Copying DNS database

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3810D89D.672447CF at orent.com>,
John Kennedy  <jkennedy at orent.com> wrote:
>We are in the process of creating a secondary DNS server.  Our primary
>DNS server is running BIND 8.1.2 on AIX 4.2(? if not 4.2 it's VERY
>old.).  Our Secondary DNS Server will be the latest version running of
>BIND (about to be downloaded) on a Solaris 2.6 machine.
>Our overall plan is to move the database from the old AIX box to the Sun
>box.  We are going to rebuild the AIX box with LinuxPPC 5 (It is an old
>Apple Network Server) and then bring that back online as the primary DNS
>box also running DHCP.
>Outside of copying the database we (I) can do it.

Am I missing something?  What's the problem with just copying the files
from the AIX box to the Sun box?

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