Bind 9.2.1 W2K server crashes repeatedly

[phn at icke-reklam.ipsec.nu]

Scott MacLean <scottspam at nerosoft.com> wrote:

> Yesterday I migrated a production server running 4.9.5 to 9.2.1,
> running on a two-processor W2K box with a gig of RAM, serving
> approximately 200 domains. About 3 hours after it started, 9.2.1
> stopped answering queries. It still showed running in the services
> applet however. Running a restart failed:

> C:\>rndc start
> errno2result.c:61: unable to convert errno to isc_result: 10057:
> Socket is not connected
> rndc: send failed: connection refused

> I stopped BIND from the service applet and started it again, which
> solved the problem. Looking at the debug logs, I found this:

> Nov 15 19:22:43.130 general: critical: socket.c:1621:
> INSIST(!sock->pending_recv) failed
> Nov 15 19:22:43.130 general: critical: exiting (due to assertion
> failure)

> I checked the executables and DLL's, and all are the proper versions
> and dates.

> Two hours after I restarted it, the same thing happened again.

> Going back to 4.9.5 is not an option at this point. Would I be better
> off:

> - Writing some kludge application that keeps querying BIND, and if it
> doesn't get an answer, forcibly stops and restarts the service

> or

> - Upgrading to the 9.2.2rc1

Or 
 - replacing windows with, let's suggest, FreeBSD

> Is this a known problem? Is there a workaround or fix? Right now I've
> set the service to auto-restart, and have scheduled a "kill named.exe"
> to run every 15 minutes, so the most it could be down for is 15
> minutes. Not really an acceptable solution.

> No unhelpful wisecracks about changing operating systems, please. It's
> not my decision, and it's not an option.

It's always an option to review bad practices. Whats stopping your 
organization from sane descitions ? Bribes ?


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