Re: [IMail Forum] OT: DNS for dummies question

[Darin Cox]

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If you go the secondary route, then you only need to copy the registry keys to migrate general settings for the DNS server.... or just walk through the settings and manually set them without copying the registry settings.  This can be a good exercise to review your settings and make sure you are doing what you intend.   Or, If you'd rather copy the zone files, you can add them that way.  We typically go the route of setting up secondary zones on the new server, pulling from the old server, then switch the new server to primary if desired. Darin.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharyn Schmidt To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 11:47 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: DNS for dummies question Hi Darin,    thanks...do I just export/import the registry key or do I actually have to copy the files found in the DNS folder to the new machine as well?   The last time I did this, I was setting up brand new zones and a brand new primary name server and did everything from scratch.   Sharyn       Zone files and registry settings under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS does it, but another way to migrate DNS other than copying zone files is to set up the new server as a secondary, pulling the zone files from the primary.  Then you can switch the zones on the new server to primary and the old one to secondary, if you like.