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Q: After Mavericks Server upgrade: cannot start DNS

Hi,

 

the upgrade to Mavericks went smooth on my Mac Mini, and also the upgrade of the Server App except on issue. I switched off DHCP an DNS before upgrading, but I cannot turn on DNS again. It will turn off instantly. I deleted the records and reentered all them with no success. I also tried "sudo rm /var/db/.ServerSetupDone" which will run the Server App like the first time, but all settings and my DNS error remain. What can I do? How can I reset DNS settings or all Server App settings?

 

Thank you

Peter

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Server App 3

Posted on Oct 25, 2013 2:24 PM

by raimattern,Solvedanswer
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A:

Got this from another list here and that was the solution:

 

The plist that you need to edit (as root) is /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist

 

There will be a value in there for org.isc.named.

 

Set that Disabled value to False.

Posted on Oct 26, 2013 5:01 AM

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  • by raimattern,

    raimattern raimattern Oct 25, 2013 11:29 PM in response to from-cologne
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    Oct 25, 2013 11:29 PM in response to from-cologne

    Confirmed. Same problem here. Deleted and re-created zones files manually. No way.

  • by nvrmore100,

    nvrmore100 nvrmore100 Oct 26, 2013 12:13 AM in response to from-cologne
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    Oct 26, 2013 12:13 AM in response to from-cologne

    I have the same issue.  Try this, its working for me.  From command line:

     

    # sudo serveradmin stop dns

    # sudo serveradmin start dns

     

    Best I can tell the service gets in some odd hung state.  If you do a stop first, it will list it again as "stopped" but a start afterward will actually succeed.

     

    I'm in the process of writing a very basic automator script to just run these two commands on startup.  Very annoying.

  • by raimattern,

    raimattern raimattern Oct 26, 2013 12:36 AM in response to nvrmore100
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    Oct 26, 2013 12:36 AM in response to nvrmore100

    Thanks for your help. dns state = stopped, even I try to restart DNS via serveradmin

  • by raimattern,Solvedanswer

    raimattern raimattern Oct 26, 2013 5:01 AM in response to nvrmore100
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    Oct 26, 2013 5:01 AM in response to nvrmore100

    Got this from another list here and that was the solution:

     

    The plist that you need to edit (as root) is /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist

     

    There will be a value in there for org.isc.named.

     

    Set that Disabled value to False.

  • by from-cologne,

    from-cologne from-cologne Oct 26, 2013 5:30 AM in response to raimattern
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    Oct 26, 2013 5:30 AM in response to raimattern

    This worked, thank you very much! Saved me a time consuming reinstallation!

  • by nvrmore100,

    nvrmore100 nvrmore100 Oct 26, 2013 6:58 AM in response to raimattern
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    Oct 26, 2013 6:58 AM in response to raimattern

    That actually isn't my issue in my case, yet I see similar behavior. Leaving my stop/start out there as it may help others.

  • by nvrmore100,

    nvrmore100 nvrmore100 Oct 26, 2013 8:01 AM in response to nvrmore100
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    Oct 26, 2013 8:01 AM in response to nvrmore100

    Determined what my issue was.  I had been manually been running bind and starting/stopping it via LaunchDaemon script on boot up.  This carried over when I upgraded and installed the server packages.  Removing my /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.isc.named.plist file cleared it up.  DNS starts on reboot now without getting hung.

  • by Peter-Erik,

    Peter-Erik Peter-Erik Oct 31, 2013 1:00 AM in response to nvrmore100
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    Oct 31, 2013 1:00 AM in response to nvrmore100

    Same problem here on my test server -> DNS turn on and instantly turned off

     

     

    Solution from raimattern solved the problem

     

    Got this from another list here and that was the solution:

     

    The plist that you need to edit (as root) is /var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd/overrides.plist

     

    There will be a value in there for org.isc.named.

     

    Set that Disabled value to False.

  • by gesTI.ca,

    gesTI.ca gesTI.ca Oct 31, 2013 3:43 PM in response to raimattern
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    Oct 31, 2013 3:43 PM in response to raimattern

    This is the first time in years (since 2010) that I find a direct answer that works as a charm...  Thanks!

  • by regoli,

    regoli regoli Nov 1, 2013 5:00 PM in response to from-cologne
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    Nov 1, 2013 5:00 PM in response to from-cologne

    Wow, like @gesTI.ca I am so glad to see a problem AND solution posted all within the same thread. However I'm still not getting warm and fuzzy feelings about upgrading my Mac Mini Server (mid-2011) from Lion Server to a.) Mavericks Client and then the new OS X Server (v 3.0). 

     

    I have about 2 dozen zones in my DNS, as well an equal amount of web (virtual) hosts. . .   but I so badly want to move to Mavericks.  Reading as much as I can in the forums before diving into the Mavericks surf!  —michael