Local DNS lookup fails with "journal rollforward failed: journal out of sync with zone"
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Environment
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1
named 9.6
named 9.6
Situation
Resolving a local domain name to an IP address fails with:
In /var/log/messages the following errors can be observed:
Resolving any public resource works as expected.
> 192.168.1.3
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
3.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa name = server.domain.site.
> server.domain.site
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
** server can't find server.domain.site.: SERVFAIL
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
3.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa name = server.domain.site.
> server.domain.site
Server: 127.0.0.1
Address: 127.0.0.1#53
** server can't find server.domain.site.: SERVFAIL
In /var/log/messages the following errors can be observed:
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 42
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone domain.site/IN: journal rollforward failed: journal out of sync with zone
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone domain.site/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: running
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone domain.site/IN: journal rollforward failed: journal out of sync with zone
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: zone domain.site/IN: not loaded due to errors.
Oct 28 15:41:13 kl1 named[17558]: running
Resolving any public resource works as expected.
Resolution
This issue may get experienced if the binary zone journal gets corrupted. To solve this issue:
- rcnamed stop
- locate and delete the *jnl files for the corresponding zone files in /var/lib/named or its subdirectories
- rcnamed start
Additional Information
For detailed information on the purpose of the journal file please see the named manual http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/cur/9.6/doc/arm/Bv9ARM.ch04.html#journal
Disclaimer
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- Document ID:7009661
- Creation Date: 28-Oct-2011
- Modified Date:03-Mar-2020
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