Advanced Domain Name System features

This topic explains how experienced administrators can use Domain Name System (DNS) advanced features to manage a DNS server more easily.

DNS in iSeries™ Navigator provides an interface for configuring and managing your DNS server. The following tasks are provided as shortcuts for administrators who are familiar with the iSeries graphical interface. They provide fast methods for changing server status and attributes for multiple instances at once.

• Change Domain Name System attributes
  You can change Domain Name System (DNS) settings if the DNS interface does not allow you to change all server instance autostart and debug levels at once.
• Start or stop Domain Name System servers
  You can change the settings if the Domain Name System (DNS) interface does not allow you to start or stop multiple server instances at once.
• Change debug values
  You can change the debug level, which is useful to administrators who have large zones and do not want the large amount of debug data that they will get while the server is first starting up and loading all of the zone data.