Upgrading BIND with new hardware and new IP address

[Danny Mayer]

Church, Simon wrote:
> Hello,
> We have an existing server (e.g. EXTDNS01) running windows 2000 and BIND
> 9.21. We need to move this to new hardware, upgrade to the latest
> version of BIND and also change the IP address of our server and
> register it with the appropriate organization.
> 

Upgrade. BIND 9.2.1 is so far beyond in used by date that you will not 
be able to sort out the difference between bugs and other problems.
In this case that version has windows architectural problems and you 
shouldn't be using it.

Danny
> This server is also a slave to our master name server (e.g. EXTDNS01),
> so we do have some fault tolerance if this server is down for a period
> of time. I can also keep the old server online for as long as necessary,
> so I could potentially set up the new server as a second slave server
> (e.g. EXTDNS03). If I did this, I would have to rename the server later
> on to EXTDNS02. Does BIND handle name changes OK?
> 
> I am looking for recommendations on how best to get this new server on
> line. How should I go about the upgrade to the latest version of BIND as
> well as changing the hardware at the same time?
> 
> Thanks,
> Simon 
> 
> 
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Then you shouldn't have sent this message to this list as it is not only 
public but also archived and searchable by search engines like Google.

Danny