BIND 4.9.4 upgrade

[James A Griffin]

Babashola Madariola wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> I'm want to upgrade from BIND 4.9.4 to BIND 9.1.2 on a solaris box running
> 
> 2.6
> 
> I plan to upgrade to solaris 8 first, before upgrading BIND.

Good.
> 
> Are there any issues I should be aware of during this upgrade?
> 

Yes, see http://sysadmin.oreilly.com/news/dnsandbind_0401.html

> Is it possible to install another version of BIND while the old one is
> 
> running?

Yes.
> 
> Or what is the best approach to this upgrade

Read the notes that come with the package.  Look for 'FAQ', 'README',
and 'CHANGES' in the top of the bind-9.x.x directory.  Also the
'migration' files in ./doc/misc.

Have fun!

Jim
> 
> TIA