This should be easy. But sometimes things that seem like they should be easy are not. I want to change the nameservers for a bunch of domains. Really, all I want to do is change the IP address, but it seems easier just to change both the name and IP to avoid any possibility of confusion. However, I am not "physically" moving the services. These are the same physical servers, just an additional IP address assigned to the appropriate interface. I want to do this the "right" way. Here's what I want to do. Am I doing anything wrong? (Am I being way too careful?) For the example, let's use the names, old-dns1, new-dns1, old-dns2, and new-dns2. I think you can guess what they mean. 1) Add new-dns1 and new-dns2 to the NS records for a domain. (Possible problem: I have NS records in my authorative DNS for the zone that are not in the hints at the gTLD server level. But that's not really a problem, right? They are not lame servers.) 2) Change the NAMESERVER entries at the registrar from old-dns1 to new-dn1 and old-dns2 to new-dns2. 3) Wait for the change to be reflected in the gTLD servers. 4) Wait for the TTL on the records to expire. 5) Wait a little bit longer just to be safe (maybe do some query logging to see who still is using the old ones). 6) Remove old-dns1 and old-dns2 NS records from the zone. 7) Wait for the TTL on the records to expire. 8) Wait a bit longer. 9) Turn off DNS services at old-dns1 and old-dns2 (i.e. take out the firewall rules that allow queries to those addresses). 10) ... 11) Profit. Not really too bad. At least we don't have to send in host record templates anymore. B¼information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact postmaster@globalstar.com