Clearing hosts from the DNS cache

The IBM® MQ Appliance maintains a cache of DNS hosts. If the cache contains unwanted hosts, you must clear the cache.

About this task

You can clear hosts from the cache from the DNS Settings configuration. You can clear the cache by using the IBM MQ Appliance web UI (or you can use the command line interface - see clear dns-cache).

Procedure

  1. Start the IBM MQ Appliance web UI, and click the network icon shows the network icon.
  2. Select Interface > DNS Service.
  3. Click Actions > Flush DNS Cache.