Configuring Name Servers
You configure a name server to dynamically create or delete host names and IP addresses when cloning, copying, refreshing, or renaming systems.
Prerequisites
You want to clone, copy, refresh, or rename a system:
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Cloning a system:
You do not use IP addresses as communication host names.
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Copying, refreshing, or renaming a system:
You do not use existing host names, or DHCP for newly provisioned/cloned virtual hosts.
For more information, see Provisioning.
Procedure
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Choose
Infrastructure
Network Components
Name Server
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Choose
Add.
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Type step
Field/Checkbox
Action
Name
Enter a name used to identify this virtual name server configuration within SAP Landscape Management.
Type
Select the type of the server.
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Properties step
DNS Properties Field
Action
Host
Enter the host name of the trusted host set up to update the DNS server.
DNS Server to Update
Enter the actual name of the DNS server to be updated.
Default TTL
Enter the default time to live setting.
LDAP Properties Field/Checkbox
Action
Type
Enter the type of LDAP that you are using.
Base DN
Enter a unique base name for your LDAP server.
Admin DN
Enter a unique administrative name.
Password
Enter the administrative password for the unique administrative name.
URL
Enter the URL of your LDAP server.
Object Classes
Enter the object classes.
Use TLS
To use transport layer security, select this checkbox and check whether you need to include the server certificate in the default keystore of your SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java.
NIS Properties Field
Action
Host Name
Enter the host name of the trusted host set up to update the NIS server.
Update Domain
Enter the domain used to update the NIS server.
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Summary step
The Summary step lists all of the information you have specified in the previous steps.
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- Save your entries.
- Choose Test Configuration.

