Re: Windows 2000 and DNS Replication Errors

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From: Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.WFTX.US)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:15:18 -0500

In news:9DE97C77-483F-4823-9182-C8FF553E49D0@microsoft.com,
Justin <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> posted a question
Then Kevin replied below:
> have a network admin for a small site with two DCs in a
> single location.
>
> I recently brought up another DC and I am seeing lots of
> errors in event viewer.
>
> ** PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THIS DOMAIN WAS SETUP AS A SINGLE
> SITE ***
>
> I have already applied this update, but it did't help:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=300684
>

Have you applied all of the registry entries to all of the DCs and to all
clients running Win2kSP4 and XP?
Make sure you are using only the internal DNS in all DCs and clients. No
ISP's DNS allowed on any NIC in any position.

You're single-label domain name is going to be a thorn in your side from now
on. If it were my choice, I would bring the third DC up under a different
domain name that has a multi-label name, create trust and use ADMT to
migrate the accounts to the new domain. demote the other DCs and promote
them into the new multi-label domain. 

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Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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