Using Bind and Windows DNS

[Robb Edge]

Some one some where must be doing the following:
We run BIND on VMS for all our internal DNS needs, this is acutally split
over 3 servers, with 2 being VMS and the 3rd is a Windows server.(1 primary
and 2 secondary servers)
All the desktops and servers point to these Bind servers for all look ups,
unless it cant be found, then the request is sent to our ISP's Bind servers.
All the clients have entries in Bind of host.company.co.uk
My ideal plan is to set up Active Directory but have a an AD name of
"company.ad" we wont/shouldnt be publishing the AD on the internet.
So what i'd like to do is run DNS on a Windows 2000 server yet not have to
go round and reconfigure all the clients to point to a new server.
I know i can do it if the AD was a child domain, ie ad.company.co.uk. By
adding NS entries to the Bind server pointing to the Windows DNS server.
If any one can point me to a document that walks you through it. i'd be more
than gratefull.
Tried all the MS white papers, they say you can do it, but dont go into a
real detail on how, which is hardly suprising though.
The DNS and Bind book by oreily only says about using Bind not about mixing.

Any help or hints much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[Kevin D. Goodknecht [MVP]]

In

Some one some where must be doing the following:
We run BIND on VMS for all our internal DNS needs, this is acutally
split over 3 servers, with 2 being VMS and the 3rd is a Windows
server.(1 primary and 2 secondary servers)
All the desktops and servers point to these Bind servers for all look
ups, unless it cant be found, then the request is sent to our ISP's
Bind servers. All the clients have entries in Bind of
host.company.co.uk
My ideal plan is to set up Active Directory but have a an AD name of
"company.ad" we wont/shouldnt be publishing the AD on the internet.
So what i'd like to do is run DNS on a Windows 2000 server yet not
have to go round and reconfigure all the clients to point to a new
server.
I know i can do it if the AD was a child domain, ie ad.company.co.uk.
By adding NS entries to the Bind server pointing to the Windows DNS
server.
If any one can point me to a document that walks you through it. i'd
be more than gratefull.
Tried all the MS white papers, they say you can do it, but dont go
into a real detail on how, which is hardly suprising though.
The DNS and Bind book by oreily only says about using Bind not about
mixing.

Any help or hints much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

If you use company.ad then you'll have to run a secondary zone in BIND for
company.ad showing the Win2k as the primary nameserver and you will have to
allow zone transfers from BIND to the Win2k so DDNS will work and have Win2k
notify BIND to do a zone transfer so you won't need NS records for the BIND
server in the win2k zone.. BIND will send updates to the Win2k using the
MNAME record, that is why zone transfers will be needed to the Win2k.
It will be a lot easier and more streamlined if you use ad.company.co.uk and
then delegate the name to the win2k.

 

[Robb Edge]

In Robb Edge <[email protected]> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
If you use company.ad then you'll have to run a secondary zone in
BIND for company.ad showing the Win2k as the primary nameserver and
you will have to allow zone transfers from BIND to the Win2k so DDNS
will work and have Win2k notify BIND to do a zone transfer so you
won't need NS records for the BIND server in the win2k zone.. BIND
will send updates to the Win2k using the MNAME record, that is why
zone transfers will be needed to the Win2k.
It will be a lot easier and more streamlined if you use
ad.company.co.uk and then delegate the name to the win2k.

Guessed it would be easier to got with the ad.company.co.uk
will bash on with more trials using the ad.company.co.uk name.
Oh well trial domain rebuild No.9 it will be
Thanks for the pointer

 

[the confused]

what kind os is on your current windows dns machine? If
it's running w2k, you can consider to promote it to be a
DC, the first or the second (use the w2k machine
mentioned as the first one). If it's running NT, upgrade
it. Then you can use the BIND machines to be the
secondaries.