DNS in seperate forests

From: nelson g (nelsong_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:42:21 -0800

We recently did an in place upgrade to Active directory. We upgraded our
current DNS and placed several DNS server at specific sites. Our DNS is
Active directory integrated and it’s working well. The question that I have
pertains to configuring DNS on a server (windows 2003) that will reside in a
different forest. Here is some of the background information that I find is
important.

The forest in question is still Windows NT the plan is to also does an in
place upgrade. What I’m attempting to do is to configure DNS, DHCP and Wins
(on a window before the upgrade. This is what I did for my first in place
upgrade and it worked very well. The NT domain has a one way trust. The NT
domain trusts the Windows 2003 domain. I want to be able for the NT domain
(that will be upgraded to Active directory) lookup information from my DNS
entries in the windows 2003 domain. I’m not sure what is the best way, Should
the Windows 2003 domain transfer its zone? Or should the Windows NT domain
DNS server that I’m setting up on a windows 2003 server just have an entry to
forward? I do know that The NT domain needs to resolve names in the Windows
2003 active directory domain.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: NT to W2K3 Migration
    ... You cannot just promote a member server to AD. ... upgrade your PDC to windows 2000 or 2003, whichever flavor of AD you want to ... Upgrading from Windows NT Server 4.0 ... ensure that you have designed a DNS ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: Native 2003 mode and NT4 workstations?
    ... Migrating from Windows NT Server 4.0 to Windows Server 2003 ... How to Upgrade from Windows NT Server 4.0 ... ensure that you have designed a DNS ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • RE: NT4 server and W2K3
    ... The underscore "_" character is not a standard character for domain DNS ... I think that you can upgrade the domain with the existing NetBIOS ... |Subject: RE: NT4 server and W2K3 ... |Windows NT 4.0 server on the network and about six ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.migration)
  • RE: DNS question, NT inplace upgrade to 2003 AD
    ... The A record and the NS records are in DNS ... After the upgrade doing the tests spelled out in one of the MS Word doc's I ... address is registered correctly with the DNS server. ... Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.migration)
  • Re: Group Policy and performance during logon procces from client
    ... Note that there are some problems regarding to the use of FW in the Windows XP machine, make sure that the FW are configured correctly with GPO. ... Assuming DNS AD Integrated Zone ... Do not place the ISP DNS server or any other DNS on the client or DNS Server NIC properties, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)