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81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch08.html#id2609018">Common Problems</a></span></dt>
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch08.html#id2609024">It's not working; how can I figure out what's wrong?</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch08.html#id2609035">Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number</a></span></dt>
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch08.html#id2609052">Where Can I Get Help?</a></span></dt>
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<a name="id2609018"></a>Common Problems</h2></div></div></div>
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81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<a name="id2609024"></a>It's not working; how can I figure out what's wrong?</h3></div></div></div>
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek The best solution to solving installation and
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek configuration issues is to take preventative measures by setting
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek up logging files beforehand. The log files provide a
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek source of hints and information that can be used to figure out
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek what went wrong and how to fix the problem.
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81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek<a name="id2609035"></a>Incrementing and Changing the Serial Number</h2></div></div></div>
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek Zone serial numbers are just numbers — they aren't
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek date related. A lot of people set them to a number that
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek represents a date, usually of the form YYYYMMDDRR.
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek Occasionally they will make a mistake and set them to a
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek "date in the future" then try to correct them by setting
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek them to the "current date". This causes problems because
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek serial numbers are used to indicate that a zone has been
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek updated. If the serial number on the slave server is
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek lower than the serial number on the master, the slave
81020661d35772b5499525b76a19c9a3794c953eJakub Hrozek server will attempt to update its copy of the zone.
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