zone transfer fails

[Guest]

Hope you guys can help. We have two win 2k dns servers one primary and a
secondary server. We have been experiencing problems with zone transfers the
error message shows that the zone failed to load on the secondary server. If
I create a new zone on the primary and then try to create a secondary it
fails to transfer over. The main problem is each morning we have DNS issue
where it fails then it shows the secondary failing to load the zone.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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Hope you guys can help. We have two win 2k dns servers one primary
and a secondary server. We have been experiencing problems with zone
transfers the error message shows that the zone failed to load on the
secondary server. If I create a new zone on the primary and then try
to create a secondary it fails to transfer over. The main problem is
each morning we have DNS issue where it fails then it shows the
secondary failing to load the zone.

I know this may sound too simple, but I must ask. Did you allow zone
transfers in the Primary zone properties?

Is there a firewall between the machines?

Are these two DNS servers Win2000 AD domain controllers in the same domain?
If so, have you considered AD Integrated zones? They work like a charm and
don't have to worry about zone transfers, besides the security features. But
the option is only available on a DC with DNS installed on it.

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[Jorge_de_Almeida_Pinto]

Hope you guys can help. We have two win 2k dns servers one
primary and a
secondary server. We have been experiencing problems with zone
transfers the
error message shows that the zone failed to load on the
secondary server. If
I create a new zone on the primary and then try to create a
secondary it
fails to transfer over. The main problem is each morning we
have DNS issue
where it fails then it shows the secondary failing to load the
zone.

do you allow zone transfers from the primary server to the secondary
server?

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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do you allow zone transfers from the primary server to the secondary
server?

Hi Jorge,

That was one of the questions I had asked, but you bring up a better point
about how he specifically is allowing transfer to the server holding the
Secondary zone. Whether it is set as "To Any Server", "Only To The Servers
Listed in the Nameserver Tab", or "Only To the Servers listed below".

Ace