bind 9 zones not loading reliably
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Mark_Andrews at isc.org
Wed Oct 2 21:53:21 UTC 2002
> > We use a central dns repository to edit the zonefiles and then ssh the
> > edited zonefile out to the nameservers and hup the nameservers. Since
>
> Use rndc, not kill -HUP <pid-of-named>
>
>
>
> > upgrading to BIND 9, we are seeing occassional failures where an
> updated
>
> Do you have log entries indicating the failure?
>
> > zonefile is not be loaded during the hup. The hup loads other updated
> > zonefiles but misses loading one every now and then. Nothing
> > consistent, different servers, different zonefiles. The zonefile
> > timestamp and serial number are always the updated copy on the host,
> but
> > the nameservice just ignores it. Doing a touch on the file and
> > hup'ing the nameservice causes bind to load it.
> >
> > Problem is very intermittent. We are running hundred if not thousands
> > of zones on a nameserver and probably 20 zonefiles are updated daily.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary
Well zone loads are performed in serial in the background.
Mark
--
Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark.Andrews at isc.org
More information about the bind-users
mailing list