Most DNS resolvers cache entries themselves. The underlying operating
system usually provides this service for all network users (meaning
applications). When you run "nslookup" you are bypassing the cache.
GLH
From: Jeffrey Chandler [mailto:user-3bdabb0d5953@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:08 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Changed IP address
Thanks. using the testip option worked. However, I am curious
where within hobbit it is pulling the DNS information from. Each of the
DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf resolves the IP properly and they are
authoritative for the domain. Is there a cache which Hobbit uses first?
Jeff
On 3/1/07, Rich Smrcina <user-cf452ff334e0@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Until DNS gets updated/propagated you can add 'testip'
to the tests for
that host.
Jeffrey Chandler wrote:
Hello,
I have changed an IP address on one of my servers
which hobbit
monitors. I have updated the bb-hosts file to reflect
the new IP
address of that host, but my hobbit server still pings
the old IP address.
If I use the bbtest-net --debug command and grep for
the hostname, it
says the following:
2007-03-01 16:45:55 Got DNS result for host
server1.example.com
<http://server1.example.com > : 192.168.1.100
<http://192.168.1.100>;
This is no longer the IP address for this host, and is
not reflected
that way in any of the DNS servers which the hobbit
network server is
using. Is there another configuration file that I
need to modify as well?
My Hobbit server is running on RedHat Enterprise Linux
3.0.
Thanks,
Jeff
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