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Jeniffer K - 19 Jan 2006 15:35 GMT

is it possible to export all dns zones from a server, its a secondery dns
server not a dc, i would like to move this role to another server (not the
same hardware and not the same OS)

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Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] - 19 Jan 2006 16:37 GMT

> is it possible to export all dns zones from a server, its a secondery
> dns server not a dc, i would like to move this role to another server
> (not the same hardware and not the same OS)

Use Dnsdump from www.reskit.net/scripts You can export and import all zones.

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Ace Fekay [MVP] - 21 Jan 2006 22:53 GMT

> is it possible to export all dns zones from a server, its a secondery
> dns server not a dc, i would like to move this role to another server
> (not the same hardware and not the same OS)
>
> Thanks

Honestly, if the zone you want to export is a Secondary zone, why bother?

Just create a Secondary zone on a different server and specify the same
master and the zone will populate. I can understand if the zone is a
Primary, but then again if that's the case, you can make one of the
Secondaries a Primary, then on the new server, create a Secondary of it,
allow transfer, then change zone types.

Unless of course you have numerous zones, then you would want to script it.

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Herb Martin - 22 Jan 2006 14:39 GMT

>> is it possible to export all dns zones from a server, its a secondery
>> dns server not a dc, i would like to move this role to another server
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Honestly, if the zone you want to export is a Secondary zone, why bother?

I BELIEVE he is trying to export a 'lot' of ZONES
and so doesn't want to spend a lot of time right-clicking
and creating them individually.

Kevin gave him DNSDump....

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Ace Fekay [MVP] - 22 Jan 2006 23:31 GMT

> I BELIEVE he is trying to export a 'lot' of ZONES
> and so doesn't want to spend a lot of time right-clicking
> and creating them individually.
>
> Kevin gave him DNSDump....

DNSDump is a nuice tool, but then again, it's a Secondary she wants to
export. Why bother? If this is the case, shecan use DNSCMD in a batch file
to recreate all the secondary zones on the new machine in one shot. The data
will transfer anyway, so no need to export it. You know what I mean?

Ace

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Herb Martin - 23 Jan 2006 03:25 GMT

>> I BELIEVE he is trying to export a 'lot' of ZONES
>> and so doesn't want to spend a lot of time right-clicking
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> to recreate all the secondary zones on the new machine in one shot. The
> data will transfer anyway, so no need to export it. You know what I mean?

As I indicated this secondary likely has MANY zones.

I believe the issue is about creating the (many) zones, and
setting them to replicate from the Master (i.e., the majority
of the data in each zone is likely of secondary <grin>
interest.)

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GPF - 27 Mar 2006 16:00 GMT

hi, what about moving an existing secondary zone to a new server? i mean, i
have zone2.zone1.com on srv1 and i want to move only zone2 to srv2.

thanks!

> >> is it possible to export all dns zones from a server, its a secondery
> >> dns server not a dc, i would like to move this role to another server
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> Kevin gave him DNSDump....

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