Too big serial - newbe, don't shoot please

[dbotham at edeltacom.com]

1.  Buy DNS & BIND (i.e. "The Book").

2.  Turn to page 152 "Starging Over with a New Serial Number".

3.  Follow the magical mathmatical formula for resetting serial numbers on
remote slave servers.

4.  Open ice cold beverage of choice and relax.


Thanks,

Dave...


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Hi!

I've got a huge problem with an enormous serial number in one of my zone
files.
The number is many times bigger than any 32 bit number it's 500206071040.
Now the secondary servers don't want to update their zone files, beacause I
don't know how I should increase my serial no properly.
What should I do to get back to a resonable serial number value?
I use bind 8.2.4

Please help! (a link to some kind of FAQ is OK too)
Adam