HiperSocket Advice

2009-12-21 Thread Lionel Dyck
What is the recommendation or general practice regarding hipersocket addresses and dns? Do you register the hipersocket address in the dns or stick with referencing it via the octet? Thanks Lionel B. Dyck z/Linux Specialist IBM Corporation Global Technology Services - Kaiser Account

Re: HiperSocket Advice

2009-12-21 Thread Mauro Souza
I generally use /etc/hosts to set a name, and refer to the name. It's easier to change a single entry on /etc/hosts than changing lots of config files in all applications. Using DNS increases latency, complication, and as long as you have only a dozen or more machines, handling the hosts file

Re: HiperSocket Advice

2009-12-21 Thread Marcy Cortes
- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Lionel Dyck Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:07 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [LINUX-390] HiperSocket Advice What is the recommendation or general practice regarding hipersocket addresses and dns? Do you register

Re: HiperSocket Advice

2009-12-21 Thread David Boyes
On 12/21/09 10:06 AM, Lionel Dyck ld...@us.ibm.com wrote: What is the recommendation or general practice regarding hipersocket addresses and dns? Same as any other address: put it in the DNS with a unique name, eg host-hsi1.foo.bar.com Do you register the hipersocket address in the dns or