Hoa can I import dns information from another platform

Question

I am having issues with dns at my college. Currently using a SUSE- OES dns server and a netware based dns server , I would like to have my Mac take over the role but would like to import the necessary data rather than have to manually transfer it.

Answer 1

What particular are the issues you are having with DNS? 
DNS issues at sufficiently large organizations are usually very visible, or they're involving DNS-based web site or web content or malware filtering.  The former usually gets the attention of IT, and the latter configuration is usually directly related to organizational policies.
If you are part of the IT organization (your status is not clear from your posting), then a zone transfer would work, or you can often export the settings from the DNS servers as part of the migration.  Picking up the files and transferring their contents using a text editor, most typically.  If the cited servers are running a version of BIND that's not from antiquity, then the transfers of the contents of the zone files are usually pretty simple. 
(Given the comparatively unique way that Mac OS X Server organizes its zone files and assuming you want to use Server Admin to administer these zone files going forward, you won't be transferring the files directly, you'll be doing a big cut-and-paste of the entries from a copy of the existing zone files into the zone files created on Mac OS X Server.  Setting up as a secondary and then promoting to a primary typically avoids this.)
If you are not associated with the IT organization, then you might be able to perform a zone transfer, but the easiest approach is usually to set up your own local DNS configuration with your own (preferably registered) domain name.  Policy filtering can have several technical and organizational layers; confirm that this sequence is permitted within your organization, as the IT and security staff can sometimes take a dim view of what they might consider a rogue DNS server.