Create a notify list for a zone

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

You can use the following procedure to create or change a notify list for a zone. Changes to the notify list properties are available only on primary zones. For secondary zones, these properties are read only.

By default, the DNS server allows a zone transfer only to authoritative DNS servers that are listed in the name server (NS) resource records for the zone.

Administrative credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using the Run as command to perform this procedure.

To create or change a notify list for a zone

  1. Open the DNS snap-in.

  2. In the console tree, click the applicable zone.

    Where?

    • DNS/applicable DNS server/Forward Lookup Zones (or Reverse Lookup Zones)/applicable zone

  3. On the Action menu, click Properties.

  4. Click the Zone Transfers tab.

  5. Click Notify.

  6. Verify that the Automatically notify check box is selected.

  7. Select the method to be used for creating a list for notifying other DNS servers when changes to the zone occur. Your options are as follows:

    • Use the default, Servers listed on the Name Servers tab, to permit only those servers that appear by Internet Protocol (IP) address on the Name Servers tab to be included in the notify list.

    • Select The following servers if you want to specify a different notify list to be used instead.

  8. If you selected The following servers in the previous step, add or remove server IP addresses to form the notify list as needed:

    • To add a server to the notify list, type its IP address in the IP address box, and then click Add.

    • To remove a server from the notify list, click the server IP address in the list box, and then click Remove.

Note

To open DNS, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DNS.