Primary says transfer OK but secondary doesn't receive zone

[Didier Wenger]

Hi there,

I'm trying to debug a strange problem I have with DNS zone transfer. All I
have is a standard primary and secondary DNS servers.

I've recently set up a new secondary DNS server for my forward zone and
entered the information of the master server so that it could download its
zone information from there. On my primary server I've added my new
secondary server with a NS record and authorized zone transfer to that
server.

Now my primary server says the zone has been transfered successfully to the
secondary (Event 6001) server but my secondary server says it can't download
zone infos from master ! The 2 servers are on the same LAN and when I start
the DNS service on the secondary server, here's what's very strange about it
:

1) Event viewer tells me : DNS service has been started
2) Event viewer tells me : A more recent version 2810 of zone example.com
was found at the DNS server at 192.168.1.1 (my primary). Zone transfer is in
progress
3) Event viewer tells me : Failed transfer of zone example.com from DNS
server at 192.168.1.1. The DNS server at 192.168.1.1 aborted or failed to
complete transfer of the zone. Check the DNS server at 192.168.1.1 and
ensure it is properly functioning and authoritative for the zone example.com
(Event 6534)

I can't figure out where the problem is and I hope you guys could give me
some help on this matter.

Thanks in advance,
Didier

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

In

Hi there,

I'm trying to debug a strange problem I have with DNS zone transfer.
All I have is a standard primary and secondary DNS servers.

I've recently set up a new secondary DNS server for my forward zone
and entered the information of the master server so that it could
download its zone information from there. On my primary server I've
added my new secondary server with a NS record and authorized zone
transfer to that server.

Now my primary server says the zone has been transfered successfully
to the secondary (Event 6001) server but my secondary server says it
can't download zone infos from master ! The 2 servers are on the same
LAN and when I start the DNS service on the secondary server, here's
what's very strange about it

1) Event viewer tells me : DNS service has been started
2) Event viewer tells me : A more recent version 2810 of zone
example.com was found at the DNS server at 192.168.1.1 (my primary).
Zone transfer is in progress
3) Event viewer tells me : Failed transfer of zone example.com from
DNS server at 192.168.1.1. The DNS server at 192.168.1.1 aborted or
failed to complete transfer of the zone. Check the DNS server at
192.168.1.1 and ensure it is properly functioning and authoritative
for the zone example.com (Event 6534)

I can't figure out where the problem is and I hope you guys could
give me some help on this matter.

Thanks in advance,
Didier

Is there a firewall between them?
If you have 192.168.1.1 set to allow zone transfers, do you have it set to
"All"? If so, try changing it to specifically that other server.

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[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In

Hi there,

I'm trying to debug a strange problem I have with DNS zone transfer.
All I have is a standard primary and secondary DNS servers.

I've recently set up a new secondary DNS server for my forward zone
and entered the information of the master server so that it could
download its zone information from there. On my primary server I've
added my new secondary server with a NS record and authorized zone
transfer to that server.

Now my primary server says the zone has been transfered successfully
to the secondary (Event 6001) server but my secondary server says it
can't download zone infos from master ! The 2 servers are on the same
LAN and when I start the DNS service on the secondary server, here's
what's very strange about it

1) Event viewer tells me : DNS service has been started
2) Event viewer tells me : A more recent version 2810 of zone
example.com was found at the DNS server at 192.168.1.1 (my primary).
Zone transfer is in progress
3) Event viewer tells me : Failed transfer of zone example.com from
DNS server at 192.168.1.1. The DNS server at 192.168.1.1 aborted or
failed to complete transfer of the zone. Check the DNS server at
192.168.1.1 and ensure it is properly functioning and authoritative
for the zone example.com (Event 6534)

I can't figure out where the problem is and I hope you guys could
give me some help on this matter.

Thanks in advance,
Didier

Is the machine the secondary zone is on multihomed?
How do you have zone transfers enabled, to the IP of the secondary, or to
the nameservers listed on the nameserver tab?