14.3 Loading and Unloading the DNS Server

After updating the load and unload scripts of the virtual NCP Server, the DNS server is now loaded and unloaded along with the virtual NCP Server.

14.3.1 Loading the DNS Server

You can load the virtual NCP server and DNS server by using iManager.

  1. Click Cluster > Cluster Manager task in iManager. This opens up the Cluster Manager window.

  2. Click the Search icon to open the eDirectory Object Selector. Browse or search the list to locate and select the cluster object. The Cluster state is displayed.

  3. Select the check box next to the DNS Cluster and select Online. Select the cluster node where you want the resource to load, then click OK to load the resource on that node.

    After a few seconds you see the server status as Online, indicating that the server has been loaded.

After the Virtual NCP server is successfully loaded on a node, use the rcnovell-named status command to check the status of the server.

14.3.2 Unloading the DNS Server

  1. Click the Cluster > Cluster Manager task in iManager. This opens up the Cluster Manager window.

  2. Click the Search icon to open the eDirectory Object Selector. Browse or search the list to locatethe cluster object. The Cluster state is displayed.

  3. Select the check box next to the DNS Cluster and select Offline. After a few seconds you see the server status as Offline, indicating that the server has been unloaded.