Point old Server to new Server?

[connorlong]

Hi All,

I have a new server. I have used WHM to copy all the accounts from the old Server over to new Server. So far so good.
The problem is, I want to make sure that my clients are accessing the new server and not the old server while I update the new NS on the individual domains. These are co.za domains and will take about 24 hours to resolve.

Is there a way I can point or update the Old Server in a way that any atempt to access it i.e mail.CLIENTDOMAIN.co.za automatically goes to the New Server. I would want to make sure that new mail been emailed to my clients is going to the mail boxes on the new server and not the old.

Thank you.

 

[dalem]

set the DNS for all of the domains to the ip of the new server

 

[connorlong]

set the DNS for all of the domains to the ip of the new server

Thanks. But do I have to do it for all the individual accounts or is there a way to do all the accounts at once?

 

[levelsupport]

Do the following

cd /var/named
perl -pi.bak -e "s/[oldip]/[newip]/g" *.db

make sure you have a backup of your named files before you proceed.

 

[designeru]

Hint!

As i know... you have in WHM "change multiple sites ip address"... i think this will help you .

Also, you can do some firewall redirects until the propagation is complete. Check man iptables.

 

[levelsupport]

As i know... you have in WHM "change multiple sites ip address"... i think this will help you .

Also, you can do some firewall redirects until the propagation is complete. Check man iptables.

that doesnt allow you to change the ip to THAT of a different server