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Re: Question about secondary zone updates...

From: Len Conrad
Date: Saturday, September 8, 2001
Time: 11:06:36 am


>I guess that's what I was asking. I can't seem to find anything in the
>documentation that tells you what each of those parameters is, what they
>affect, what is normal (settings wise).

http://www.menandmice.com/ONLINE%20DOCS%20AND%20FAQ/QDNS%20MANAGER/Zone%2=
0Window/SOArecordcomponents.htm

>Incidentally, Len, I've checked the logs of both servers, they are hoste=
d on
>two of our machines maintained by us. No errors, but no record of trans=
fer
>activity either.

dig @zonemaster domain.com soa

are you getting 'aa' flag?

>So if I set the REFRESH value to something much lower it should update
>quicker.

not as quick as NOTIFY

> I guess back to my original question then, if setting this real
>low, won't resources be tied up checking the slave zone more often?

as I said, it=B4s only a single query from each slave to the master(s) fo=
r=20
the SOA record. no sweat, even once per minute.

>And again, back to my original post, is there a reason why QDNS defaults=
new
>zones to 8 hour REFRESH values? Must be something there if QDNS thinks =
it
>needs to be 8 hours.

that=B4s 3 times a day, no sweat. anyway, NOTIFY does most of the=20
master/zone syncrhonization work.

> Just trying to learn and understand

DNS & BIND, O'Reilly, 4th edition :))

Len


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