Bind zone fails to load due to "journal out of sync with zone" error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • A DNS zone is not loaded by the BIND named service, which causes the zone to become unavailable.

  • The system logs show the following error for the affected zone:

    zone [<zone-name>]/IN: journal rollforward failed: journal out of sync with zone
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • bind

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