: Need help with DNS. Registrar is NS, Web Site at WinHost, Email at eHost Need help moving a web site for a client, which I will call ClientABC. The web site is ClientABC.com, which is hosted
Need help moving a web site for a client, which I will call ClientABC. The web site is ClientABC.com, which is hosted at Rackspace, with their email hosted at eHost. We are transferring the site from Rackspace to WinHost and are keeping the email hosted at eHost. I would like the transfer to happen with little to no down time for the web site and email (email is most important).
Current Config:
Client owns domain and registrar is Network Solutions
Domain name is managed by VendorX at Rackspace
Web site is hosted on Rackspace servers
Email is hosted at eHost
Post-Move Config:
Web site is hosted at WinHost
Keep Email at eHost
Here is my plan for the transfer:
Copy the site files to WinHost and test to assure site is fully functional
Set up the MX record in the WinHost account to point to eHost servers
Change the DNS in Network Solutions from Rackspace to Winhost
Questions:
Will this work?
What am I missing?
Should I expect down time or any issues with email?
I understand that there will be a period of time that traffic to the site is handled at both Rackspace and Winhost and that email traffic will be routed through both hosts as well. Will this cause issues?
How will I know when the change is fully propagated and that Rackspace is out of the equation and WinHost is handling everything (so I can kill the Rackspace account)
Thanks in advance!
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Yes, your steps is right
I believe only your database is miseed
For email, it seems there will be no issue. But for your domain, I would recommend you to keep it with with Network Solution, you just need to point your domain to Winhost name server. The estimated downtime is about 12-24 hours.
No idea.
When you ping your domain and it shows Winhost IP address. The DNS records will update too.
Yes, this will work.
If you have a database to transfer you are missing some steps. (Like backup transfer, restore and lock the old one so no more updates happen from the old site)
Since your e-mail will be handled by the same site you should see no downtime. However, if you have any SPF records you might want to make sure they are set right on both DNS servers.
Technically, requests for the site/email servers after the DNS transfer will be handled by one or the other hosting service until the DNS records fully propagate. Allow up to a week for the DNS records to fully propagate. The only issue would be that new database updates on the old server will be lost.
I do not think you can ever know when the new DNS records fully propagate across the Internet. However, I think you can functionally count on a week or less. Once you set the new DNS records at Network Solutions many DNS servers will be updated within 24 hours.
See if you can log into your old servers via IP address to check activity logs. Once the activity on the old server falls below an acceptable to you level you can complete the process.
I suggest using a tool like the DNSReport and Mail Server Test Center at DNSstuff.com before and after you change the DNS entries. These tools can help point out any issues or incorrect configuration.
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