Search Again: Re: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, April 7, 2003 Time: 11:42:56 am At 11:34 AM -0700 4/7/03, Jody McAlister wrote: >Sounds good. > >To do this, do I setup the dns server with the old slave server ip >address, then connect to the new server with the new server >management, and then click on what to manually update? I just >looked and didn't see anthing I could click to force it to can the >master and update. It can't be done this way. >Do I need to export the settings on the slave and import them into >the new slave. Yes. Use the included AppleScripts. "Export Server Configuration" in version 3.5, then "Restore Zones" in version 4.5. >Then how do I force it to look up new domain changes manually while >I am in this transition stage? Select a zone that's been updated on the master server, then choose Reload from either the File menu or the contextual menu. ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton Men & Mice support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy >On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 11:25 AM, Men & Mice Support wrote: >>Sure. You just won't be able to control both servers together from >>one interface. This can make the process of updating zones a bit >>annoying, since you'll have to manually tell the slave server what >>to do whenever you make a change on the master server. >>____________________________________________________________________ >>Chris Buxton Men & Mice >>support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy >> >>At 11:17 AM -0700 4/7/03, Jody McAlister wrote: >>>Can I setup QDNS 4.5 as a slave to the older os 9 Master? I will >>>be swapping the servers so the ip address would remain the same. >>> >>> >>>On Monday, April 7, 2003, at 11:09 AM, Men & Mice Support wrote: >>> >>>>No. You won't corrupt anything, but neither will you be able to >>>>connect to the older server components. >>>>____________________________________________________________________ >>>>Chris Buxton Men & Mice >>>>support@menandmice.com Making DNS Easy >>>> >>>>At 10:56 AM -0700 4/7/03, Jody McAlister wrote: >>>>>I was just about to try to connect QDNS manager 4.5to QDNS 3.x >>>>>when I realized I might corrupt or change the format understood >>>>>by that version. Am I able to use the new Manager to connect to >>>>>the older server without problems? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Jody McAlister >>>President >>>In-Site Communications >>>707-765-9993/800-998-1711 >> >> >> >Jody McAlister >President >In-Site Communications >707-765-9993/800-998-1711

Messages In This Thread: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. by Jody McAlister on Apr 7, 2003 at 10:56:28 am Re: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. by Men & Mice Support on Apr 7, 2003 at 11:10:15 am Re: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. by Jody McAlister on Apr 7, 2003 at 11:18:00 am Re: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. by Men & Mice Support on Apr 7, 2003 at 11:27:13 am Re: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. by Jody McAlister on Apr 7, 2003 at 11:35:37 am Re: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. by Men & Mice Support on Apr 7, 2003 at 11:42:56 am Re: Is QDNS Manager 4.5 backwards compatible. by Jody McAlister on Apr 7, 2003 at 11:49:55 am