Virtual Private Hosting DNS configuration

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Published on 2012-11-24T20:24:27Z Indexed on 2012/11/24 23:05 UTC
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I did a great deal of reading here before posting this because I didn't want to post a duplicate - but I'm on a bit of a deadline and getting frustrated, so here goes...

I very, very, very sincerely apologize if this is long winded or hard to read. Please - please just ask for any information or clarification and I will give it as quickly as I possibly can. This has become very frustrating to me and this is the last place I know to turn.

I have no experience with setting up DNS, no experience with nameservers, and no peers to go to for help. So this is kind of my last ditch effort.

The task of setting up a private server has, through circumstances beyond my control, fallen into my lap.

I own a domain (hereafter referred to as yyy.com) and have always used shared hosting - I buy a package and just point it to the domain nameservers they give me. It's always been simple.

yyy.com is registered with network solutions

Now I have purchased a Virtual Private Hosting package from GoDaddy.com - and it comes with Plesk 11.

I have no earthly idea how to begin to get the right nameserver for yyy.com. I have gone through the instructions and have wound up exceedingly frustrated.

I have 2 IP addresses from GoDaddy for the server. This is what I have so far, and I cannot tell if it is working (Since propogation takes so long, it is extremely hard to test for me)

IP 1 : XX.XX.XX.XX 
IP 2 : YY.YY.YY.YY

(obviously hidden for privacy)

Now after going through the documentation setup and waiting a few days, this is the setup I have - and so far it does not appear to be working.

Host                    Record type     Value
XX.XX.XX.XX / 24    PTR             yyy.com.
yyy.com.            NS              ns1.yyy.com.
yyy.com.            A               XX.XX.XX.XX
yyy.com.            MX (10)             mail.yyy.com.
ftp.yyy.com.            CNAME               yyy.com.
ipv4.yyy.com.           A               XX.XX.XX.XX
mail.yyy.com.           A               XX.XX.XX.XX
mssql.yyy.com.          A               XX.XX.XX.XX
ns1.yyy.com.            A               XX.XX.XX.XX
ns2.yyy.com.            A               YY.YY.YY.YY
webmail.yyy.com.    A               XX.XX.XX.XX
www.yyy.com.            CNAME               yyy.com.

yyy.com is pointing to both ns1.yyy.com and ns2.yyy.com

Can anyone give me some assistance here? This is a learning experience for me and days of documentation have left me very confused.

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