Win2K, BIND & Multi-master

[Barry Margolin]

In article <abc7a4$9j3j$1 at isrv4.isc.org>,
John Lindemann  <jlindema at corp.adaptec.com> wrote:
>I've got a consultant here telling me that BIND can be set up with a
>multi-master model.

Then maybe he should tell you *how*.

>Test #2:  I've configured just 2 servers.  A test domain -on server 1 is
>configured as "master",
>on server 2, it's also a "master".  When using nsupdate, again -on DNS
>server #1, it sends the NOTIFY to server #2, but [I presume 'cause it's
>also a master] I get:
>
>        notify: info: NOTIFY(SOA) for non-secondary name
>
>...and, as expected, the second "master" server ignores the update from
>the "true" master.

What update?  The master didn't send an update, it sent a notify.  The
NOTIFY message just means "Zone XXX has been modified, so do a zone
transfer now."

>Any ideas on how can I get the other "master" DNS servers to see their
>update (and do IXFR's)?  I'm guessing master/slave is the ONLY way if we
>want to stick
>with BIND.  And I REALLY want to stick with BIND!

AFAIK there's nothing built into BIND to do this.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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