Re: Primary / Secondary Zone Transfer Failed

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From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:36:23 -0600

Normally this is due to (differential) settings for ALLOW
zone transfer on the Primary.

Or if they all say to allow that -- perhaps it is specified
ONLY to NS servers of the zone AND the other (Secondary)
is not actually listed for the 4 failing zones. 

-- 
Herb Martin
"Cary Fields" <cary.fields(at)ci.corona.ca.us> wrote in message
news:uH1C4mVDFHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> However, if I copy mydomain.dns over to the secondary server, and restart
> dns, it looks fine.  If I create a test alias on the Primary, it shows up
on
> the Secondary.
>
> Is that all I need to do?  Will copying the file over work?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Cary Fields" <cary.fields(at)ci.corona.ca.us> wrote in message
> news:erwDdhVDFHA.3108@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I have about 16 Zones on a Windows 2000 Server and I am just now adding
> >another server to become the secondary for those zones.  The new server
is
> >2003.
> >
> > Of the 16 Zones, 4 did not transfer to the secondary.  I've been beating
> > my head against the wall trying to figure out why.
> >
> > Zone Transfers are enabled, the secondary server is listed on the Name
> > Servers Tab, everything is the same as the others, but they just dont
> > transfer.
> >
> > I get the standard....
> >
> > Zone Not Loaded by DNS Server
> >
> > The DNS server encountered a problem while attemping to load the zone.
> > The transfer of zone data from the master server failed.
> >
> > I just can't figure out why the other 12 worked.  Whats weird, is that
we
> > have .com/.net/.org registered for a domain, and the .org wont transfer.
> > And .com on another.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>

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