Displaying the FQDN names

Existing commands which affect hosts and processors have been extended to display FQDN names. Furthermore, the new display function knows both objects. The interface of the BCAM commands is described in the chapter "BCAM commands”. As the objects host and processor have now been assigned FQDNs, it is possible to make the name associations visible in BCAM.

The SHOW functions offered are listed below:

• SHOW-HOST-ATTRIBUTES (extended in BCAM V21.0A and higher)

• SHOW-PROCESSOR-ATTRIBUTES (extended in BCAM V21.0A and higher)

• SHOW-BCAM-NAMES (in BCAM V21.0 and higher)

Examples of the relationship between BCAM names and DNS names

Example: DNS name known

All the connections which currently exist to a computer whose DNS name is known are to be displayed.

1. Use the SHOW-BCAM-NAMES command to ascertain the BCAM name.

   /SHOW-BCAM-NAMES NAME=*DNS(DNS-NAME='PC123456.mycompany.NET')

2. Use the SHOW-CONNECTION command to display the connections to this computer, selecting the BCAM name which was previously ascertained.

   /SHOW-CONNECTION CONNECTION=*VIA-PROCESSOR(PROCESSOR-NAME=PC123456)

Example: BCAM name known

All the connections which currently exist to a computer whose BCAM name is known are to be displayed. The DNS name of the processor and the DNS name of the BCAM host are also to be determined.

1. Use the SHOW-CONNECTION command to display the connections to this computer directly, selecting the BCAM name.

   /SHOW-CONNECTION CONNECTION=*VIA-PROCESSOR(PROCESSOR-NAME=PC123456)

2. Use the SHOW-BCAM-NAMES command to ascertain the DNS name for the BCAM name.

   /SHOW-BCAM-NAMES NAME=*BCAM(BCAM-NAME=PC123456),OBJECT-TYPE=*PROCESSOR

3. Ascertain the DNS name of the BCAM host in the same way.

4. Take the name of the BCAM host - e.g. BCAMHOST - from message BCA08A1 and use it to ascertain the *DNS name.

   /SHOW-BCAM-NAMES NAME=*BCAM(BCAM-NAME=BCAMHOST),OBJECT-TYPE=*HOST

Diagnostics using DNS names

The DNS names used in BCAM can be displayed in ASTRID. The NAME TYPE=*DNS command enables all DNS names which are assigned to the BCAM hosts and the processors to be output.

In a similar way you can obtain some of the information using the SHOW-BCAM-NAMES command.

/SHOW-BCAM-NAMES NAME=*ALL,OBJECT-TYPE=*ANY,INF=*DNS-NAMES

Note:
The following commands which establish a reference to the DNS names are offered for diagnostics:

• SHOW-BCAM-INFO-BASIC

• SHOW-BCAM-INFO-ADDRESS

• SHOW-BCAM-INFO-NAME