DNS Requirement

[Guest]

I have stand-alone server with a Standard Primary DNS zone. I installed
another standalone server to promote as a DC. The DNS IP address of the
computer to be promoted points to my DNS server. When I run DCPROMO, an error
message says that it cannot contact a DNS server to verify that the zone can
accept Dynamic Updates.

When running DCPROMO, does DNS have to exist on the server to be promoted? or
any DNS server on the network is fine?

Please advise!

Thanks
Rob

 

[ptwilliams]

When running DCPROMO, does DNS have to exist on the server to be promoted?

or any DNS server on the network is fine?

If DNS isn't installed on this box, then you must point to a DNS server that
holds a copy of the DNS zone that is authorative for your AD namespace. If
DNS is installed, you should either point to another internal, authorative
DNS server or, if you are planning on creating a new namespace, then you
shouldn't point to an existing zone. In this case, DCPROMO will create you
a zone if you so wish.

 

[Enkidu]

I have stand-alone server with a Standard Primary
DNS zone. I installed another standalone server to
promote as a DC. The DNS IP address of the computer
to be promoted points to my DNS server. When I run
DCPROMO, an error message says that it cannot
contact a DNS server to verify that the zone can
accept Dynamic Updates.

When running DCPROMO, does DNS have to exist on the
server to be promoted? or any DNS server on the
network is fine?

No, the DNS does not have to exist on the DC that is being
promoted. The server with the DNS does have to support SRV
records and should support dynamic updates.

I had my DNS on NT4 domain Windows 2000 member servers
before I installed my first DC.

Cheers,

Cliff

 

[Guest]

Hi Enkidu,

Thanks to you Enkidu and Paul for replying. I assume your DNS zone on the
member server is a primary. Does this type support SRV records as required by
A-D. (This is something Paul pointed out).

Please advise.

Thanks
Rob

 

[Guest]

Thanks Paul for replying.

I created a new ROOT domain by running dcpromo and letting the wizard
install and configure DNS on the local machine. This works fine.

When I create a Standard Primary zone on computer DNS1 (stand-alone server)
and point the new computer to be promoted to DNS1, DNS does not work
properly. I cannot remove A-D from the DC, not can I make DNS1 a member
server of the new A-D domain. Please explain.

Thanks
Rob

 

[ptwilliams]

Windows 2000 and 2003 support SRV records and dynamic update.

It doesn't matter whether or not it's a DC (although if it isn't a DC it
can't be AD-Integrated)

 

[ptwilliams]

I don't quite follow you. If the wizard configured DNS, it should be
configured to accept dynamic updates. You don't need the root '.' zone, but
we'll come back to that.

When I create a Standard Primary zone on computer DNS1 (stand-alone
server) and point the new computer to be promoted to DNS1, DNS does not
work properly.

What doesn't work properly?

What errors are you seeing?

One way of doing this is as follows:

Once DNS is running on DNS1 (check that dynamic updates are configured to
enabled), on the computer that you wish to make a DC set the Primary DNS
Suffix (Right-click on My Computer, choose Properties, then Computer Name,
Change, More) to that of the DNS domain. Reboot and run DCPROMO. Use the
same domain name as the DNS zone.