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Because it is an AD integrated zone you would have to restore the system state and do an authoritative restore as oulined <br />
<a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2007/05/10/oops-our-ad-integrated-dns-zone-s-are-missing-in-windows-2003.aspx" rel="ugc">http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2007/05/10/oops-our-ad-integrated-dns-zone-s-are-missing-in-windows-2003.aspx</a><br />
...my friends at CB5 had another cool method<br />
<a href="http://cbfive.com/blog/post/A-Nifty-Trick-to-Backing-up-AD-Integrated-DNS-Zones.aspx" rel="ugc">http://cbfive.com/blog/post/A-Nifty-Trick-to-Backing-up-AD-Integrated-DNS-Zones.aspx</a><br />
If Jared ever reads this...that was a nifty trick :)<br />
Thanks<br />
Mike <br />

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Because it is an AD integrated zone you would have to restore the system state and do an authoritative restore as oulined
http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2007/05/10/oops-our-ad-integrated-dns-zone-s-are-missing-in-windows-2003.aspx [http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2007/05/10/oops-our-ad-integrated-dns-zone-s-are-missing-in-windows-2003.aspx]
...my friends at CB5 had another cool method
http://cbfive.com/blog/post/A-Nifty-Trick-to-Backing-up-AD-Integrated-DNS-Zones.aspx [http://cbfive.com/blog/post/A-Nifty-Trick-to-Backing-up-AD-Integrated-DNS-Zones.aspx]
If Jared ever reads this...that was a nifty trick :)
Thanks
Mike


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letting the zone recreate itself won't let them revert back though.
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letting the zone recreate itself won't let them revert back though.

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correct ... just an example of a working zone wouldn't quite need a authoritative restore. &nbsp;<br />
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The link was really my answer, I was just long winded about getting there &nbsp;:S
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correct ... just an example of a working zone wouldn't quite need a authoritative restore.  

The link was really my answer, I was just long winded about getting there  :S

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We are going to be making numeorus changes to DNS this coming weekend. &nbsp;All of our zones are AD Integrated and on Domain Contollers. &nbsp;<br />
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I know to backup a zone we need to run dnscmd /zoneexport myzone backup\myzone.dns.bak.<br />
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I would like to make a copy of this backup file, make the necessary changes and restore it back to the same zone. &nbsp;How can this be done? &nbsp;This will give us a good hands up if we have to revert back for some reason. <br />

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We are going to be making numeorus changes to DNS this coming weekend.  All of our zones are AD Integrated and on Domain Contollers.  

I know to backup a zone we need to run dnscmd /zoneexport myzone backup\myzone.dns.bak.

I would like to make a copy of this backup file, make the necessary changes and restore it back to the same zone.  How can this be done?  This will give us a good hands up if we have to revert back for some reason. 


Backup/Restore AD DNS Zone

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical, globally distributed system responsible for associating the name of a computer, service or other resource into an IP address for connecting to the Internet or a private network. Most prominently, it translates domain names to the numerical IP addresses needed for the purpose of computer services and devices worldwide.

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.