DNS problem during installation

[goran]

Hi there,

Seems like Zimbra installation is not able to properly resolve server MX record.
DNS server is on the same host as Zimbra and host is sitting inside my LAN.

Zimbra 5.0.14
Centos 5.3 i386 (VMWare ESX 3.5)

Zimbra server hostname: smb.vhs.com
Zimbra server IP: 172.16.1.230

this is error I got
--
DNS ERROR resolving smb.vhs.com
It is suggested that the hostname be resolveable via DNS

When querying for mx record this is what I got:
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$ dig vhs.com mx

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @172.16.1.230 vhs.com mx
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 16247
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;vhs.com. IN MX

;; ANSWER SECTION:
vhs.com. 86400 IN MX 10 smb.vhs.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
vhs.com. 86400 IN NS smb.vhs.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
smb.vhs.com. 86400 IN A 172.16.1.230



This is result of reverse query.

$ dig -x 172.16.1.230

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @172.16.1.230 -x 172.16.1.230
; (1 server found)
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 45553
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;230.1.16.172.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR

;; ANSWER SECTION:
230.1.16.172.in-addr.arpa. 259200 IN PTR smb.vhs.com.

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
1.16.172.in-addr.arpa. 259200 IN NS smb.vhs.com.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
smb.vhs.com. 86400 IN A 172.16.1.230

;; Query time: 4 msec
;; SERVER: 172.16.1.230#53(172.16.1.230)
;; WHEN: Thu Apr 23 12:31:50 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 98


cat /etc/resolv.conf
search vhs.com
nameserver 172.16.1.230



Anyone has idea why I got this error?

[uxbod]

cat /etc/hosts
host `hostname` <- note backticks and not single quotes

[goran]

# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
172.16.1.230 smb.vhs.com smb

[root@smb ~]# host `hostname`
smb.vhs.com has address 172.16.1.230

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by goran

this is error I got
--
DNS ERROR resolving smb.vhs.com
It is suggested that the hostname be resolveable via DNS

At this point you should be asked if you want to change the Domain Name (did that happen?), you should reply 'yes' then continue the install.

Is the Zimbra behind a firewall? I assume the IP is an ESX NAT address?