Issue Slave DNS servers not updating zone from target server after migrating domain from source server.

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Server operating system version

ubuntu 22

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.67

I'm having an issue with: Slave DNS servers not updating zone from target server after migrating domain from source server.

I have a new Plesk server (target) setup and am trying to migrate all domains from the old server (source).
Both slaves (ns1 & ns2) are set up on both source and target servers, verified and communication is working fine. I can see notifies from both source and target in both ns1 & ns2 logs.
If a migrated domain DNS is modified in any way on source, both slaves get notified and send the transfer request. (works perfect)
If a migrated domain DNS is modified in any way on TARGET, both slaves get notified and neither slave sends a transfer request.

I have double checked that domains being migrated have A records pointing to the slave servers and complimentary NS records pointing to the A records.

ns1.<domain> A 3.97.30.209
ns2.<domain> A 3.96.121.139
...and the matching NS records...
<domain>. NS ns1.<domain>.

So the really annoying part is that out of five migrations, 2 resolve, transfer and update properly with the slaves - the other 3 do not...

At a loss as to what to look at next.

 

[Xheni Rapushaj]

Hello!

Could you clarify a few things:

1. What happens when you press Extensions > Slave DNS Manager > Resync (as seen in the screenshot)? Do you receive any messages, errors, or warnings?
2. Have you run the following command?

plesk repair dns

These details might help in diagnosing the problem further.

 

[BigBlock]

Hello!

Could you clarify a few things:

1. What happens when you press Extensions > Slave DNS Manager > Resync (as seen in the screenshot)? Do you receive any messages, errors, or warnings?
2. Have you run the following command?

plesk repair dns

These details might help in diagnosing the problem further.

Same behavior from both the source and target servers, notifies are sent, only the source receives a transfer request. no errors or warnings on bind logs on any of the 4 servers...

 

[BigBlock]

increasing the log verbosity does now show that notifies are being refused:

```
26-Feb-2025 11:00:36.414 general: info: zone _domain_.com/IN: refused notify from non-primary: _ns1_#60939
26-Feb-2025 11:00:36.414 general: info: zone _domain_.ca/IN: refused notify from non-primary: _ns1_#46639
26-Feb-2025 11:04:06.095 general: info: zone _domain_.com/IN: refused notify from non-primary: _DESTINATION_#34709
```
Curious that the slaves are also sending notifies to the other slaves - been happening probably since day 1 but probably does not matter.