Siemens Unix V4.0 - Manual (Page 219)

Implementing WINS Using WINS Manager
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You can change the following configuration parameters using the Advanced option in the
WINS Server Configuration dialog box.
Configuration option Description
Logging Enabled This option is ignored in Advanced Server WINS.
Log Detailed Events Specifies whether the output to the event log is verbose.
(This requires considerable computer resources and should be
turned off if you are tuning for performance.). By default, this
option is not checked.
Replicate Only With
Partners Specifies that replication occurs only with configured WINS pull
or push partners. If this option is not checked, an administrator
can ask a WINS server to pull or push from or to a non-listed
WINS server partner. By default, this option is checked.
Backup On Termi-
nation Specifies that the database will be backed up automatically when
WINS Manager is stopped except when the computer is stopped.
By default, this option is not checked.
Migrate On/Off Specifies that static unique and multihomed records in the
database are treated as dynamic when they conflict with a new
registration or replica. This means that if they are no longer valid,
they will be overwritten by the new registration or replica. By
default, this option is not checked.
You should have this option checked only a limited period of time.
The purpose of Migrate On is to ease the process of making a
B-node an H-node (WINS client). If set, the static nature of
unique/multihomed names is compromised by WINS in that
these records are now treated as pseudo- static. Pseudo-static
means that a dynamic name registration will be allowed to
overwrite a unique/multihomed static entry if the static
address(es) are different and prove to be wrong.
Starting Version Count Specifies the highest version ID number for the database.
Usually, you will not need to change this value unless the
database becomes corrupted and needs to start fresh. In such a
case, set this value to a number higher than appears as the
version number counter for this WINS server on all the remote
partners that earlier replicated the local WINS server’s records.
WINS may adjust the value you specify to a higher one to ensure
that the database records are replicated quickly to the WINS
servers. This value can be seen in the View Database dialog box
in WINS Manager.