zabbix_agentd multiple server DNS entries

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    • Type: Incident report
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Minor
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    • Affects Version/s: 1.8.18, 2.0.8
    • Component/s: Agent (G)
    • Environment:
      GNU/Linux

      zabbix_agentd didn't handle server requests correctly while multiple DNS records are used.

      It does mean that:

      • we've set the DNS record with multiple As (zabbix-servers.company.tld A 1.2.3.4, 1.2.3.5)
      • we've set the reverse DNS records for both of this IP addresses to same domain (1.2.3.4 PTR zabbix-servers.company.tld; 1.2.3.5 PTR zabbix-servers.company.tld)
      • we've set the zabbix_agentd Server option to this hostname (zabbix-servers.company.tld)

      As result, zabbix_agentd refuse several servers requests (approximately 50%, I suppose that low-level getaddr round-robin is used).

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            Reporter:
            Tomas Krasnican
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