Question : export forwarders

Hi Experts,
I have a new DNS running on win2008.
On the old DNS in win2003r2 I have dns forwarders installed.
is there a possibility to export the forwarders and import them to my new DNS server ?

Answer : export forwarders

Okay so, it's easy, but you need these two:

PowerShell 2: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968930/en-gb
DnsShell (DNS Management Module for PowerShell): http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/dnsshell/

The first will be pre-installed if you have 2008 R2, otherwise you will need to upgrade PowerShell 1 to PowerShell 2 (PS 1 is pre-installed on 2008).

DnsShell is my management module, once you have it all you need do is this in the PowerShell prompt:


Import-Module DnsShell
$OldServer = "YourOldDnsServer"
$NewServer = "YourNewDnsServer"

Get-DnsZone -ZoneType Forwarder -Server $OldServer | New-DnsZone -Server $NewServer


If you want to test it on one use:


Get-DnsZone whateverzone -Type Forwarder | New-DnsZone -Server $NewServer


And please let me know if you have any questions about any of this.

HTH

Chris