Re: [PLUG] dns propogation

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

Why don't you just forward requests for the existing address to the new 
server until the DNS records sync up?

Marc Zucchelli wrote:

> I am in charge of moving a site with a very active
> mysql database.  It is currently on an outsourced
> virtual host account.  And we are moving it to it's
> own server.  The plan is to take the site down, copy
> the database and all the files over, and launch again.
> Although I am worried it might take a few days for
> the dns to propogate, meaning the database on the new
> server will be getting updated with different content
> than the new server, unless of course I disabled the
> site on the old server in which case users who use a
> dns server with the domain already cached won't have
> access for a while.  I do run a dns server (bind 9),
> I'm not expert on it, but I was thinking I could set
> the time to live to 0 for the time being.  Problem is
> that ttl is specified in a few spots, and I don't know
> which one is for which, part of the file looks
> something like:
>
> $TTL 3D
> @               IN      SOA     ns1.abxnet.com.
> hostmaster.linux.bogus. (
>                                1       ; Serial
>                                8H      ; Refresh
>                                2H      ; Retry
>                                4W      ; Expire
>                                1D)     ; Minimum TTL
>
> There is a ttl up top, and a bunch in the SOA.
>
> Any help is appreciated, or maybe someone can suggest
> a better alternative?
>
> Thanks,
> Marc
>
>
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