Re: Recommended DNS Configuraiton on AD/DNS Server



You've done the right thing in pointing DC1 and DC2 to themselves for DNS,
but you should also add a second DNS server to their client settings as an
alternative. For more information on this configuration, see the following
KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291382

Tony
www.activedir.org

"Mike Ruiz" <MikeRuiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EEC123CE-735A-49A0-9C39-D930CF779922@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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???
>
> --
> ---
> Mike Ruiz
> Network and Enterprise Systems Engineer
> Hobart and William Smith Colleges


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