Search Again: Re: Changing dns names From: Len Conrad Date: Thursday, September 5, 2002 Time: 12:55:02 pm >We're getting ready to move our dns to another network, and change names of >the servers as well. ugh!! >I have qdns set up on the new network, and copied all the files over from >the old dns (still active) >I now need to change any reference of the old server names to the new server >names with internic. Since there are so many registry sites, what is the >best way to go about doing this? there is no best way, just the only way. 1. since you have changed the names of your NS's, you have to register those new "hosts" with the registrar of the parent domain. ns1.domain.com must be registered (its A record) with the registrar for domain.com. That gets your new plumbing hooked up. Now we just need the water. 2. For each domain delegated to your old NS's, the domain's registrant must go to the domain's registrar and re-delegate the domain to your new NS's. Step 1. must precede step 2. 3. in preparation for this White Knuckles Event, you should lower all your TTL's to something short like 300 seconds. after the switch, raise the TTL's to 1 day or whatever. >Ps- we have too many lient sites to go to each one and change it by hand. hmm, you should have thought of that obstacle before you started this project. Is it too late to turn back ? :)) Len ___________________________________________________________________ Men & Mice: QuickDNS - DNS Expert - DNS Training & Consulting DNS Class: New York 24-26/9 www.MenAndMice.com/DNS-training/

Messages In This Thread: Changing dns names by Webmaster on Sep 5, 2002 at 11:18:27 am Re: Changing dns names by andrew kagan on Sep 5, 2002 at 12:22:45 pm Re: Changing dns names by Len Conrad on Sep 5, 2002 at 12:55:02 pm Re: Changing dns names by Len Conrad on Sep 5, 2002 at 1:29:21 pm Re: Changing dns names by andrew kagan on Sep 5, 2002 at 1:42:34 pm