I have a "public" DNS server (Winodws 2003) with approx 200 domians on it. I
need to replace this server with a virtual server but want to avoid having to
re-enter all the domains on the new V server.

I have looked around but can't seem to find any documentation on how to do
this. I'm can't beleive this isn't possible so assume I'm looking in the
wrong place. Does anyone here have any advice?

Thanks

Andrew

You could set the new DNS server up as secondary DNS server to your first
DNS server and the info will replicate to the secondary.

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323383/en-us

hth
DDS

"Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:61894A1A-EEEC-45AA-9C71-C27624C7B73B@microsoft.com...
>I have a "public" DNS server (Winodws 2003) with approx 200 domians on it.
>I
> need to replace this server with a virtual server but want to avoid having
> to
> re-enter all the domains on the new V server.
>
> I have looked around but can't seem to find any documentation on how to do
> this. I'm can't beleive this isn't possible so assume I'm looking in the
> wrong place. Does anyone here have any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew

Danny,
Thanks for that. The article has shown me how to change the secondary dns
server into the primary which is a step forward and I'm grateful for that. It
still means re-entering about 200 zones rather than the ~1,000 records.

I am surprised that there is no way to "backup" the DNS zones and "restore"
them to the new server. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to do it?

Kind regards

Andrew


"Danny Sanders" wrote:

> You could set the new DNS server up as secondary DNS server to your first
> DNS server and the info will replicate to the secondary.
>
> See:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323383/en-us
>
> hth
> DDS
>
> "Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:61894A1A-EEEC-45AA-9C71-C27624C7B73B@microsoft.com...
> >I have a "public" DNS server (Winodws 2003) with approx 200 domians on it.
> >I
> > need to replace this server with a virtual server but want to avoid having
> > to
> > re-enter all the domains on the new V server.
> >
> > I have looked around but can't seem to find any documentation on how to do
> > this. I'm can't beleive this isn't possible so assume I'm looking in the
> > wrong place. Does anyone here have any advice?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Andrew
>
>
>

Andrew wrote:
> Danny,
> Thanks for that. The article has shown me how to change the secondary
> dns server into the primary which is a step forward and I'm grateful
> for that. It still means re-entering about 200 zones rather than the
> ~1,000 records.
>
> I am surprised that there is no way to "backup" the DNS zones and
> "restore" them to the new server. Can anyone tell me if there is a
> way to do it?

dnscmd /zoneadd, /zoneexport - You'll get the idea.

>
> Kind regards
>
> Andrew
>
>
> "Danny Sanders" wrote:
>
>> You could set the new DNS server up as secondary DNS server to your
>> first DNS server and the info will replicate to the secondary.
>>
>> See:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323383/en-us
>>
>> hth
>> DDS
>>
>> "Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:61894A1A-EEEC-45AA-9C71-C27624C7B73B@microsoft.com...
>>> I have a "public" DNS server (Winodws 2003) with approx 200 domians
>>> on it. I
>>> need to replace this server with a virtual server but want to avoid
>>> having to
>>> re-enter all the domains on the new V server.
>>>
>>> I have looked around but can't seem to find any documentation on
>>> how to do this. I'm can't beleive this isn't possible so assume I'm
>>> looking in the wrong place. Does anyone here have any advice?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Andrew

--
/kj

KJ,
thanks for your response. Please forgive me for being slow but your answer
to my question seems unclear. If I read between the lines are you answering
"no"?

Your suggestion, ful in it's intention I'm sure, seems more effort than
Danny's, so at present I'll still be following his advice.

"kj [SBS MVP]" wrote:

> Andrew wrote:
> > Danny,
> > Thanks for that. The article has shown me how to change the secondary
> > dns server into the primary which is a step forward and I'm grateful
> > for that. It still means re-entering about 200 zones rather than the
> > ~1,000 records.
> >
> > I am surprised that there is no way to "backup" the DNS zones and
> > "restore" them to the new server. Can anyone tell me if there is a
> > way to do it?
>
> dnscmd /zoneadd, /zoneexport - You'll get the idea.
>
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > "Danny Sanders" wrote:
> >
> >> You could set the new DNS server up as secondary DNS server to your
> >> first DNS server and the info will replicate to the secondary.
> >>
> >> See:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323383/en-us
> >>
> >> hth
> >> DDS
> >>
> >> "Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:61894A1A-EEEC-45AA-9C71-C27624C7B73B@microsoft.com...
> >>> I have a "public" DNS server (Winodws 2003) with approx 200 domians
> >>> on it. I
> >>> need to replace this server with a virtual server but want to avoid
> >>> having to
> >>> re-enter all the domains on the new V server.
> >>>
> >>> I have looked around but can't seem to find any documentation on
> >>> how to do this. I'm can't beleive this isn't possible so assume I'm
> >>> looking in the wrong place. Does anyone here have any advice?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>> Andrew
>
> --
> /kj
>
>
>

Andrew wrote:
> KJ,
> thanks for your response. Please forgive me for being slow but your
> answer to my question seems unclear. If I read between the lines are
> you answering "no"?
>
> Your suggestion, ful in it's intention I'm sure, seems more
> effort than Danny's, so at present I'll still be following his advice.

dnscmd is a command line tool to make implementing Danny's suggestion much
easier with the 200 zones you have to create and configure.

http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true

>
> "kj [SBS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Andrew wrote:
>>> Danny,
>>> Thanks for that. The article has shown me how to change the
>>> secondary dns server into the primary which is a step forward and
>>> I'm grateful for that. It still means re-entering about 200 zones
>>> rather than the ~1,000 records.
>>>
>>> I am surprised that there is no way to "backup" the DNS zones and
>>> "restore" them to the new server. Can anyone tell me if there is a
>>> way to do it?
>>
>> dnscmd /zoneadd, /zoneexport - You'll get the idea.
>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>
>>> "Danny Sanders" wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could set the new DNS server up as secondary DNS server to your
>>>> first DNS server and the info will replicate to the secondary.
>>>>
>>>> See:
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323383/en-us
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>> DDS
>>>>
>>>> "Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:61894A1A-EEEC-45AA-9C71-C27624C7B73B@microsoft.com...
>>>>> I have a "public" DNS server (Winodws 2003) with approx 200
>>>>> domians on it. I
>>>>> need to replace this server with a virtual server but want to
>>>>> avoid having to
>>>>> re-enter all the domains on the new V server.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have looked around but can't seem to find any documentation on
>>>>> how to do this. I'm can't beleive this isn't possible so assume
>>>>> I'm looking in the wrong place. Does anyone here have any advice?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew
>>
>> --
>> /kj

--
/kj

Read inline please.

In news:61894A1A-EEEC-45AA-9C71-C27624C7B73B@microsoft.com,
Andrew <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I have a "public" DNS server (Winodws 2003) with approx 200 domians
> on it. I need to replace this server with a virtual server but want
> to avoid having to re-enter all the domains on the new V server.
>
> I have looked around but can't seem to find any documentation on how
> to do this. I'm can't beleive this isn't possible so assume I'm
> looking in the wrong place. Does anyone here have any advice?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew

Use Dean Wells' DNSdump utility from www.reskit.net/scripts


--
Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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