Swapping IP address between CPU's

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

As a poor man's hotsite during our scheduled downtimes we plan on doing 
the following:
ENDTCPIFC INTNETADR('xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx') on the primary iSeries
Lock all libraries pertaining to one division.  Save them to a save file. 
Send them over to our backup.  Verify they've arrived on the backup. Drop 
the primary.
Restore the libraries.  STRTCPIFC INTNETADR('xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx').  Let the 
user's have their way.

However I've been told that the DNS server in our network needs to have 
it's cache reset to no longer associate that ip address with the old mac 
address.  Currently that involves telnetting into the router, etc.  I 
thought about scripting some telnet session, much the same as you can 
script a ftp session.  Is that possible?

Then it was suggested to me that I script a SNMP request.  Evidently they 
can do more security on that.  And the thought of having router admin 
passwords buried in script files was not very appealing to them.  I can 
respect that.  How would one do that from the iSeries?

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin