I previously had a domain hosted on a dedicated server at the local university. We moved the hosting to a dedicated dreamhost server. In Dreamhost, I set up ums.org to be fully hosted by Dreamhost. Here are my settings:
Record (ums.org zone) Type Value
A 64.90.38.183
NS ns1.dreamhost.com.
NS ns2.dreamhost.com.
NS ns3.dreamhost.com.
ftp A 64.90.38.183
ssh A 64.90.38.183
www A 64.90.38.183
About 24 hours ago, I asked the local university to switch their nameservers to dreamhosts nameservers for our domain, so they were previously dns.itd.umich.edu and dns2.itd.umich.edu, I needed them switched to ns1.dreamhost.com, ns2.dreamhost.com, and ns3.dreamhost.com.
The old server was 141.211.146.163, the new server is 64.90.38.183.
When I do an 'nslookup -q=any ums.org', I get the following (I'm a developer, so I'm not entirely sure how to decipher this):
Non-authoritative answer:
ums.org text =
"v=spf1 a mx include:wordfly.com ~all"
ums.org
RP mailbox = johnp.umich.edu.ums.org
text location = (root)
ums.org internet address = 141.211.146.163
ums.org nameserver = ns1.dreamhost.com
ums.org nameserver = ns2.dreamhost.com
ums.org nameserver = ns3.dreamhost.com
ums.org
primary name server = dns.itd.umich.edu
responsible mail addr = hostmaster.umich.edu
serial = 201208023
refresh = 1800 (30 mins)
retry = 900 (15 mins)
expire = 2419200 (28 days)
default TTL = 1800 (30 mins)
ums.org MX preference = 0, mail exchanger = logo.web.itd.umich.edu
ns2.dreamhost.com internet address = 208.96.10.221
ns3.dreamhost.com internet address = 66.33.216.216
ns1.dreamhost.com internet address = 66.33.206.206
Since my primary name server is still dns.itd.umich.edu, is that something that needs to be changed?
When I look at 'A' records here: http://www.whatsmydns.net/#A/ums.org , it appears that it's about 50% propagated. However, it seems like some of these servers are switching back and forth (I checked yesterday, too).
When I look at 'NS' records here: http://www.whatsmydns.net/#NS/ums.org , it seems like my NS records were changed properly.
HOWEVER, when I go to http://whois.domaintools.com/ums.org or http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools#whois/type=domain&&value=ums.org&& , it still uses my old nameservers.
Which site can I trust? How can I tell if this is working? How long does this normally take? Are there any additional steps I need to take besides changing the nameservers?