Change master on all secondary zones at once?

[mstanzel]

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

 

[Herb Martin]

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.

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

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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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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