AD & DNS problems

[Mike_B]

When I to a DCPROMO on my test lab server the zones that
are create are a . folder and a foler with the Domian
name. No LDAP or any of the other records are created.
Is there a way to completely clear the DNS Cache and have
all the proper records create during the DC setup.

 

[Ace Fekay [MVP]]

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When I to a DCPROMO on my test lab server the zones that
are create are a . folder and a foler with the Domian
name. No LDAP or any of the other records are created.
Is there a way to completely clear the DNS Cache and have
all the proper records create during the DC setup.

SRV records creation is automatic. No other steps are required. Obviously
there's something else going on.

Guidelines:
1. Point ONLY to your internal DNS server. Do not use your ISP's in any AD
member machine (DCs or clients), or guranteed errors & failures will result.
If the IP is 127.0.0.1, change it to the actual IP of the machine.
2. In the zone, make sure updates are set to at least yes.
3. Primary DNS Suffix is set to the same name as AD's domain name and to the
same name as your zone name in DNS.
4. Your AD domain is NOT a single label name (should be in the form of
'domain.com' or domain.mike', etc).
5. If the machine is mutlihomed, other steps and administrative overhead is
necessary.
6. If the AD domain name is the same as your external domain name,
additional steps and administrative overhead is necessary.
7. If the Root zone (the dot) exists, and you want Internet access, delete
that zone, and configure a forwarder for efficient Internet name resolution.
This will show you how for this step:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=300202

Follow these guidelines very closely. After you've completed going thru
these steps and still have questions, please post back. If you are not sure
about any of these steps, please post:
1. An unedited ipconfig /all
2. The name of the AD domain name.




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Regards,
Ace

Please direct all replies to the newsgroup so all can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.

Ace Fekay, MCSE 2000, MCSE+I, MCSA, MCT, MVP
Microsoft Windows MVP - Active Directory

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

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When I to a DCPROMO on my test lab server the zones that
are create are a . folder and a foler with the Domian
name. No LDAP or any of the other records are created.
Is there a way to completely clear the DNS Cache and have
all the proper records create during the DC setup.

Clearing the cache won't affect this, you can delete the "." forward lookup
zone, and the records may not have been created for any one or more reasons.
The usual problem is that the DC is not pointing to its own address for DNS
only. There are more, such as Single label domain name or disjointed
namespace.
These can be verified if you post your ipconfig /all and the name of your
Active Directory domain.

 

[Mike_B]

I forgot about the DNS server. I have to point it to
itself. I will try it. Thank you