Re: How do I Installing a backup DNS server?

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From: Desmond Lee (mcp_at_donotspamplease.mars)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:05:12 -0800

AD-integrated DNS Servers are all peers i.e. each is a primary DNS Server
where read and write operations are allowed.

A non-DC Win 200x Server (member server in domain) can be installed with DNS
services then a conventional secondary zone configured to your existing AD
DNS zone. In such a case, AD forest or tree is irrelevant.

If "corp.com" is the only AD / DNS domain in your organization, this implies
that there exists an AD forest (corp.com) that happens to have only a single
AD tree (corp.com).

Do let us know if this helps. Good luck!

"James W. Long" wrote:

> Dear Desmond:
>
> Thank you for all your advice!
>
> I have one last question before I feel I am ready to install this
> secondary DNS server.
>
> Every time I install a DNS server it asks about forests and trees.
> Evidently I can't see the forest for the trees because I am not sure
> how to answer these questions. In the past I was fortunate to
> get them to work but this is a different situration.
>
> We already have a domain called corp.com where corp is representative
> of our real domain name. I want to set up this secondary DNS server
> so it serves in that same domain.
>
> How do I answer those tree/forest/new forest questions?
>
> Thank you in advance
> James W. Long.
>

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