Sounds like network hiccups Jimmy - anyway I did a quick search and found a couple articles that reference the topic of cross forest zone transfers if anyone else is interested -
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee307976(WS.10).aspx http://exchadtech.blogspot.com/2011/01/setting-up-cross-forest-trust-between.html ________________________________ From: Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 27, 2011 1:16:58 PM Subject: RE: dns zone transfer issues TCP and UDP port 53. This is too weird… Nothing has changed in the firewall to my knowledge but I am now able to add the DNS server into the Name Server tab. Thanks! Jimmy From:Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 10:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: dns zone transfer issues Trusts shouldn't be a factor in this. What DNS ports are open between the two locations? ASB (Professional Bio) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: Yes, there is connectivity and the forest trusts are valid. jimmy From:Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 9:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: dns zone transfer issues Hey, Jimmy Have you verified networking connectivity between the two locations? ASB (Professional Bio) Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: I am trying to add an IP address of a DNS server (in a different forest) into the Name Servers list on my DNS server to allow zone transfers but it keeps failing. When I put in the IP address and hit resolve, it gives me an error saying “An unknown error occurred while validating the server. When I login to the DNS server trying to accept the secondary zone transfer it accepts the transfer but then will fail soon after. Sometimes I can reload the zone, sometimes I can’t. Does anyone know what’s going on? Thanks, Jimmy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
