Tranferring DNS to new Windows 2003 Server

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Hello;

I have about 100 DNS domains on my Win2k Box, using the WIn2k DNS sercvice.
I want to transfer them to my new Windows 2003 box without having to
manually create all the entries on the Windows 2003 box, is their an easy
way of doing this??

The windows 2003 will be eventually replacing the win2k box once its set up
and will be assuming the Win2k's IP address on the net.

Ive looked and cant find an easy way of how to do this.

tks

David
 
The REALLY easy way is to UPGRADE the Win2000
box and just quit.

You can move the DNS server entries to the file system
(from the registery) search for the DNS RegistryBoot key in the
knowledge base -- believe I spelled that correct or someone
will offer a correction.

Get the files all saves, move them over, (You're basically following
the import from Unix concept, so you can also search the KB
for Unix and migration.

Set the Win2003 box to NOT boot from registry (there's a bunch of
start/stop service and or reboot the machine).

Load the files by starting the DNS management -- check everything.
Optional-- chance the registry key back.

Ok, that's one way.

Another is to just use DNScmd (perhaps driven by a Perl script
to run through the list of Zone files and create the new zones
on the new server and associate it with the transferred files.
 
DNSdump will do this for you (though it will also dump the server
configuration as well as the zones). A search on google for DNSdump will
provide a location from which to download it or you can find it within
this newsgroup in a thread entitled "Windows 2000/2003 DNSdump tool
[shell script]" posted on 7/7/2003.

HTH

Dean
 
Mayb this could work (not sure though) :
Join the new 2K3 server to your domain and make the zones
replicate from 2K DNS server. Use AD integrated zone.
 
One of the other replies points to a KB article that will work for file
backed zones, for AD backed zones you can just promote the new DNS server as
a replica in the same domain and the zones will be loaded on each.

If neither of these solutions work, you might want to look at dnscmd in the
resource kit as a way to script the process of creating all of the zones.
 
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posted their urgent said:
One of the other replies points to a KB article that will work for
file backed zones, for AD backed zones you can just promote the new
DNS server as a replica in the same domain and the zones will be
loaded on each.

If neither of these solutions work, you might want to look at dnscmd
in the resource kit as a way to script the process of creating all of
the zones.
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Actually, Michael, Dean Wells' DNS Dump is based on dnscmd. Have you checked
it out? I use it occassionally.

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Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory
 
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