Thanks Jeff and Robert, Robert's plan seems to be the best way to do the thing so I'll follow that plan ;)
Thanks again, Thomas. On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 17:39, Jeff Lightner <jlight...@water.com> wrote: > In your case it sounds like you're going to have two external IPs. If so I'd > leave the Apache server with BIND running and add the new server as first one > at the registrar. That way anyone that has your old server cached will > continue to get to it. Any new queries hopefully would cache your new server. > > After you're sure the new server is up and running for a few days you can > stop BIND on the old one (to reduce load on it). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Manson [mailto:dev.mansontho...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:06 AM > To: Jeff Lightner > Cc: bind-users@lists.isc.org > Subject: Re: Change my primary DNS server safely... > > Hi Jeff, > > Actually, I've Postfix/Apache2/Bind (primary DNS) on the same > machine which is hosted by one company. > > I want to dedicate a server to be the primary DNS. This server is > hosted by another company. (the first server will be re installed soon > but will stay in the original hosting company). > > The secondary DNS is already a dedicated server. > > So my new primary DNS is ready and the old server will still be > running (at least for the apache2 service). > Should I let BIND running on the old server or stop it ? (whould it > be annoying if the old ip still answer to query ?) > > Regards, > Thomas. > > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 14:50, Jeff Lightner <jlight...@water.com> wrote: >> Not sure where the trepidation comes in here. Hopefully you ARE running >> a slave server as well so if the primary isn't reachable the slave would >> resolve lookups until you fixed any problem. >> >> Here we've moved our servers from one network provider to another so had >> to change the IPs of the master and the slave at the Network registrars. >> We did those one at a time. That is to say we first did the slave and >> once we were sure it was resolving correctly and had allowed time for >> everyone's caches to clear (we waited 3 days/72 hours) then we moved the >> master. >> >> We've also completely replaced both our primary and slave by installing >> new servers and setting them with the IPs. There again we did it by >> doing one at a time. For those there was no propagation time since the >> IP stayed the same. >> >> If you're simply moving your master to a new IP (as the outside world >> sees it) then you'll have to allow time for the caches to clear as we >> did. If you're simply moving it to a new IP internally then your >> network folks should be able to NAT that IP to the same external IP your >> prior server had. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org >> [mailto:bind-users-boun...@lists.isc.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Manson >> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:04 PM >> To: bind-users@lists.isc.org >> Subject: Change my primary DNS server safely... >> >> Hello, >> >> I need to change the primary DNS server which manage hundreds of >> domains. >> >> I've setup the new machine so that it has the correct named >> configuration for each domains (script generated). >> >> I plan to change the IP behind the ns0.mydomain.com so that it >> points to the new machine. >> >> As I feel it's a bit risky to do that, if you have any suggestion, >> I'll be glad to hear it. >> >> Thanks, >> Thomas. >> _______________________________________________ >> bind-users mailing list >> bind-users@lists.isc.org >> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users >> >> Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments. >> ---------------------------------- >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential >> information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are >> not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of >> the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you >> have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply >> immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and >> delete it. Thank you. >> ---------------------------------- >> > _______________________________________________ bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
