Slave DNS Empty

Hi

We have 3 Virtualmin servers all running 3.73 Pro and Debian 5

We have setup a master and slave dns servers but the slaves are not updating

The syslog file is getting these errors on the slaves

zone xxxx.com/IN: refresh: retry limit for master 127.0.1.1#53 exceeded (source 0.0.0.0#0) Sep 8 17:02:30 sv16 named[2094]: zone xxxx.com/IN: refresh: unexpected rcode (SERVFAIL) from master xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53 (source 0.0.0.0#0)

I have checked all the settings several times and cannot find any reason they should not work.

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Looks like the slave systems are using the wrong IP address for the master.

Check /etc/bind/named.conf.local on the slave, and see what IPs are in the masters block for each slave zone. It should have the IP of the master system.

If not, you need to fix these manually, then restart BIND.

To have the right IP used in future, go to Webmin -> Servers -> BIND DNS Server -> Module Config -> Cluster slave servers, and set the "Default master server IP for remote slave zones" correctly.

Let us know if that helps..

Thanks that looks like my problem

Just 1 question

The records are as follows

zone "xxxxx.com" { type slave; masters { 127.0.1.1; xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx; }; file "/var/cache/bind/xxxxx.com.hosts"; };

The xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is wrong so I am fixing those manually but should the 127.0.1.1 be there as it does not seem to work if I leave it?

No, you don't want 127.0.1.1 to be in there .. that means localhost, and having the system being its own slave makes no sense.

Thanks again, that fixed it perfectly.

Hi

I have added some more servers on the master and now the slaves are not updating and getting this message in the log on the slave for one of the domains

Sep 12 11:54:29 sv15 named[22625]: client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx2#17529: received notify for zone 'xxxx.com' Sep 12 11:54:30 sv15 named[22625]: zone xxxx.com/IN: Transfer started. Sep 12 11:54:30 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'xxxx.com/IN' from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#55635 Sep 12 11:54:30 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'xxxx.com/IN' from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53: failed while receiving responses: NOTAUTH Sep 12 11:54:30 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'xxxx.com/IN' from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 0.001 secs (0 bytes/sec) Sep 12 11:54:31 sv15 named[22625]: zone xxxx.com/IN: zone transfer deferred due to quota Sep 12 11:54:31 sv15 named[22625]: zone xxxx.com/IN: Transfer started. Sep 12 11:54:31 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'xxxx.com/IN' from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#59301 Sep 12 11:54:31 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'xxxx.com/IN' from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53: failed while receiving responses: NOTAUTH Sep 12 11:54:31 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'xxxx.com/IN' from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 0.001 secs (0 bytes/sec)

Ok, this can happen if the slave DNS server isn't in the list of allowed IP addresses for transfers for the zone on the master. The fix is to login to Virtualmin on the master, and go to Webmin -> Servers -> BIND DNS Server -> themasterzone.com -> Edit Zone Options, and add the slave IP to the "Allow transfers from" field.

Then click "Apply Configuration".

Does that help?

I have checked those settings, they were correct, I have re-applied and restarted Bind but still no records on the slave.

This is one of the domains

record in master named.conf.local

zone "michaelwitt.com.au" { type master; file "/etc/bind/michaelwitt.com.au.hosts"; also-notify { 123.200.169.246; 123.200.169.245; }; notify yes; allow-transfer { 127.0.0.1; localnets; 123.200.169.246; 123.200.169.245; }; };

record in one of the slaves named.conf.local

zone "michaelwitt.com.au" { type slave; masters { 123.200.169.242; }; file "/var/cache/bind/michaelwitt.com.au.hosts"; };

from syslog on slave Sep 14 09:28:19 sv15 named[22625]: zone michaelwitt.com.au/IN: Transfer started. Sep 14 09:28:19 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#52156 Sep 14 09:28:19 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: failed while receiving responses: NOTAUTH Sep 14 09:28:19 sv15 named[22625]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 0.001 secs (0 bytes/sec)

What appears in the syslog on the master?

Also, did you restart BIND on the master?

Yes I have restarted BIND on all 3 servers several times

This is the entry in the Master syslog

Sep 14 09:27:54 sv12 named[31731]: client 123.200.169.245#52156: bad zone transfer request: 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN': non-authoritative zone (NOTAUTH) Sep 14 09:27:55 sv12 named[31731]: client 123.200.169.246#41183: bad zone transfer request: 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN': non-authoritative zone (NOTAUTH)

Comment 9 was a mistake by me .. I deleted it.

That error is odd .. it is like the master thinks it isn't the master for that zone.'

Do you perhaps have the same zone defined more than once on the master system?

It has me baffled

I have checked the zone is only once on the master.

I have just checked through the syslog of the slaves and getting this

Sep 14 11:56:34 sv15 named[22625]: zone michaelwitt.com.au/IN: zone transfer deferred due to quota

That "zone transfer deferred due to quota" means that too many transfers are happening at once, so some get delayed till later.

How many slave zones are on the slave system?

That's not too many .. does it ever manage to transfer the zone, if you wait a few minutes for other transfers to complete?

No they never complete.

I am going to go through every record and make sure they are 100% correct and then restart BIND

Ok .. also, re-check the master server's log file for messages related to this zone, to see what the latest one says.

These are the entries for the same domain from both the master and slave after updating the record on the master

The Master only has an IXFR ended and no IXFR started which does not seem right

MASTER LOG Sep 15 08:52:48 sv12 named[31731]: client 123.200.169.245#56917: transfer of 'componentsdirect.com.au/IN': IXFR ended Sep 15 08:52:48 sv12 named[31731]: client 123.200.169.246#34634: transfer of 'componentsdirect.com.au/IN': IXFR ended

SLAVE log Sep 15 08:53:11 sv15 named[3194]: client 123.200.169.242#29494: received notify for zone 'componentsdirect.com.au' Sep 15 08:53:11 sv15 named[3194]: zone componentsdirect.com.au/IN: zone transfer deferred due to quota Sep 15 08:53:11 sv15 named[3194]: zone componentsdirect.com.au/IN: Transfer started. Sep 15 08:53:11 sv15 named[3194]: transfer of 'componentsdirect.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#56917 Sep 15 08:53:11 sv15 named[3194]: transfer of 'componentsdirect.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 1 records, 0 bytes, 0.001 secs (0 bytes/sec)

So it looks like "zone transfer deferred due to quota" was the cause again...

How many named-xfer processes are running on the master and slave systems?

Is this what you are referring to

/usr/sbin/named -c /etc/bind/named.conf

There are 3 on the master and 1 on the slave

Ok, that doesn't show any transfers in progress..

I suspect that perhaps there are some stuck transfers that are blocking componentsdirect.com.au and other domains. Do any slave zones get transferred? Also, what gets logged on the slave after BIND is restarted .. I would expect to see some messages about attempted transfers.

This is from syslog on a slave after restarting BIND on the same slave

Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: starting BIND 9.5.1-P3 -c /etc/bind/named.conf
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: found 4 CPUs, using 4 worker threads
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: using up to 4096 sockets
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: loading configuration from '/etc/bind/named.conf'
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: max open files (1024) is smaller than max sockets (4096)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: using default UDP/IPv4 port range: [1024, 65535]
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: using default UDP/IPv6 port range: [1024, 65535]
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: listening on IPv6 interfaces, port 53
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: listening on IPv4 interface lo, 127.0.0.1#53
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: listening on IPv4 interface eth0, 192.168.0.5#53
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: listening on IPv4 interface eth1, 123.200.169.245#53
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: 254.169.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: 2.0.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: 255.255.255.255.IN-ADDR.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: D.F.IP6.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: 8.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: 9.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: A.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: automatic empty zone: B.E.F.IP6.ARPA
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: none:0: open: /etc/bind/rndc.key: permission denied
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: permission denied
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: none:0: open: /etc/bind/rndc.key: permission denied
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: couldn't add command channel ::1#953: permission denied
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone aviationaustralia.aero/IN: loaded serial 1247182985
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone 0.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone 127.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone 255.in-addr.arpa/IN: loaded serial 1
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone 2plik8.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1249087439
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone jccagedcare.2plik8.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252040186
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone nfspublicity.2plik8.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251697244
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone scienceessentials.2plik8.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1247440099
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone adoracp.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1247375339
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone ahlatis.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1250900939
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone aurawestend.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251502728
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone austland.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252127301
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone aviationaustralia.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1249004688
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone bayviewresidences.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251503157
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonna.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1246249327
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone componentsdirect.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251504177
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone aviation.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1248935688
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonna.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1246249356
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone greentambourine.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251258239
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone test.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1247390411
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1246248468
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone datapost.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1247386556
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone davidhofstetter.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252541808
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone delappeinteriors.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251504561
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone designnplay.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251504890
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone drmca.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251505190
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone duplay.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251504859
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone ecobella.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251506828
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone econo-inn.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251507058
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone elegancegoldcoast.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251507256
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone equinoxchermside.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251507477
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone essenceenergygroup.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251507926
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone essencepaddington.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251508434
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone essenceproperty.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251509297
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone essencerealestate.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251508453
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone gizzmo.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252124772
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone goshboutique.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1250213034
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone greentambourine.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251258180
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone in-visioncreative.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252125519
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone interprop.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252126479
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone ionagamefishing.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252126669
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone kg8apartments.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252127053
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone love2cake.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251501509
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone nfspublicity.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1251697235
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone philippavette.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252621420
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone rocaproperty.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1248853086
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone scienceessentials.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1246857564
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone themagicbean.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252125556
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1247811544
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonna.wendymakin.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1247811976
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone xballoons.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1252125537
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone xpsfinance.com.au/IN: loaded serial 1248236275
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone kratzke.id.au/IN: loaded serial 1247534976
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone uts.id.au/IN: loaded serial 1248228200
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone dupe.net.au/IN: loaded serial 1251504887
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone kenmore.net.au/IN: loaded serial 1247017264
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wdc.net.au/IN: loaded serial 1252713792
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone everymans.org.au/IN: loaded serial 1252716122
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone jccagedcare.org.au/IN: loaded serial 1252040177
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone lifeaidqld.org.au/IN: loaded serial 1252126800
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone componentsdirect.com.cn/IN: loaded serial 1251504220
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone componentsdirect.cn/IN: loaded serial 1251504218
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone annavandijk.com/IN: loaded serial 1252123883
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone appliedwealth.com/IN: loaded serial 1249089534
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone bridalclearancecentre.com/IN: loaded serial 1247811380
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone cleliaadams.com/IN: loaded serial 1252124145
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone easycogs.com/IN: loaded serial 1245021441
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone essenceenergygroup.com/IN: loaded serial 1251507907
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone goshboutique.com/IN: loaded serial 1250212961
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone in-visioncreative.com/IN: loaded serial 1252125540
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone love2cake.com/IN: loaded serial 1251501518
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone marshallreesphotography.com/IN: loaded serial 1246236634
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone matcamp.com/IN: loaded serial 1245972874
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone mathewabboud.com/IN: loaded serial 1252544050
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone philippavette.com/IN: loaded serial 1252621475
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.com/IN: loaded serial 1246248434
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone xballoons.com/IN: loaded serial 1252125553
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone localhost/IN: loaded serial 2
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonnabridal.co.nz/IN: loaded serial 1247811185
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone in-visioncreative.co.nz/IN: loaded serial 1252125549
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone themagicbean.co.nz/IN: loaded serial 1252125543
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.co.nz/IN: loaded serial 1247811292
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone xballoons.co.nz/IN: loaded serial 1252125546
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone everymans.org/IN: loaded serial 1252716195
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonnabridal.co.uk/IN: loaded serial 1247811209
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone easycogs.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1245021441)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone aviationaustralia.aero/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247182985)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: running
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone marshallreesphotography.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1246236634)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonna.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1246249327)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone matcamp.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1245972874)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone uts.id.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1248228200)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1246248434)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone test.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247390411)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.co.nz/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247811292)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247811544)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonna.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1246249356)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone kenmore.net.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247017264)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone aviationaustralia.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1249004688)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone greentambourine.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1251258180)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone greentambourine.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1251258239)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wendymakin.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1246248468)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone aviation.cybernamixqld.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1248935688)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone datapost.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247386556)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone kratzke.id.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247534976)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone mathewabboud.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1252544050)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone xpsfinance.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1248236275)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonnabridal.co.nz/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247811185)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone davidhofstetter.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1252541808)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonnabridal.co.uk/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247811209)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone belladonna.wendymakin.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247811976)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone wdc.net.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1252713792)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone philippavette.com.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1252621420)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone philippavette.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1252621475)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone everymans.org/IN: sending notifies (serial 1252716195)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone bridalclearancecentre.com/IN: sending notifies (serial 1247811380)
Sep 15 16:15:11 sv15 named[20272]: zone everymans.org.au/IN: sending notifies (serial 1252716122)
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: zone michaelwitt.com.au/IN: Transfer started.
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: zone miguelgisele.com/IN: Transfer started.
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#53925
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'miguelgisele.com/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#57451
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: failed while receiving responses: NOTAUTH
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 0.006 secs (0 bytes/sec)
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'miguelgisele.com/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: failed while receiving responses: NOTAUTH
Sep 15 16:15:14 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'miguelgisele.com/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 0.005 secs (0 bytes/sec)
Sep 15 16:15:57 sv15 named[20272]: zone michaelwitt.com.au/IN: Transfer started.
Sep 15 16:15:57 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#33257
Sep 15 16:15:57 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: failed while receiving responses: NOTAUTH
Sep 15 16:15:57 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'michaelwitt.com.au/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 0.001 secs (0 bytes/sec)
Sep 15 16:15:59 sv15 named[20272]: zone miguelgisele.com/IN: Transfer started.
Sep 15 16:15:59 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'miguelgisele.com/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: connected using 123.200.169.245#42746
Sep 15 16:15:59 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'miguelgisele.com/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: failed while receiving responses: NOTAUTH
Sep 15 16:15:59 sv15 named[20272]: transfer of 'miguelgisele.com/IN' from 123.200.169.242#53: Transfer completed: 0 messages, 0 records, 0 bytes, 0.001 secs (0 bytes/sec)
Sep 15 16:16:10 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'yahoo.com/NS/IN': 2001:503:231d::2:30#53
Sep 15 16:17:09 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'apache.org/NS/IN': 2001:500:b::1#53
Sep 15 16:17:09 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'apache.org/NS/IN': 2001:500:e::1#53
Sep 15 16:17:10 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'kernel.org/NS/IN': 2001:500:40::1#53
Sep 15 16:17:10 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'kernel.org/NS/IN': 2001:500:c::1#53
Sep 15 16:17:10 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'kernel.org/NS/IN': 2001:500:f::1#53
Sep 15 16:17:11 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'ns1.q.port80.se/A/IN': 2001:503:ba3e::2:30#53
Sep 15 16:17:11 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'ns1.q.port80.se/AAAA/IN': 2001:503:ba3e::2:30#53
Sep 15 16:17:11 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'ns3.q.p80.net/A/IN': 2001:503:a83e::2:30#53
Sep 15 16:17:11 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'ns3.q.p80.net/AAAA/IN': 2001:503:a83e::2:30#53
Sep 15 16:17:11 sv15 named[20272]: network unreachable resolving 'ns4.q.p80.net/A/IN': 2001:503:a83e::2:30#53

So for some reason, the primary nameserver thinks it is not authorative (not a master) for domains like miguelgisele.com.

This makes no sense to me, as it does respond to queries for www.miguelgisele.com

If you like, I could login to the master server and see what is going wrong exactly..

Hi

I think you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned Processes.

I restarted all 3 servers last night and it is now working perfectly.

Thank you for your help (Again).

Ok, cool .. I am surprised that didn't work before, but glad it worked now!

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.