I always use the method I described - it ensures that there are no format incompatibilities.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Santhosh Sivarajan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Zone Migration > > > Thanks for the response. But I am trying to understand the > advantage of > doing a zone migration using backup and restore method > compared to doing a > Secondary to Primary conversion. Any thoughts or ideas? > > Santhosh > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Roger Seielstad > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:55 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DNS Zone Migration > > That's how I've moved zones from NT and Unix servers to Win2k > for the last 3 > years. It works very well. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis Inc. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Santhosh Sivarajan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:07 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ActiveDir] DNS Zone Migration > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I need help to finalize a DNS design. Here is the scenario. > > > > NT 4.0 PDC is holding a DNS zone called Mydomain.com. > > Unfortunately, I have > > to use the same Mydomain.com for Windows 2003 AD domain. It > > is a parallel > > migration. What is the best way to migrate Mydomain.com to > > new Windows 2003 > > machine? I am thinking about the following option: > > > > 1: Create a secondary zone for Mydomain.com on Windows 2003 > > machine pointing > > NT 4.0 PDC as the primary; Change it to the Primary > > 2: Delete the zone on NT4.0 PDC and create a secondary zone > > for Mydomain.com > > pointing Windows 2003 as the primary > > > > Do you see any problems with this? Are there any best > > practices for doing > > this? > > > > Thanks in Advance! > > Santhosh > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > > List archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > > > List info : > http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%> 40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
