secondary dns problem

[Stephen Vaughan]

on the machine I'm doing the dig query- its set to another internal dns
server... the resolv.conf on the actual secondary dns box has got the
primary dns and the secondary dns it its resolv.conf (ie, its own ip
address)
On 8/9/06, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
>
>
> > hmm.... but when I was running dig and nslookup on the secondary dns the
> > queries were timing out
>
>         And where is resolv.conf pointing?
>
> > On 8/9/06, Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > well, the expire is set to 604800 on the primary dns.... I did
> notice
> > > while
> > > > the primary dns was down the secondary continued to try and refresh
> the
> > > > zones, I could see the timeouts in the syslog... is that whats
> causing
> > > it?
> > >
> > >         The secondary trying to check if the copy of the zone it has
> > >         is up to date.  If the primary is down there is nothing to
> > >         answer the queries so they time out.  This is normal and does
> > >         not impact on the secondary's ability to answer queries.
> > >
> > > > On 8/9/06, Barry Margolin <barmar at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > In article <ebbhp4$lra$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
> > > > > "Stephen Vaughan" <stephenvaughan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > I have setup 2 nameservers using bind. One of them is acting as
> a
> > > > > secondary
> > > > > > dns and it transfers the zones from the primary. My problem is,
> when
> > > the
> > > > > > primary dns server goes down I am unable to query the secondary
> dns.
> > > If
> > > > > the
> > > > > > primary dns server is up, I can query the secondary dns fine. Is
> > > there a
> > > > > > special setting or something that I've missed?
> > > > >
> > > > > When you query the slave DNS "fine", does it return authoritative
> > > > > responses?
> > > > >
> > > > > What is the expire time of the zone?  If it's too short, the zone
> may
> > > > > expire on the slave server.
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I can see the query attempt when looking at the logs in the
> > > secondary
> > > > > dns,
> > > > > > but the dig -t that I'm running on another server is timing
> out...
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
> > > > > Arlington, MA
> > > > > *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***
> > > > > *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group
> ***
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > > Stephen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > --
> > > Mark Andrews, ISC
> > > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> > > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Stephen
> >
> >
> >
> --
> Mark Andrews, ISC
> 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia
> PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742                 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews at isc.org
>



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Best Regards,
Stephen