean the name > server queries other name servers and those query more name servers > (continuing until each name servers list of servers has been queried. > > My guess is that one or more of the name servers involved has definitions > that are unreachable. This can slow down the request by several seconds. I > suspect that the subordinate nameservers return it's subordinates to z/OS > and z/OS can't reach them because of your network setup. > > You could use NSLOOKUP with the same name servers and see how it responds. > > > Jon Perryman > > > >________________________________ > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > > > >The issue I experienced, was that every call to BPX1GHN seem to take a > long time to perform. We are talking about 30 - 60 seconds per invocation > of BPX1GHN. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- I have _not_ lost my mind! It is backed up on a flash drive somewhere. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
