Updating root hints on the DNS server

As I mentioned in my previous post, root hints are easier when you have DNS servers in multiple locations.  You set all the root hints you want manually on one server, and you can pull that list to each of the other servers instead of manually entering in all the addresses.  There might be a newer, better way to do this, but I work in a 2003 environment, so this is how I did it.

Copied the following directions from here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757965(v=ws.10).aspx

To update root hints on the DNS server

1. Open DNS.
   
2. In the console tree, click the applicable DNS server.
   
3. On the Action menu, click Properties.
   
4. Click the Root Hints tab.
   
5. Modify server root hints as follows:
   
   
   • To add a root server to the list, click Add, and then specify the name and IP address of the server to be added to the list.
     
   • To modify a root server in the list, click Edit, and then specify the name and IP address of the server to be modified in the list.
     
   • To remove a root server from the list, select it in the list, and then click Remove.
     
   • To copy root hints from a DNS server, click Copy from server, and then specify the IP address of the DNS server from which you want to copy a list of root servers to use in resolving queries. These root hints will not overwrite any existing root hints.

 

That last one is what you would do to all the additional DNS servers.  Copy from server.