Re: [cobalt-users] DNS issues - Moving A Site to another server

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IM> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:42:43 -0000
IM> From: ISEE Multimedia


IM> I have just installed a new RAQ4 for a client of mine who
IM> wishes to now run his site on a dedicated server.
IM>
IM> The site is now successfully set up on the new server under
IM> the same domain.
IM>
IM> Now i want DNS to remain on the old server.
IM>
IM> Do i just change the A record to point to the new ip address
IM> of the new server?

You could.  Alternatively, if your client is capable of running
DNS, you could set your machine to be a DNS slave to his master.


IM> And do I just leave the MX records as www.domain.co.uk on the
IM> old server aswell?

Depends what's handling mail.  Make sure you don't have both
machines thinking the domain is local, or you'll get occasional
problems.


Eddy
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