How to point, forward domain name to new server

Frankc

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How can I point or forward a domain name to new server IP address please?

Moved domain to other server within DNS cluster, DNS is correct, TTL = 14 days. After 2 days very few nameservers picked up the new IP address so far. (since still using same nameservers)

Instead than waiting for up to 14 days for all nameservers to pickup the IP address change from DNS, I want to point, forward the domain to that IP address (or use other method that will force picking up the new IP address)
 

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Hey there! If you check your domain with IntoDNS.com, you'll see there are issues with the serial number of the zone. That's what is causing the propagation problems. Check that, and get that resolved, and I'd expect the propagation to start happening normally.
 
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Frankc

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Hey there! If you check your domain with IntoDNS.com, you'll see there are issues with the serial number of the zone. That's what is causing the propagation problems. Check that, and get that resolved, and I'd expect the propagation to start happening normally.
Thank you. Long time now that I have issue with one nameserver but didnt realize it would cause this type of issues
 
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Frankc

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If they get out of sync, or one isn't updating properly, it will lead exactly to this scenario. Let us know if you're able to get that resolved!
Got it resolved now thank you

For some reason that I was unable to solve over long time, one of the nameservers dont work properly or is not always accessible so I removed this third nameserver from the cluster and that fixed the issue.

(In this case, the DNS data is precise the same on all three servers but query this specific nameserver gives outdated dns data (even after synch and compared again)
 
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