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fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte The best solution to solving installation and
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte configuration issues is to take preventative measures by setting
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte up logging files beforehand. The log files provide a
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fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte Zone serial numbers are just numbers — they aren't
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte date related. A lot of people set them to a number that
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte represents a date, usually of the form YYYYMMDDRR.
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte Occasionally they will make a mistake and set them to a
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte "date in the future" then try to correct them by setting
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte them to the "current date". This causes problems because
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte serial numbers are used to indicate that a zone has been
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte updated. If the serial number on the slave server is
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte lower than the serial number on the master, the slave
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte server will attempt to update its copy of the zone.
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte Setting the serial number to a lower number on the master
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte server than the slave server means that the slave will not perform
fcf3ce441efd61da9bb2884968af01cb7c1452ccJohn Forte updates to its copy of the zone.
of support and service agreements for <acronym class="acronym">BIND</acronym> and <acronym class="acronym">DHCP</acronym> servers. Four
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