I have 2 production and a development server all running Win 2K server (not using Active Directory). All three are running MS DNS. The primary DNS is working properly. I am however am unable to get the zone transfer to work for the secondary Server. Here is my setup, lets call my zone myZone.com.
DNS1 is primary for myZone.com and lists 2 name servers DNS1 and DNS2 (All proper entries are made. Currently allows zone transfers to all servers.)
DNS2 is secondary for myZone.com
DEV1 is a development server which does not usually host a zone, however it is used for testing and trouble shooting of various problems including DNS.
DNS2 reports "The DNS Server reported an error while attempting to load the zone." When I check both the DNS Log and Event Viewer, it does not report any errors. When I try ls -d myZone.com in NSLOOKUP, it transfers fine and records the transfer in DNS1's Events Viewer. I tried using this to manually make a zone record, but the server says "The data is invalid". I tried copying the DNS file from DNS1 to DNS2 and DEV1. Both reported that "The Data is invalid" All of my other Zones on DNS1 are transfering to DNS2 and DEV1. Also if I make a test zone on any of the three servers, I can not do a zone transfer to any of the others.
Short of manually replicating the zone, I am out of ideas. I did search MS site, but there help was a joke. The part that is the most frustraiting is that it will not record the error anywhere.
DNS1 is primary for myZone.com and lists 2 name servers DNS1 and DNS2 (All proper entries are made. Currently allows zone transfers to all servers.)
DNS2 is secondary for myZone.com
DEV1 is a development server which does not usually host a zone, however it is used for testing and trouble shooting of various problems including DNS.
DNS2 reports "The DNS Server reported an error while attempting to load the zone." When I check both the DNS Log and Event Viewer, it does not report any errors. When I try ls -d myZone.com in NSLOOKUP, it transfers fine and records the transfer in DNS1's Events Viewer. I tried using this to manually make a zone record, but the server says "The data is invalid". I tried copying the DNS file from DNS1 to DNS2 and DEV1. Both reported that "The Data is invalid" All of my other Zones on DNS1 are transfering to DNS2 and DEV1. Also if I make a test zone on any of the three servers, I can not do a zone transfer to any of the others.
Short of manually replicating the zone, I am out of ideas. I did search MS site, but there help was a joke. The part that is the most frustraiting is that it will not record the error anywhere.
