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enorthcraft
Level 2
16 years ago

DNS Alias Requirements?

Hello group, I am preparing to install EV 8.0 at a client site.  The client is the US division of an international company.  While they are empowered to do much of the network administration, they ...
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    Wayne_Humphrey
    16 years ago
    This is not only best practice but a pre requisite, USL and building blocks will not work without this (you can fake it with lmhosts - but this is not supported)
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enorthcraft
Level 2
16 years ago

This is not only best practice but a pre requisite, USL and building blocks will not work without this (you can fake it with lmhosts - but this is not supported)

 

Thanks Wayne.  I realize that using explicit names is going to make things difficult if not unsupported.  Do you happen to know of a document that shows the alias as a requirement?  The installation docs make reference to them extensively, but unlike the hardware or user account requirements, I can't find anything to support my request to the IT DNS administrator.