[BlueOnyx:15432] Re: Secondary dns problem on BO

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Hi Jan,
On 5/21/2014 3:07 PM, Jan Ronken wrote:
> Hi all
> I have a strange problem with one of our secondary BlueOnyx DNS servers.
> ns2 gives
>
> * DNS SERVFAIL when querying x.x.x.x for SOA
>
> * Name server ns2.xxx.xxx (x.x.x.x) does not answer queries over TCP.
>
> However, NS3 which is exactly running the same BO as NS2 is working OK. No
> firewall, nat etc on either on.
> I can dig at ns2 without problems, zones are transferred to ns2 and all 3
> are fully Yum updated.

I'm a little confused so bear with me as I try and walk through this 
with you.

Do I understand correctly that you have two servers, ns2 & ns3, and they 
are both running secondary zones that are served from a third server 
(presumably ns1)?   While ns3 is slaving the zones from ns1 as expected, 
an identically-configured box ns2 is failing?

If that is the case then my suggestion would be to check the ns1 server. 
  From Server Management > Network Services > DNS, click on the Advanced 
tab.  Make sure that your ns2 server's MAIN IP ADDRESS is configured in 
the box that says "Zone Transfer Access by IP Address" and then Save. 
If your ns2 hostname is configured on a secondary IP address of another 
server, don't use that secondary IP in the Zone Transfer Access box. 
You want to use the primary IP of the ns2 server.

I hope that I have not completely misunderstood your situation and 
baffled you with bad advice.
-- 
Chris Gebhardt
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