DNS migration

[jun soriano]

What would be the easiest way to migrate DNS from Windows
NT to Windows 2000? I'll be using a diffent server.
Thank you.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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What would be the easiest way to migrate DNS from Windows
NT to Windows 2000? I'll be using a diffent server.
Thank you.

Besides the normal method (of which I'm sure you're already aware of and
thought about) of making a secondary zone of the current NT4 DNS zone on the
new W2k server and then waiting for the zone to transfer, then turning that
Secondary zone into a Primary zone, you can also look at this 3rd party
tool:

Simple DNS Plus - Windows DNS Server Moving NT4 to W2k or W2k to W2k:
http://www.jhsoft.com/tutor/migrate.htm

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Ace

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[J.C. Hornbeck [MSFT]]

As long as the Windows NT4 DNS uses a boot file then moving the zone is very
easy. See this article for more information:

240088 - Windows 2000 DNS Boot File Can Be Named Boot or Boot.dns
(http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240088).

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