Setting up DNS in WHM/cPanel

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Published on 2013-04-27T06:51:16Z Indexed on 2013/06/30 10:22 UTC
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I don't understand what I'm doing wrong, but I'm sure this is a simple fix. I setup WHM/cPanel for the first time on my VPS and understand how DNS works for the most part (or so I thought).

I created under the main domain name 2 nameservers (ns1.maindomain.com & ns2.maindomain.com). I have 2 IP address for my sever so each one points to a unique IP:

ns1.maindomain.com => 198.x.x.204
ns2.maindomain.com => 198.x.x.205

I also set up reverse DNS with my hosting provider. When I put in my two nameservers under another domain (secondary domain), GoDaddy states that the nameservers are invalid.

Any ideas on why this is or any configurations in cPanel that need to be made?

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