Re: Is this KB example backwards? Re: Multiple master servers for the same zones

2023-09-08 Thread Leroy Tennison via bind-users
I wish I could do that for you.  Unfortunately, a decision was made to upgrade the second system and the issue was fixed (not magically, on purpose) during the process. On Friday, September 8, 2023 at 02:19:25 AM CDT, Greg Choules wrote: Doing this officially. Firstly @Fred you were

Re: Is this KB example backwards? Re: Multiple master servers for the same zones

2023-09-08 Thread Greg Choules
Doing this officially. Firstly @Fred you were right. I skim read it knowing what I ought to see and didn't spot what was actually there. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll get that fixed. Secondly @Leroy the config is the thing that will determine what types a zone is. Please would you do a few

Re: Is this KB example backwards? Re: Multiple master servers for the same zones

2023-09-07 Thread Leroy Tennison via bind-users
Just to clarify, the configuration I was referring to was supposed to have a master and slave DNS server for private zones (only two DNS servers) but something happened during/after upgrade and they both showed master (actually rndc -s 127.0.0.1 -r zonestatus ) reported master and the other

Re: Is this KB example backwards? Re: Multiple master servers for the same zones

2023-09-07 Thread Fred Morris
Hi Greg. So somebody referenced this KB article because presumably it was tangentially relevant, but I don't know that the OP is working with standby infrastructure (good question!). All they say is that after an upgrade all servers were masters. The amount of direct relevance of the

Re: Is this KB example backwards? Re: Multiple master servers for the same zones

2023-09-07 Thread Greg Choules via bind-users
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

Is this KB example backwards? Re: Multiple master servers for the same zones

2023-09-07 Thread Fred Morris
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