[BlueOnyx:26555] Re: backup all DNS records of a specific domain

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Meaulnes,

> After having transferred a domain to another domain host, I wanted to 
> delete its DNS entries on my server in Server Management > Network 
> Services > DNS > Select Domain...
> 
> Is there a way to previously backup all the records of that domain in 
> one go for easy restore? Of course I could copy all the records as text 
> files and restore them manually if required, but maybe there is a more 
> efficient way?

In that case the easiest way would be to back up the DNS Zone files 
themselves.

You can find them in this directory on the BlueOnyx:

/var/named/chroot/var/named/

If the Vsite was named company.com, then these will be the files you 
need to backup:

/var/named/chroot/var/named/db.company.com
/var/named/chroot/var/named/db.company.com~
/var/named/chroot/var/named/db.company.com.include

If need be, you can import the DNS again form them by pointing 
/usr/sausalito/sbin/dnsImport.pl to the directory where you have these 
files.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber