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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

1966.0. "Domains FM suggestion" by ANOSWS::COMFORT (Spent a little time on the hill) Thu Dec 19 1991 13:28

    
    Hi,
    
    I would like to advance an idea for addition to the domain FM in
    some release of MCC - domain synomyns.
    
    The situation at my user site is probably similar to other places. In
    the namespace, we are creating a directory structure to store names for
    all entities (other than node4 in our case), bridges, translans, phase
    V nodes, domains, etc.  Using a heirarchical directory structure
    presents little or no problem when using the iconic map PM, however
    when using the command line interface, command lines get lengthy
    and prone to errors.  Once setup, domains make MCC a very rich
    environment in which to work.  An example of a domain name at my
    site is as follows:
    
    		.europe.domains.germany.munich
    
    where .europe and .domains are dns directories, germany is a domain and
    munich is a domain.  The domain objects must reside in a subdirectory
    so as not to load up the root of the namespace.  Since the domain
    munich is likely (in our case) to stay unique, it would be real nice to
    have a .DOMAIN_SYNONYM directory like the .DNA_NODESYNONYM directory
    that would be searched and a softlink resolved if a full DNS name
    is not provided on the command line.  This is would really shine
    when reviewing alarm rules or historian recording stats, etc.
    
    
    Regards,
    
    Dave Comfort 
    
    
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1966.1use symbols.MCDOUG::MCPHERSONScientific progress goes 'Boink!'Thu Dec 19 1991 14:105
For FCL you can use symbols.   For the map... well you only have to enter the
domain name *once* & refer to it by point & grunt thereafter.

Does that do it for you?
/doug
1966.2Softlinks from a default directoryBLUMON::SYLORArchitect = Buzzword GeneratorMon Dec 23 1991 10:5514
The "classic" way to do  what you want is to define a subdirectory somewhere
that is yours to play with, say .comfortable, and then define softlinks to
the domain names that you find interesting. It would only be used by you,
so it wouldn't need to be replicated.

Two things would make that easier to use:

1 MCC and DNS should allow the user to define his own "default DNS directory",
instead of only providing a system wide default.

2 MCC should have commands to manipulate DNS, especially to set up softlinks.
This *should* be part of the DNS AM (I hope).

Mark