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11e9368a226272085c337e9e74b79808c16fbdbaTinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch08.html#id2607676">Common Problems</a></span></dt>
11e9368a226272085c337e9e74b79808c16fbdbaTinderbox User<dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch08.html#id2607682">It's not working; how can I figure out what's wrong?</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
11e9368a226272085c337e9e74b79808c16fbdbaTinderbox User<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch08.html#id2607693">Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number</a></span></dt>
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11e9368a226272085c337e9e74b79808c16fbdbaTinderbox User<a name="id2607676"></a>Common Problems</h2></div></div></div>
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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The best solution to solving installation and
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein configuration issues is to take preventative measures by setting
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein up logging files beforehand. The log files provide a
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11e9368a226272085c337e9e74b79808c16fbdbaTinderbox User<a name="id2607693"></a>Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number</h2></div></div></div>
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews Zone serial numbers are just numbers — they aren't
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews date related. A lot of people set them to a number that
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews represents a date, usually of the form YYYYMMDDRR.
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews Occasionally they will make a mistake and set them to a
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews "date in the future" then try to correct them by setting
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews them to the "current date". This causes problems because
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews serial numbers are used to indicate that a zone has been
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews updated. If the serial number on the slave server is
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews lower than the serial number on the master, the slave
48abcd3eb789fdd24a2e0a6155b25e6979a39ae0Mark Andrews server will attempt to update its copy of the zone.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein Setting the serial number to a lower number on the master
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein server than the slave server means that the slave will not perform
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein updates to its copy of the zone.
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein The solution to this is to add 2147483647 (2^31-1) to the
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein number, reload the zone and make sure all slaves have updated to
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein the new zone serial number, then reset the number to what you want
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein it to be, and reload the zone again.
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5a4557e8de2951a2796676b5ec4b6a90caa5be14Mark Andrews The Internet Systems Consortium
71c66a876ecca77923638d3f94cc0783152b2f03Mark Andrews (<acronym class="acronym">ISC</acronym>) offers a wide range
71c66a876ecca77923638d3f94cc0783152b2f03Mark Andrews of support and service agreements for <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> and <acronym class="acronym">DHCP</acronym> servers. Four
60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein levels of premium support are available and each level includes
71c66a876ecca77923638d3f94cc0783152b2f03Mark Andrews support for all <acronym class="acronym">ISC</acronym> programs,
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60e5e10f8d2e2b0c41e8abad38cacd867caa6ab2Rob Austein support agreement package which includes services ranging from bug
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