Search Again: Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS From: Roland Dumas Date: Monday, October 7, 2002 Time: 4:37:40 pm Thank you. It's very simple. It was just not obvious to me. On Monday, Oct 7, 2002, at 15:25 US/Pacific, Men & Mice Support wrote: > The normal "create zone" button/menu item creates a master zone. Do > the following instead: > > - Select the server in the Manager window. > - From the Server menu, select Add Slave Zone. > - Fill in the zone's name and the master server's IP address. > ____________________________________________________________________ > Chris Buxton Men & Mice > support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy > > At 9:19 AM -0700 10/5/02, Roland Dumas wrote: >> When I create a new zone on my server, it only allows me to select my >> single server as the master and doesn't allow me to put in any slave >> servers. What am I missing? >> >> >> On Friday, Oct 4, 2002, at 21:25 US/Pacific, Men & Mice Support wrote: >> >>> You must create a slave zone on your server for each master zone on >>> the other server. If they add more zones, you must also add more >>> zones. They may also need to configure their server to allow this, >>> if their server restricts zone transfers. >>> >>> Furthermore, the other business will have to arrange to have the >>> delegation records for each of their zones updated to also point to >>> your server. For registered domains, this means altering the >>> registration record. For reverse zones, this probably means talking >>> to their ISP. >>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>> Chris Buxton Men & Mice >>> support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy >>> >>> At 4:08 PM -0700 10/4/02, Roland Dumas wrote: >>>> I would like to be the backup for a DNS that isn't under my direct >>>> control. A favor to another business. How do I set up my server as >>>> a 'slave' or as a backup DNS? Does the authoritative need to give >>>> me permission in some way? Can I set QDNS 4 to download >>>> periodically and be available? >

Messages In This Thread: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Roland Dumas on Oct 4, 2002 at 4:12:38 pm Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Men & Mice Support on Oct 4, 2002 at 9:28:09 pm Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Roland Dumas on Oct 5, 2002 at 9:22:58 am Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Men & Mice Support on Oct 7, 2002 at 3:32:35 pm Re: creating a slave or backup when authoritative isn''t QDNS by Roland Dumas on Oct 7, 2002 at 4:37:40 pm