Re: trouble with DNS zones

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From: Ace Fekay [MVP] (PleaseSubstituteMyActualFirstName&LastNameHere_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/21/04


Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:09:28 -0400

In news:0f1201c4a017$4d66c810$a601280a@phx.gbl,
Jesse <jkegley@pomeroy.com> made a post then I commented below
> My environment is a single domain, single forest, 160
> sites, hub/spoke network topology and hub/spoke AD
> topology (KCC turned off!). Single master site and 159
> remote sites. In single site, two 2k3 dc's and one 2k
> dc. mixed 2k and 2k3 in remote sites. on a remote dc i
> get this error everytime DNS is restarted (scroll down
> for more):
>
> Event Type: Warning
> Event Source: DNS
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 4515
> Date: 9/21/2004
> Time: 11:01:34 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: CDAYDC
> Description:
> The zone cashland.com was previously loaded from the
> directory partition MicrosoftDNS but another copy of the
> zone has been found in directory partition
> DomainDnsZones.cashland.com. The DNS Server will ignore
> this new copy of the zone. Please resolve this conflict
> as soon as possible.
>
> If an administrator has moved this zone from one
> directory partition to another this may be a harmless
> transient condition. In this case, no action is
> necessary. The deletion of the original copy of the zone
> should soon replicate to this server.
>
> If there are two copies of this zone in two different
> directory partitions but this is not a transient caused
> by a zone move operation then one of these copies should
> be deleted as soon as possible to resolve this conflict.
>
> To change the replication scope of an application
> directory partition containing DNS zones and for more
> details on storing DNS zones in the application directory
> partitions, please see Help and Support.
>
> **
>
> All of my DC's have DNS installed on them. The 2000 DC's
> are AD integrated and so are the 2003 DC's. On the 2003
> DC's it is specified to store copy of zone on all domain
> controllers in the domain. domaindnszones and
> forestdnszones are set up as directory partitions.
>
> The tech that promoted the DC in question did not have
> DNS installed before dcpromo. After dcpromo, installed
> dns, and did not have to configure?? Please help!

Hers's more info on that:
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=4515&eventno=3593&source=DNS&phase=1

My feeling is that there's a duplicate zone created. You can check by
putting ADUC (from a W2k3 machine) in Advanced view, Microsoft DNS folder,
and check if there's a dupe entry in there. You can also use ADSI Edit. One
way I remember another person that had this problem fixed it by deleting the
dupe zone out of the AD database with ADSI Edit, and then creating the zone
again as AD INtegrated.

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