How to backup dns recorder and restore it in another server?

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John Park

Hi all,

I have a dns server running on windows 2000 advanced server.The dns server
manages a couples of zones and runs properly.Now i want to setup another dns
server as backup after i installed a new windows 2000 advanced server. What
should i do next so that i can pull all the zones recorders in first dns
server to this new dns server.

Best wishes,

John Park
 
John Park said:
Hi all,

I have a dns server running on windows 2000 advanced server.The dns server
manages a couples of zones and runs properly.Now i want to setup another dns
server as backup after i installed a new windows 2000 advanced server. What
should i do next so that i can pull all the zones recorders in first dns
server to this new dns server.
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If you only have a few zones the simplest and most
obvious way is to have the other server (at least
initially) become a secondary for each zone.

Now you not only have a 'backup', it can actually
be a fault tolerance and performance improvements.
 
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John Park said:
The problem is that we have too many zones.This method seems to be too
complex.
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Try this:

Dean Wells' DNSDump:
http://www.reskit.net/DNS/dnsdump.cm_

(note: There's an underscore on the end of the link)

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try looking at dnscmd to see if you can understand how to do massive zone
duplications with it. Pay particular attention to /zoneadd.

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Correction:
The problem is that we have too many zones.This method seems to be too
complex.
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You said "a couple" -- even lose language makes this less than five.

You can certainly script DNS, or change all the zone types
to primary, save as files and import them elsewhere, but
importing them still means you have to create the zones
unless you script.

DNScmd.exe is one built in tool for managaging the DNS
server from the command line.

I have done this with Perl, but I had 30 some zones so
unless you are a habitual programmer or have more than
a dozen or so you will probably find it faster to just use
the GUI.

By the way, if you just script the zone creation, you can
still use the "Secondary" idea to get a running backup DNS
server.

Backing up "System State" include the DNS server so that
is a relatively simple way to preserve it on tape or disk.
 
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