We are running DNS for a few hundred domains. We have currently changed
our ISP, and I need to change the master on all the secondary DNS
servers. However, after doing this manually on EVERY SINGLE zone on the
first server, I'd rather not do it that way again. Is there any way to
force the entire server (all secondary zones) to transfer from a new
master?

Thanks,
Matt

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> We are running DNS for a few hundred domains. We have currently changed
> our ISP, and I need to change the master on all the secondary DNS
> servers. However, after doing this manually on EVERY SINGLE zone on the
> first server, I'd rather not do it that way again. Is there any way to
> force the entire server (all secondary zones) to transfer from a new
> master?
>

No because there is no technical relationship between multiple
zones on a DNS server -- DNS has no concept that they are related
(by IP address and master) at all.

DNSCmd.exe can be scripted. That is what I would use for
100 domains/zones.



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> Thanks,
> Matt
>

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> We are running DNS for a few hundred domains. We have currently
> changed our ISP, and I need to change the master on all the secondary
> DNS servers. However, after doing this manually on EVERY SINGLE zone
> on the first server, I'd rather not do it that way again. Is there
> any way to force the entire server (all secondary zones) to transfer
> from a new master?

dnscmd <server> /zoneresetmasters AllZones.. <masterIPs>

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