Steps:
- Edit the DNS zone file in
/var/lib/named/master - Make sure you updated the SOA serial number
rcnamed restart- Watch
/var/lib/named/log/generalfor errors (you can even increase logging, for instance by reading [Wayback/Archive] this serverfault entry and editing/etc/named.d/logging) and – on my system – these other logs for the actual zone transfers:/var/lib/named/log/in-xfer.logfor incoming zone transfers on the secondary server/var/lib/named/log/notify.logfor notifications of zone transfers on the primary and secondary servers/var/lib/named/log/out-xfer.logfor outgoing zone transfers on the primary server
- Check on [Wayback/Archive] mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=dns:example.org&run=toolpage# to see if the SOA serials have been replicated (one day I will write a bookmarklet for this)
Alternatives for the last step are sites like these:
The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 