(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I have read differing things online in other posts so I thought I
> would just ask.
>
> Our current setup: Multiple domain controllers, mostly 2000 server but
> we have one 2003 DC. DNS is currently running on a Windows 2000 Domain
> Controller as Active Directory Integrated.
>
> I would like to make the 2003 DC a DNS server as well. Right now it is
> a member server. I will be upgrading it to a DC soon. Do I need to
> configure anything in DNS before I run DCPROMO or do I configure DNS
> as part of AD installation?
>
> How will it work? Will I have to configure any zones? Or will it just
> grab them all from the existing AD Domain controller?
If you promote the Win2k3 as a replica DC, the zones will replicate. Do not
point the Win2k3 to itself for DNS until the zones have replicated.
278875 - Cannot Promote a Windows Server 2003 Domain Controller into a
Windows 2000 Forest
http://support.microsoft.com/default...278875&sd=RMVP
817470 - HOW TO: Reconfigure an _msdcs Subdomain to a Forest-wide DNS
Application Directory Partition When You Upgrade from Windows 2000 to
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default...817470&sd=RMVP
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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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