[PLUG] DNS And site available

[drew wymore]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:39 AM, linux-yug <linux-yug at xprt.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 00:13 -0800, drew wymore wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:51 PM, linux-yug <linux-yug at xprt.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Can I set my DNS up so if my Primary server is down at xx.yy.zz.aa
> > >
> > > It automatically goes to site b..  pp.qq.rr.aa  ????
> > >
> > > Where server A is in Flordia and Server B is in P-Town.???  ON very
> > > different Static IPs'  ???
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Linux-yug
> > >
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> > DNS servers or web servers? When you set  up DNS to do round robin to
> load
> > balance. Otherwise you'll need to update DNS to point at another server
> if
> > it's for web services.
> > _______________________________________________
>
>
> I didn't make that clear did I????
>
> I want to have a second web server standing by in the event the primary
> web server goes down.. Like now...  My primary web server is down.. Loss
> of power....And power won't be back for another two days..
> But, I have  perfectly good, rsynced web server at an alternate location
> with another IP...
>
> How do I get that to come on line.. Now that the primary is down?
>
> Thanks
>
> linux-yug..
>
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Update your primary and or secondary name servers (assuming primary is on
the dead box) to point to the web server that is still alive.