AD Integrated Zone conversion issue

[Skidmore]

I recently upgraded to AD. I upgraded my PDC which was
also the DNS Primary. Then, I promoted a W2K box which
was a DNS Secondary. I made the primary zone AD
Integrated and then went to the other DC and attempted to
change the secondary to AD Integrated as well. I got a
dialog aasking whether to use the info in AD or overwrite
and I said to use what was already in AD. This failed and
then the first DC, which had previously been primary, lost
its zone all together. I ended up having to delete all
the zones and start over with a primary and secondary
again. Interestingly, the zone still appears in AD. Now
I want to finally get this thing changed to AD
Integrated. From various KB articles, it looks like the
problem was having a DC that was a secondary at the time
of the conversion. So, I think that if I delete the
secondary zones and then change the primary to AD
Integrated it should work. Then, I would need to create
the zones on the secondary and 'attach' to the AD zone.

Is this correct? Help!

Thanks

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

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I recently upgraded to AD. I upgraded my PDC which was
also the DNS Primary. Then, I promoted a W2K box which
was a DNS Secondary. I made the primary zone AD
Integrated and then went to the other DC and attempted to
change the secondary to AD Integrated as well. I got a
dialog aasking whether to use the info in AD or overwrite
and I said to use what was already in AD. This failed and
then the first DC, which had previously been primary, lost
its zone all together. I ended up having to delete all
the zones and start over with a primary and secondary
again. Interestingly, the zone still appears in AD. Now
I want to finally get this thing changed to AD
Integrated. From various KB articles, it looks like the
problem was having a DC that was a secondary at the time
of the conversion. So, I think that if I delete the
secondary zones and then change the primary to AD
Integrated it should work. Then, I would need to create
the zones on the secondary and 'attach' to the AD zone.

Is this correct? Help!

Thanks

All DCs should get the AD integrated zones replicated to them, just add the
additional DCs to the name server tab or just add an NS record to the zone.
Point all DCs to the first DC with the AD zone so they all get registered in
DNS.

 

[Skidmore]

So just to clarify, delete the secondary zone on the DC
first. Set the DNS for the system to point to the
primary. Change the primary to AD Integrated and wait for
replication.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In

So just to clarify, delete the secondary zone on the DC
first. Set the DNS for the system to point to the
primary. Change the primary to AD Integrated and wait for
replication.

Yes, make sure you add the NS records for all DCs with DNS, and that the DCs
register their records in DNS. This insures all DCs have the proper data
from AD. The zones should be replicated within 15 minutes.