Log entries explanation

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

> Are you sure that the zone files on 66.164.47.3 are getting the serial
> number updated?  It looks like the primary has notified the secondary
> (that log) that there is an update, but the serial number is not
> incrementing or is not different than what the secondary already has.
> When making changes to the primary zone files on the primary server,
> make sure the serial number is updated for that zone.

	There was NOTHING wrong below.  

	It is an IXFR (Incremental Zone Transfer) request for the changes
	required to get from 2003101701 to the current contents.

	The master can return one of three answers.
	1. a single SOA with the current SOA contents that is used to
	   indicate that the transfer should be performed over TCP 
	   (current serial > requested serial) or that no transfer is
	   to be performed (current serial <= requested serial).
	2. return a incremental response as a series of deltas.
	3. return a non incremental response containing the complete zone
	   contents.

	See RFC 1995 for more details.
 
> If you have already done this, I am not sure what the log entries are
> for.  Mistyped IP address?  Missing NS record?
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> Christopher P. Jenkins, Senior Consultant
> 
> Concordant, Inc.
> 
> P:  508-820-3080
> 
> F:  508-820-4367
> 
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> E:  chris.jenkins at concordantinc.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bind-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:bind-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Jim McAtee
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:44 PM
> To: bind-users at isc.org
> Subject: Log entries explanation
> 
> Can anyone explain the following log entries to me.  What does the
> "nonincremental response" entry imply?  Does it have something to do
> with the
> serial number?  Why does the third entry mention the old serial, since
> the
> new serial on Dec 4 would have been 2003120401?
> 
> 
> Dec  4 15:21:06.384 notify: info: received notify for zone 'xyz.com'
> 
> Dec  4 15:21:06.525 xfer-in: debug 3: transfer of 'xyz.com/IN' from
> 66.164.47.3#53: connected
> 
> Dec  4 15:21:06.525 xfer-in: debug 3: transfer of 'xyz.com/IN' from
> 66.164.47.3#53: requesting IXFR for serial 2003101701
> 
> Dec  4 15:21:06.525 xfer-in: debug 3: transfer of 'xyz.com/IN' from
> 66.164.47.3#53: sent request length prefix
> 
> Dec  4 15:21:06.525 xfer-in: debug 3: transfer of 'xyz.com/IN' from
> 66.164.47.3#53: sent request data
> 
> Dec  4 15:21:06.743 xfer-in: debug 3: transfer of 'xyz.com/IN' from
> 66.164.47.3#53: got nonincremental response
> 
> Dec  4 15:21:06.821 xfer-in: info: transfer of 'xyz.com/IN' from
> 66.164.47.3#53: end of transfer
> 
> 
> 
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