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Victor
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      14th May 2004
Hello:

Question: Currently, we have two DNS Windows 2000 based DNS servers,
one is a Primary and another one is a Seondary. If I am adding another
server for disaster recovery, wondering whether I have any other
methods other than configuring the new server as a seondary zone
server in which case, I will have to temporarily disconnect the
existing secondary DNS server from the network.

In other words, can I have more than one secondary DNS server with
indentical DNS configuration?

Quick response will be appreciated. Thanks!

Victor
 
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H.Vedvyas Choubay
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      14th May 2004
Hello Vrao,

Yes you can have more than one secondary DNS servers.

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Vedvyas
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Herb Martin
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      16th May 2004
> Question: Currently, we have two DNS Windows 2000 based DNS servers,
> one is a Primary and another one is a Seondary. If I am adding another
> server for disaster recovery, wondering whether I have any other
> methods other than configuring the new server as a seondary zone
> server in which case, I will have to temporarily disconnect the
> existing secondary DNS server from the network.
>
> In other words, can I have more than one secondary DNS server with
> indentical DNS configuration?


Of course, that is the traditional DNS configuration, a SINGLE
Primary and a set of Secondaries (as many as necessary for fault
tolerance and performance issues.)

Each secondary can pull from any of the pre-existing servers for
that zone -- many people don't realize that a Seconary can choose
another Secondary for it's master, allow you to control distributed
DNS servers more flexibly.

[Example: One Secondary in Africa pulls from a European DNS
server, and the other Secondaries in Africe pull from the first
Secondary as their "master".]

With AD Integration you can have a set of DNS-DCs that act
collectively as a "set of Primaries" -- this works because the
AD-integrated set takes advantage of Active Directory's "multi-
mastering" capabilities.


 
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Victor
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      19th May 2004
Great...thanks.

(E-Mail Removed) (H.Vedvyas Choubay (MSFT)) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hello Vrao,
>
> Yes you can have more than one secondary DNS servers.
>
> Regards
>
> Vedvyas
> Microsoft

 
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Victor
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      19th May 2004
Hi Martin:

Thanks for the response. One clarification. When you say, "Pull," I am
assuming you are referring to zone transfer initiated from the
Secondary DNS Servers?

Regards,

Victor

"Herb Martin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<#(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > Question: Currently, we have two DNS Windows 2000 based DNS servers,
> > one is a Primary and another one is a Seondary. If I am adding another
> > server for disaster recovery, wondering whether I have any other
> > methods other than configuring the new server as a seondary zone
> > server in which case, I will have to temporarily disconnect the
> > existing secondary DNS server from the network.
> >
> > In other words, can I have more than one secondary DNS server with
> > indentical DNS configuration?

>
> Of course, that is the traditional DNS configuration, a SINGLE
> Primary and a set of Secondaries (as many as necessary for fault
> tolerance and performance issues.)
>
> Each secondary can pull from any of the pre-existing servers for
> that zone -- many people don't realize that a Seconary can choose
> another Secondary for it's master, allow you to control distributed
> DNS servers more flexibly.
>
> [Example: One Secondary in Africa pulls from a European DNS
> server, and the other Secondaries in Africe pull from the first
> Secondary as their "master".]
>
> With AD Integration you can have a set of DNS-DCs that act
> collectively as a "set of Primaries" -- this works because the
> AD-integrated set takes advantage of Active Directory's "multi-
> mastering" capabilities.

 
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