In article <mailman.1421.1273202620.21153.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>,
Dave Filchak <sub...@zuka.net> wrote:
> I was thinking that as well ... would probably be the easiest and then
> switch it back later. However, I would have to change my glue record at
> the registrar as well ... no?
The glue records don't distinguish between masters and slaves.
But it would be a good idea to remove a server from delegation if it's
not going to respond.
>
> On 06/05/10 11:19 PM, Barry Margolin wrote:
> > In article<mailman.1415.1273200624.21153.bind-us...@lists.isc.org>,
> > Bruce Ray<bruce....@zionsbancorp.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> You have until the expiry counter expires for a given zone.
> >>
> >> We typically run our expiries at a week to allow for this type of failure.
> >>
> > You can easily turn a slave into a master. Just go into its named.conf
> > file, change "type slave" to "type master" and comment out the "masters
> > {...}" clause.
> >
> >
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: bind-users-bounces+bruce.ray=zionsbancorp....@lists.isc.org
> >> <bind-users-bounces+bruce.ray=zionsbancorp....@lists.isc.org>
> >> To: bind-users@lists.isc.org<bind-users@lists.isc.org>
> >> Sent: Thu May 06 21:37:35 2010
> >> Subject: Master server offline
> >>
> >> Our master server machine had a drive failure and looks like it will be
> >> offline for some time. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought I
> >> remembered that something bad can happen to the dns resolution for your
> >> zones
> >> if the master is offline for too long. Is there anything to this or am I
> >> just
> >> dreaming? As long as the secondary can answer request, we should be ok?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >
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Barry Margolin, bar...@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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