Re: [cobalt-users] Swapping IP addresses on 2 raqs to improve DNS setup

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Peter wrote:

> I am trying to add some redundancy by improving my DNS setup now I have
> 2 raqs.  I have read other postings on setting up master and slaves but
> none answer this particular question.
>
> I have 2 raqs and I would like each raq to act as both a Master/Primary
> Nameserver and a slave/secondary.  At the moment each raq acts provides
> primary and secondary nameservers which I know isn't the best.
>
> Currently I have 4 nameservers set up as follows:
> On raqA:
> ns.domain1.com XXX.XXX.XXX.1  (primary)
> ns2.domain1.com XXX.XXX.XXX.2 (secondary)
>
> Both these IP's are assigned to RaqA
>
> On raqB:
> ns.domain2.com XXX.XXX.XXX.3  (primary)
> ns2.domain2.com XXX.XXX.XXX.4 (secondary)
>

They are not primary / secondary (master / slave) both 1-2 and
3-4 are masters. You have no secondaries, you are running 4 masters.

You are going to have outages if you are not careful...

You should leave it alone, other than configure raqA to be slave for the
zones on raqB And configure raqB to be slave for the zones on raqA

You have to tell them to perform secondary nameservice for domain, either
by editing the records file, or going into the GUI on 1 and 3 and setup
the slaves.
<SNIP>

Gerald
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