Migration to 9.1....

[Mark.Andrews at nominum.com]

> 
> Hey there,
> 
> I'm in the process of doing the same, but I haven't completed the process
> yet.  However, I'll let you in on a few secrets that I picked up along the
> way.
> 
> #1) Never compile on top of the old version (unless you have adequate
> backups), because if something goes amiss, you want to be able to get back
> to a working environment.
> 
> #2) query-source address * port 53 (in my bind 8.x.x config) doesn't work
> the same in bind 9.0.1 (not sure about 9.1.x).  If I use the above statement
> (for a slave domain) then the zone transfers time out.  However, if I change
> it it query-source address <ip of valid interface> port 53, all works just
> fine.  Check my other posting from a couple days ago (which I will respond
> to shortly) for a more descriptive response.

	This is fixed in 9.1
> 
> #3) Some of the logging facilities have changed.  The general functionality,
> as I see it, is pretty much the same, but you'll want to download the Bind 9
> Administrator Reference Manual that Nominum published this month to make
> sure your config files will work.  One major note, in Bind 8 the logging
> statements were evaluated before the general logging made, in Bind 9 that
> has changed.  The first logging statements (included errors about your
> configuration) will log to a default level, and therefore not be where you
> may expect them.
> 
> Good luck!
> Jason
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dyu [mailto:dyu at cdknet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:16 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Migration to 9.1....
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am planning to upgrade my DNS server from 8.x to 9.1.0rc1 on FreeBSD.  Is
> there anyone has time to list me steps or tell me what do i need to do,
> since i m not very knowledge to Bind configuration.  Do i just compile on
> top it the old version or ........
> thanks a lot,
> 
> Derrick
> 
> 
> 
> 
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