zone transfer from slave

[AK]

SWong at wiley.com wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> We have just upgraded our BIND to 9.2.2, on Solaris 8, this server is
> primary for some domains and secondary for others.
> 
> I understand that slave servers can pull the zone via different means, such
> as depending on the expire interval, serial number, etc.  as well as
> removing the zone file on slave server.
> I have a few zone files that is located in a different location and I do
> not have access to.  How can I pull individual zone from slave without
> restarting the entire slave name server?  rndc is only executed on primary
> server, is this correct?
> 
> thanks very much
> 
> 
> 

Your question is confusing.
If you have no access to the server, how will you restart the name server?
your options are:
if the system is up and name service is running, use named-xfer to get 
the zone data.
If the system is up, but the name service is not running, use scp to get 
the files.
if the system is not up, you need to get the files from backup if any.

if the system is not up, where are the answers that are currently being 
provided for these zones?  Get the information from that server. or 
better yet, get it from the master server.


AK