Re: How to remove vestage DNS entries?



"Ace Fekay [MVP]" wrote:

> In news:ABFB6181-6183-4999-9715-660DDFD36A25@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> Devonshire <Devonshire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> made this post, which I
> then commented about below:
> > I started a Server 2003 Std install and started to create a
> > domain.local entry and changed my mind.
>
> How far in the dcpromo process were you when you "changed your mind"?
> Did the process complete and you then demoted it and then re-promoted it
> choosing the new name?

The process did not complete because I canceled the operation just after
entering the domain.local name that it suggested as a default. The exact
steps as I remember it:

I entered the domain.local and pressed next. I then canceled, which it
complied with. I rebooted and was back as a member of the existing domain (a
"member" being just an ordinary client computer on the existing server's
domain).

> > I then joined an existing
> > domain (syntax was" domain.com") transferred all the files to the new
> > file server and then successfully promoted my new server to primary
> > domain controller and finally shut down the old server.
>
> How did you "shutdown" the old server? Did you properly demoted it or just
> unplugged it like the way we used to do with an old NT4 server? I guess if
> you were trashing the old server and completely eliminating the domain.com
> AD domain, then it wouldn't really matter.

I went throughthe process of connecting to the older domain controller and
transferring the information (I believe this is the promotion process). By
promoting the new server, the old server was converted to a secondary domain
controller. I then simply disconnected the network cable and turned the power
off.

> btw- "Primary Domain Controllers" (PDCs) don't exist in Windwos 2000 or
> 2003. There is a FSMO role that one of the servers hold and emulate an NT4
> PDC, (that performs other functions as well). NT4's PDC was the ONLY
> writable database in the domain. All Win2000 and 2003 DCs are exact master
> writable replicas meaning anyone can change anything in AD on any one of the
> servers at any given time and depending on what type of data got changed,
> will replicate to the domain and/or to the forest.
>
> >
> > The problem is that the DNS event log keeps reporting event 4007 over
> > and over which is looking for that original domain.local zone which
> > does not exist as far as I can tell otherwise. How do I clean this
> > up and stop the error messages?
>
> Was the zone AD Integrated? If so, check in ADSI Edit to see if it still
> exists.

AD "Sites and Services" still lists the old server under "Sites" by names
and has a NTDS Settings entry just like the new server.

> Also check in the registry under HKLM/System/CurrentControlSet/Services/DNS
> and see if the zone is in there.

It only has one entry, the Default zone.

> > Thanks in advance!
>
> You are welcome and hope it helped.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ace
>
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> Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
> Microsoft Windows MVP - Windows Server - Directory Services
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