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This is not very clear for me. &nbsp;Do I install the DNS server first of copy the DNS file across first? 
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This is not very clear for me.  Do I install the DNS server first of copy the DNS file across first?

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Do I need to manually create the Zones again on the new server or just copy across the DNS folder and restart the service? 
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Do I need to manually create the Zones again on the new server or just copy across the DNS folder and restart the service?

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It's ok, I restarted the server and the DNS zones copied across. 
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It's ok, I restarted the server and the DNS zones copied across.

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You can create zones and be secondary but later you must to convert to primary and server thas has primary now will be demoted.
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You can create zones and be secondary but later you must to convert to primary and server thas has primary now will be demoted.

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I'm adding a 2008 DNS server to my network. &nbsp;My plan is to add this new DNS ever and take the other one off-line. &nbsp;Will the DNS server pick up all the settings, inc root forwarders one I add it as a role? 
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I'm adding a 2008 DNS server to my network.  My plan is to add this new DNS ever and take the other one off-line.  Will the DNS server pick up all the settings, inc root forwarders one I add it as a role? 

Adding DNS server to network

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.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.