HP Multi-Site Traffic Director sa9200 User Manual

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C H A P T E R 6

DNS Commands

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create

Creates a zone. Zone names may not exceed 253 characters,
(allowing at least one character for a hostname and one for the “.”
between the host name and the zone name. Up to 300 zones can
be created. Zone names must be unique.
Valid zone name characters are:

Alphanumerics (case insensitive)

Dot (.)

Hyphen (-)

Syntax:

config dns zones create <zonename>

where:

zonename

is the name of zone to be created.

Example:

mysite-ex.com

delete

NOTE: This command
also deletes all hosts and
VIPs configured under the
zone to be deleted.

Deletes the specified zone from the zone list.
Syntax:

config dns zones delete <zonename>

where:

zonename

is the name of the zone you wish to delete.

rename

Changes the name of an existing zone. Hosts configured under
that zone are unaffected.
Syntax:

config dns zones rename <zonename> new <zonename>

where:

zonename

(1) is the current name of the zone you wish to

rename.

zonename

(2) is the new name you wish to give to the specified

zone.

config dns zones
<zonename>

Changes the prompt to the config dns zones <zonename>
command level for a specific zone.

Command

Description

Config DNS Zones Commands

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