odd problems with named-xfer.

[Steve Foster]

All,


i think this could be linked to a named-xfer backlog, i seem to be being
capped at 20 concurrent inbound transfers, even though i have specified it
as 50 in named.conf , i currently have set the following:

        transfer-format many-answers ;
        transfers-per-ns 50 ;
        transfers-in 50 ; 

in an effort to get it to do a bit more, but i just get the following from
daemon.log:

named[1612]: the maximum number of concurrent inbound transfers is 20


from reading the manual at www.isc.org is suggests that this is
overrideable, but doesn't actually appear to be, or are there other
variables that need modifying firstly..

many thanks

Steve



At 15:22 18/04/02 +0100, Steve Foster wrote:
>
>Hi there,
>
>
>The notifies are definitely coming from each of my 3 primaries for this
>domain, all of which are listed in the masters section in my zones.conf file.
>and i've received at least 6 notifies since i updated my serial number on
>the primaries, just no attempt at AXFR , strangely though, we reload named
>on the primaries every hour, and i receive a notify for each reload. At
>this time the actual filetime stamp on the secondary zonefile gets updated
>even though the headers still show that the named-xfer was last performed a
>few daya ago.
>The TTL of the zone has no bearing on the transfer time does it, AFAIK as
>soon as the serial is changed the secondaries should update it, and
>transfer it again..
>
>Steve
>
>
>At 00:01 19/04/02 +1000, Mark.Andrews at isc.org wrote:
>>
>>> 
>>> Hi there,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> i am experiencing a strange problem with zone transfers.
>>> 
>>> my primaries are sending a NOTIFY when the Serial changes, but my
>>> secondaries are not triggering a named-xfer of the domain until at
least 24
>>> hours later. This doesn't strike me as proper practice, as i would expect
>>> the secondaries to immediately attempt to perform a transfer of the
domain.
>>> 
>>> Both my servers are running 8.2.3, the NOTIFY's can be seen in the logs on
>>> the secondary server.
>>> 
>>> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>	Are the notifies coming from the addresses listed in the masters
>>	clauses?
>>
>>> 
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> Steve Foster
>>> Senior Systems Administrator
>>> PSINet Europe
>>> Work: +44 (1223) 577322
>>> Mobile: +44 (7720) 425911
>>> 
>>--
>>Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
>>1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
>>PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org
>>
>>
>Steve Foster
>Senior Systems Administrator
>PSINet Europe
>Work: +44 (1223) 577322
>Mobile: +44 (7720) 425911
>
>
>
Steve Foster
Senior Systems Administrator
PSINet Europe
Work: +44 (1223) 577322
Mobile: +44 (7720) 425911