In message <prayer.1.3.5.1207260007050.11...@hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk>, Chris Thompson writes: > On Jul 25 2012, wbr...@e1b.org wrote: > > >Chris Buxton <chris.p.bux...@gmail.com> wrote on 07/25/2012 12:07:22 PM: > > > >> > 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. > >> > >> I don't believe that is entirely correct. The journal file needs to > >> be retained to support ixfrs. My understanding is that it will be > >> automatically trimmed to max-journal-size, if that option is set. > > > >Do you know how it determines what is kept? > > When the journal file reaches the max-journal-size value, roughly the > first half of it is discarded. But there are other actions that can > discard the whole journal file, such as "rndc freeze" on a type master > zone, "rndc retransfer" on a type slave one, etc. > > To find out if a journal file goes back far enough for your purposes, > use the named-journalprint utility distributed with BIND. Although I > have to say I would hate to be dependent on this way of recovering a > lost zone file: you should probably be rethinking your whole backup > and recovery strategy.
The slaves should have a recent copy of the zone. Just axfr it and use it as the master file. Any untransferred changes will be applied from the journal when named starts. > -- > Chris Thompson > Email: c...@cam.ac.uk > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ 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
