Hi Fred. No, the sense is correct. Imagine you have a server with a secondary zone of (say) "example.com", which transfers data for that zone from a primary somewhere. The secondary loads data received during a zone transfer straight into memory and uses it. It is optional for the secondary to also write that data to a file on its local storage, if you specify a "file" statement in the zone declaration. Optional, but sometimes handy.
If the server currently being secondary for "example.com" does write that zone to disc then it is easy to switch it to become primary because it already has the zone file stored locally. Just change the "type", leave the "file" statement alone and delete (or comment) the "primaries". Does that help? Greg On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 19:31, Fred Morris <m3...@m3047.net> wrote: > Re-reading the KB article referenced below... > > On Tue, 5 Sep 2023, Leroy Tennison via bind-users wrote: > > > > [...] I'm assuming i can use > > https://kb.isc.org/docs/managing-manual-multi-master to "demote" one of > > them but is there anything to look for concerning possible > > inconsistencies and how do I check for those issues? > > Second paragraph: > > In BIND 9, it is relatively simple to switch a server from secondary to > primary in real time: if you store the data in a file, simply redefine > the zone type and change type master; to type slave;. > > That seems to me to be saying secondary == master and primary == slave. > > There seems to be a mixing of metaphors here. I don't think combining the > traditional and newspeak terminology contributes to clarity. In any case > I'd rewrite this as: > > In BIND 9, it is relatively simple to switch a server from primary to > secondary in real time: if you store the data in a file, simply redefine > the zone type and change type primary; to type secondary;. > > -- > > Fred Morris > -- > Visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support > subscriptions. Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more > information. > > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users >
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