Secondary DNS Zone Windows 2003 server

[bob1999]

I want to create a secondary DNS zone within my Child domain. When created I always get the message 'Zone not loaded by DNS server'??, why is this. Also, when I click properties on the Secondary Zone, it says it has 'expired'.

Whats the problem??. It did'nt happen in Windows 2000!!

Thanks.

 

[FaiTHLeSS]

Sounds like when you create the secondary zone its not transferring the zone from your primary server. Check that you primary server allows for zone transfers. If so check that its not limited to zone transfers to only servers or IP's that have been listed. Then try reloading the zone from master on secondary server.

 

[zarrz]

I've got a similar problem. I have the secondary server mentioned in the Primary's "name server" tab. When I add the zone to the secondary server, it immediately says "Zone not loaded by DNS server". I can ping all the appropriate IP addresses (from both primary and secondary), so everything can see everything else.. The secondary server does have two NICs and 2 IPs on each..

I've tried deleting the zone, re-adding it, restarting DNS service..

If I change the primary's server's zone transfers to "Any server", it works..

Is leaving it to "Any Server" a security risk? The servers are co-located and internet facing (behind a firewall), but need to be accessible via the Internet for DNS requests - DNS ports open through the firewall to currently allow this.