Search Again: Re: IP Number Change Method? From: John May Date: Thursday, May 17, 2001 Time: 12:56:36 pm >At 10:00 AM -0700 5/11/01, John May wrote: >>Hey folks! We just got assigned a new block of IPs today, and I >>need to move one of our web servers over to a new address. I'm >>wondering what the easiest way to go about doing this is. >> >>The DNSs, MX records, etc. are all easy, as they are all determined >>by one A record - change it in one location and it changes for all >>the zones. However, the A record for each zone is hard-coded into >>the individual zone files. >> >>Does this mean that I'll need to change each A record in each zone file? > >Yes. AppleScript can help here. There's one included with QuickDNS >3.5 that will do the job. > >>Should I set their expiration to 5 minutes first, wait a day, then >>do it for the smoothest move-over? > >Yes, that's a good idea. The field to change is not the Expire field >at the top, but rather the TTL fields of the affected records. >Again, AppleScript can help here - if you need assistance creating a >script to do this, contact me off-list. Should I also change the TTLs of the CNAME records as well? Or do they obey the TTLs of the A records they refer to? - John -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- John May <mailto:jmay@pointinspace.com> President / Media Developer <http://www.pointinspace.com> Point In Space Internet Solutions ICQ: 35902494

Messages In This Thread: IP Number Change Method? by John May on May 11, 2001 at 11:11:08 am Re: IP Number Change Method? by Men & Mice Support on May 11, 2001 at 6:29:38 pm Re: IP Number Change Method? by John May on May 17, 2001 at 12:56:36 pm Re: IP Number Change Method? by Men & Mice Support on May 17, 2001 at 6:02:32 pm