Recommended DNS Configuraiton on AD/DNS Server

Greetings,
I have 4 Domain Controllers, All GC's, two of which provide DNS Services as
follows
DC1 - AD, DNS, WINS, DHCP
DC2 - AD, DNS, WINS, DHCP
DC3 - AD
DC4 - AD

DC3 and DC4 point to both DC1 and DC2 for DNS and WINS Services as Primary
and secondary

However I would like to know in Win2003 what to do with DC1 and DC2.
Originally back in 1999 MS recommended we point DC1 and DC2 to THEMSELVES
ONLY for DNS and WINS. This results in a very long boot process and some
errors in Win2003 on startup.

Any ideas, recommendations or docs you can point me at to help here???

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Mike Ruiz
Network and Enterprise Systems Engineer
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Jorge --- Re: root forest AD DC crashed
    ... Also install DNS, WINS and DHCP ... Give DC1 it own IP address ... As preferred DNS for DC1 enter the IP of DC1 ... As alternate DNS for DC1 enter the IP of DC2 ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory)
  • Re: root forest AD DC crashed
    ... For location A install a fresh W2K3 server with SP1. ... Give DC1 it own IP address ... As preferred DNS for DC1 enter the IP of DC1 ... As alternate DNS for DC1 enter the IP of DC2 ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory)
  • Re: FRS replication problem in 2 DC
    ... Did you make the suggested changes and remove the second ip address and check in DNS zones that the removed one is deleted in all zones? ... when i run nslookup on any DC i get result as; for DC2 i get 2 ips ... by DC2 from DC1. ... 4.primary domain controller. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: DHCP IP lease renewal ok, but a new PC can not obtain an IP ("An e
    ... I guess the problem seen with DHCP from PC's is a symptom of another ... Note that both robert and tina are blade servers within the save blade ... Connection-specific DNS Suffix. ... I.e. DNS servers has their own IP as the first DNS server and another as ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.networking)
  • Re: dhcp not matching DNS
    ... What we are finding is the client will get a lease and you check dns ... and it does not match what was given by dhcp. ... To elaborate on scavenging and DnsUpdateProxy group that Meinolf mentioned, please read the following to gain a better understanding of how the whole thing works. ... Force DHCP to register all records, Forward and PTR, (whether a client ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.dns)
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