[Pdns-users] Master/slave

[Blaine Fleming]

DNS doesn't actually 'failover'.  Both servers should answer the same 
number of queries, assuming there are no server outages to offset this.  If 
your servers are set up correctly and the root servers have the proper glue 
records for your zone, you should see queries to both servers all the 
time.  If one server is answering direct queries but does not seem to 
answer them when digging down from the root servers, then you need to 
verify that the root servers have valid data.  A useful website for running 
DNS tests is http://www.dnsstuff.com.

--Blaine


At 05:49 AM 6/2/2003, you wrote:

>Hi all, thanks for all the great info on this list.
>
>I have two machines setup with database replication in place. Changes are
>being made and both machines resolve domains directly.
>
>My question deals more in the way dns failover works... If I shut down the
>master dns server (ns1), shouldnt my queries automatically forward over to
>ns2, providing the info with my registrar is correct? It doesnt seem to be
>doing this, however a 'host domain.com ns2.example.com' query does indeed
>work, and WHOIS on the machine im testing from does show the correct ns2
>entry.
>
>Maybe I need clarification on how this system is supposed to work :)
>
>Thanks for your time,
>
>-t
>
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