CNR Secondary Replication

[mmedwid]

It would be helpful to be able to deploy multiple secondary DNS servers with the same zones that have already been configured on an one existing secondary DNS server. But I would like to not have to manually configure each zone on each deployed secondary. Is there a file or set of files that could be copied from an existing secondary that would speed deployment? Thanks.

[a-vazquez]

There is no such way of copying the set of files. It should be done manually on each zone.

[mmedwid]

Thanks. Well I guess that would count as a reason to go with bind. :-)

[keyushah]

It's possible to copy the config file from one server to another..... I will need to know version of your CNR software...

If you are on 5.5 and lower, do the following on command line after shutting down the server.

/bin>mcdadmin -x -e config.bin

The above will copy your config to a file called config.bin. It's a binary.

Then on your other server ( make sure it's identical, same hardware platform, etc. ) copy that file to the same folder as above, and run the following command:

command line:

/bin>mcdadmin -c -o -i config.bin

start the server, you should be all set.

[mmedwid]

Yes we're over 5.5. Thanks - that's most helpful.

[keyushah]

Hi again,

That procedure will not work for 6.0 and later versions.. There's a separate process for that.