NIS very slow to update

[Howard Anderson_2]

I have a pair of DS25 AlphaServers running Tru64 5.1B.
I have NIS configured in a master/slave relationship between the two.
When I update information on a NIS user on the master using dxaccounts. The system is very slow to transmit this to the slave. (circa 2 minutes with the hourglass showing.)
I only have about 150 users defined, and the systems are very lightly loaded.
(I am running enhanced security.)

Any ideas how I can speed this up ?

[Ivan Ferreira]

Have you tried using the yppush command?

[Ann Majeske]

When running Enhanced Security it is recommended that you not use a slave server for performance reasons. That doesn't explain the extremely bad performance you're seeing, though. Is the delay in kicking off the update or is it just a slow network?

[Howard Anderson_2]

The network is FDDI, (which is getting long in the tooth), but it too is lightly loaded. The delay appears to be in the update itself.
I need a slave to provide some level of resiliance.
I believe that dxaccounts will be calling yppush as a part of its update.