Check that the Zone Loaded Properly

Confirm that the SOA serial number of the zone corresponds to the most recent value.

# dig @server-IP-address SOA zone-name [ENTER]

; <<>> DiG 9.3.0 <<>> ... ... ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ... ;; ANSWER SECTION zone-name 3600 IN SOA servername contact ( 2005092101 ; This should be the most recent value. ; This value will most likely be different in your zone file. ... ) ...