Secondary DNS

[vallan]

Our Primary DNS went down on Friday. Please how long do i have before the Secondary DNS stop taking DNS queries. Does this happen. What will i lose?.

What do I need to rebuild a primary back. Do I just install it like it was installed orginally and will there be an option to accept an already existing secondary DNS.

Also, as we really need the primary DNS, can I just build it on a small PC for now and when we get the original box back, then shut the pc down and recreate it on the box?

Please your response is urgently neded.

Thanks

 

[lullysing]

Man...

first of all, if your primary DNs server just got nuked, seriously, i feel for you.

And for second, just rebuild the server with your backups of the zone files ( you kept backups, DIDN'T you? ) and activate it on the same IP as the one of the deceased server.

Depending on the type of customers you have ( lan-internal...web--public) mnost of the times, people will switch over as soon as they reconnect, or reboot their computers.

Good luck on this.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Shouldn't be a problem. Check out

http://www.microsoft.com/windows200.../techinfo/reskit/en-us/cnet/cncc_dns_ncku.asp

Good luck and keep us in touch. Note that the secondary dns server should be on a different subnet. Is your's?

Glen A. Johnson
"To fear the worst oft cures the worse."
William Shakespeare (1564-1616); English dramatist, poet.

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