On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 05:37:42AM -0700, Rockey Reed wrote:
> In this area I cannot help but to disagree with Ed, for whom I have
> great respect.  The use of FQDN is used too often to mask a poor DNS
> configuration.  With NBU you need full forward and reverse lookup.  When
> either is missing a short term solution would be the use of /etc/hosts
> files until your network team can fix the DNS by adding the servers IP
> address to both zones.

I actually don't think we're in much disagreement here.  I'm not
advocating that the DNS not be fixed if it's broken but it's still far
clearer to use FQDNs for NetBackup.  After all, if I have a server
foo.stp.ewilts.org and foo.nyc.ewilts.org, I'd really need to have a
FQDN in the config anyway and no amount of DNS configuration will help
me.  Starting with FQDNs can save you heartache later - changing a
client host name makes it a bit of a challenge to do restores later.

Always set up DNS properly, then use FQDNs.  In fact, I don't even like
the "short term solution" of using /etc/hosts.  I've seen *way* too many
"temporary" solutions that are in place many years later.  Fix the DNS
first and tell the client that they can't be backed up until the DNS is
updated.  

        .../Ed

> 
> Thanks, 
> Rockey J. Reed 
> Lead Solutions Specialist 
> Consulting Services 
> Symantec Corporation 
> www.symantec.com 
> Email: rockey_reed AT symantec DOT com 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 6:21 AM
> To: Wilkinson, Alex
> Cc: List Veritas List
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] FQDNs or Not ? [recommendations please]
> 
> On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 02:58:22PM +0930, Wilkinson, Alex wrote:
> > Is it 'best practice' to use FQDN for our Master/Media Servers ?
> 
> Yes.  Not just for for NetBackup, but in general, use FQDN whenever
> possible.
> 
>         .../Ed
> 
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