The New Zone dialog is used to setup a new zone of one of the following types:
Primary Zone
Creates a "master copy" in which you create records for your domain name.
You can create a private root zone by leaving the zone name blank - but only do this if your server is for an intranet and is not going to resolve any Internet domain names.
See also the Quick Domain Wizard for even faster creation of standard primary zones.
Secondary Zone
Creates a copy of a zone already configured on another (primary) DNS server for redundancy and load balancing. Records are created on the primary DNS server and automatically copied to this server through zone transfers.
You will be prompted to enter the zone name, and the IP address of the primary DNS server.
You will be prompted to enter the first IP address, subnet mask and the zone name.
Enter the first IP address of the range of IP addresses you have, and select the subnet mask according to the number of IP addresses you have:
up to 256 - 255.255.255.0 (full class-C)
up to 128 - 255.255.255.128
up to 64 - 255.255.255.192
up to 32 - 255.255.255.224
up to 16 - 255.255.255.240
up to 8 - 255.255.255.248
up to 4 - 255.255.255.252
If you have more than one class-C network (256 IP addresses), create a separate reverse zone for each class-C.
The zone name defaults to the standard in-addr.arpa name.
For subnets other than 255.255.255.0 (full class-C), you can change the zone name - or use the "Look Up" button to automatically detect the reverse delegation name used by your IP provider.
After creating the zone, you can use the Reverse Zone Wizard to edit the individual reverse records.
Please note: to create a secondary reverse zone, use the "Secondary Zone" option above.
Copy an existing zone (New Primary)
Copies all the settings and records from an existing zone. The record names and data are converted to the new zone name.
You will be prompted to enter the new zone name and select the zone to copy from.
Alias for an existing zone (Zone file sharing)
Creates a new zone which shares its records and settings with another zone.
Both zones will use the same file, so any changes made to one zone will immediately be reflected in the other.
You will be prompted to enter the new zone name and select the alias for zone (the zone to share file with).
