Public DNS server name/SOA issue

[MWB.Brown]

I've tried searching this group and others but I just can't find an
anwser, I'm hoping it's possible to do what I want to do.

Currently we have 2 Public DNS servers holding the DNS entries for
about 200 domain names. One of them is an NT box which we're trying to
replace. The NT server is acting as the secondary server to a windows
2000 server. We're bringing a new server online at another location in
order to offer redundancy and replace the NT server.

I'm required to use an internal naming convention for the servers by
my managers. the server's name is based on Location, psychical
hardware and purpose. I would like our public DNS server names to be
different from the actual server name such as NS1.example.com
NS2.example.com.

After reading the knowledge base it looks like windows server 2003
draws the SOA data on a new zone file from the computer name. Is there
anyway to tell the DNS server that it should always think of it's self
as "NS1.example.com" rather than MDV-DNSHP2.internal.local as it's
computer name is?

This server is not part of an AD nor will it be.

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]]

Read inline please.

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I've tried searching this group and others but I just can't find an
anwser, I'm hoping it's possible to do what I want to do.

Currently we have 2 Public DNS servers holding the DNS entries for
about 200 domain names. One of them is an NT box which we're trying to
replace. The NT server is acting as the secondary server to a windows
2000 server. We're bringing a new server online at another location in
order to offer redundancy and replace the NT server.

I'm required to use an internal naming convention for the servers by
my managers. the server's name is based on Location, psychical
hardware and purpose. I would like our public DNS server names to be
different from the actual server name such as NS1.example.com
NS2.example.com.

After reading the knowledge base it looks like windows server 2003
draws the SOA data on a new zone file from the computer name. Is there
anyway to tell the DNS server that it should always think of it's self
as "NS1.example.com" rather than MDV-DNSHP2.internal.local as it's
computer name is?

Only if you name the computer ns1.example.com on the Computer Name tab, in
the System Control Panel.
I undertand what you are saying, but the SOA Name is only a problem for DNS
servers with Primary zones, If the server is going to get only secondary
zones, the computer name tab is irrelevant.


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[MWB.Brown]

Only if you name the computer ns1.example.com on the Computer Name tab, in
the System Control Panel.
I undertand what you are saying, but the SOA Name is only a problem for DNS
servers with Primary zones, If the server is going to get only secondary
zones, the computer name tab is irrelevant.

--
Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Hope This Helps
Send IM:http://www.icq.com/people/webmsg.php?to=296095728

Oh yes, this is phase two, sorry, I forgot to mention it.

I was sort of hopping there was a registry change or something to make
this happen.