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When perusing Global->Transactions, if you click white space in the table the fly-out window presents a barebones representation of the transaction (just an object id, no IP or Name or other object-identifying data). It also lists an Operations heading, but there are never any Operations underneath it. It took me awhile to figure out that there ARE actually operations present, but for some reason they are not presented in the fly-out window. You have to instead click on the Transaction operation link in the table which then loads the transaction and lists the operations. Is this a bug in that the fly-out window is not showing operations (despite there being an Operations section in the window)? Or just non-intuitive working as designed?
Does anyone know what the requirements are for a BDDS to show up in the Visualization/Dashboards section with the new metrics? I know it must be running 25.x, however I’ve added a new BDDS in my lab and it’s not showing up. I performed the following sequence:BAM → upgraded from 25.1 to 25.1.1 (previous to 25.1 it was running 9.5.2).BDDS→ Added to BAM while the BDDS was running 9.5.2BDDS->Upgraded to 25.1.1BDDS does not show up in Visualization but shows connected to BAM and can receive deployments and otherwise operates normally.BAM->Disabled/enabled the BDDS, restarted BAM, disabled/replaced, deleted/readded the BDDS while it was running 25.1.1. Stopped/started the metrics exporter service. Nothing I do seems to get it to show up. It’s clearly getting filtered (like the rest of the BDDS’s running 9.x attached to this BAM) - but I can’t see why. The API calls being made by the UI are returning the full list of servers.
We're looking to install another site with recursive and authoritative DNS. I’ve done some looking into the multi-primary function though unsure if this is what we're looking for. The goal is to have this site’s DNS/DHCP intact in a disaster scenario where the primary data center is down or unreachable. I am only finding instructions on how to setup multi-primary roles on new zones without existing primary roles. In my attempt to test this I was not able to use or add a new multi-primary role to existing zone as it complains there is already a primary role. Looks like you would have to remove the existing primary role to add the new role, though not sure of the impact here.Can a multi-primary DNS setup function if the BAM is unreachable? How do you install multi-primary roles on existing zones with little or no impact to clients?
When perusing Global->Transactions, if you click white space in the table the fly-out window presents a barebones representation of the transaction (just an object id, no IP or Name or other object-identifying data). It also lists an Operations heading, but there are never any Operations underneath it. It took me awhile to figure out that there ARE actually operations present, but for some reason they are not presented in the fly-out window. You have to instead click on the Transaction operation link in the table which then loads the transaction and lists the operations. Is this a bug in that the fly-out window is not showing operations (despite there being an Operations section in the window)? Or just non-intuitive working as designed?
Does anyone know what the requirements are for a BDDS to show up in the Visualization/Dashboards section with the new metrics? I know it must be running 25.x, however I’ve added a new BDDS in my lab and it’s not showing up. I performed the following sequence:BAM → upgraded from 25.1 to 25.1.1 (previous to 25.1 it was running 9.5.2).BDDS→ Added to BAM while the BDDS was running 9.5.2BDDS->Upgraded to 25.1.1BDDS does not show up in Visualization but shows connected to BAM and can receive deployments and otherwise operates normally.BAM->Disabled/enabled the BDDS, restarted BAM, disabled/replaced, deleted/readded the BDDS while it was running 25.1.1. Stopped/started the metrics exporter service. Nothing I do seems to get it to show up. It’s clearly getting filtered (like the rest of the BDDS’s running 9.x attached to this BAM) - but I can’t see why. The API calls being made by the UI are returning the full list of servers.
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