primary nslookup fails sometimes

[Kevin Darcy]

A database dump is different from a statistics dump -- use an INT signal or
"ndc dumpdb" to get one. The filename should be "named_dump.db".

The database dump can be hard to read also, but you should be able to
search for "popsite.net" or just "popsite" (the closest $ORIGIN might be
just "$ORIGIN net.")? All you're interested in is where the answer came
from. That should be in a comment in the dump.


- Kevin
sis wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for your reply!
>
> I did a staticstics dump kill -ABRT, but the output is terrible.  I
> can not read the lines easily.  There is some program where it can
> translate the information easier called "bstat".  Do you happen to
> have it or know where I can get it?  I read it in a DNS/BIND book.
>
> On 13 Sep 2000 17:09:48 -0700, Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >No idea. Everything seems to be in order for "popsite.net". Refreshing
> >the hints file shouldn't make any difference. If you *really* want to
> >get to the bottom of this, turn on the "host-statistics yes" option --
> >warning, this can use up a lot of memory! -- and then dump the database
> >when you're getting the "host not found" error. That should tell you
> >what nameserver claimed it didn't exist.
> >
> >
> >- Kevin
> >
> >sis wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> We have a primary and secondary server.  When I do an nslookup on
> >> popsite.net, it resolves sometimes properly as shown:
> >>
> >> # nslookup popsite.net
> >> Server:  anshar.shadow.net
> >> Address:  204.177.71.2
> >>
> >> Non-authoritative answer:
> >> Name:    popsite.net
> >> Address:  204.178.185.61
> >>
> >> However, some days it does not resolve with the error Non Existent
> >> host/ domain.  Nonetheless, the secondary resolves all the time.
> >> Currently, this seems to be the only domain that it happens to.  At
> >> least outside our network.
> >>
> >> Note: we do not host popsite.net, and this just recently started.
> >>
> >> I recently made a change to the cache file.  It was outdated, so I
> >> downloaded a good one from internic.  Do you think that may help?
> >>
> >> Any help is appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >