Chris wrote on 07/25/2012 09:04:49 AM: > Is it possible to restore a zone file from its associated journal file?
No. The journal file only records updates to the zone. At best you would only recover the changes since last commit to the zone file. > The docs seem to indicate that a restart of bind will sync the two > files, but in practice I get such as this: It doesn't sync the files to make two equal copies. It applies all of the outstanding transactions in the journal file to the zone file and then empties the journal. > zone foo.bar/IN: journal rollforward failed: journal out of sync with zone Yep, the journal is out of sync because the zone file is non-existent. > The problem here is that a large portion of the zone file was > "accidentally" deleted. Oops. That's what backups are for. Slaves are not backups. However, you might be able to extract some meaningful data from the slave's zone file. It won't be pretty though. Confidentiality Notice: This electronic message and any attachments may contain confidential or privileged information, and is intended only for the individual or entity identified above as the addressee. If you are not the addressee (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the addressee), or if this message has been addressed to you in error, you are hereby notified that you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of this message or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail or telephone and delete this message from your system. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
