Trusts shouldn't be a factor in this. What DNS ports are open between the two locations?
*ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Jimmy Tran <jt...@teachtci.com> wrote: > Yes, there is connectivity and the forest trusts are valid. > > > > jimmy > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *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 <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market...** > * > * * > > > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Jimmy Tran <jt...@teachtci.com> 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin