DNS - Active Directory Problems

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I am not sure if this is a DNS problem or and Active Directory
problem....

Have 2 servers, 2 subnets, 1 Domain.

I installed 1st server - SBS2003 as domain controller for domain
cfs.local (192.168.2.192 - static IP)

I installed 2nd server - Windows Server 2003 - as a member server, then
promoted it to a (backup) domain controller using dcpromo.
(192.168.3.192 - static IP)

Both servers can see each other, and can share resources etc.

But the _msdcs.cfs.local zone refuses to replicate (or be created) to
the 2nd server.

When looking in the DNS on 2nd server in event viewer I get Event ID
4000 and Event ID 4013. (The DNS server was unable to open the active
directory etc etc).

DCDIAG on 2nd server produces the following:-

Testing server: Derry\CFS2
Starting test: Connectivity
The host d0450077-f1ad-445b-8a01-9277e8c456e0._msdcs.cfs.local could
not be resolved to an IP address. Check the DNS server, DHCP, server
name, etc
Although the Guid DNS name
(d0450077-f1ad-445b-8a01-9277e8c456e0._msdcs.cfs.local) couldn't be
resolved, the server name (CFS2.cfs.local) resolved to the IP
address (192.168.3.192) and was pingable. Check that the IP
address is registered correctly with the DNS server.
......................... CFS2 failed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

Testing server: Derry\CFS2
Skipping all tests, because server CFS2 is
not responding to directory service requests

.....(other tests passed OK).....

I have replicated a copy of 'cfs.local' as a secondary zone to the dns
on the second server, and have tried to change the properties of that
zone to 'store the zone in the active directory' - but it will not let
me do this. In the 'change zone replication scope' it seems to be only
allow me to assign to the active directory domain '(null)'.

I have tried demoting, removing, restoring system state, promoting,
rebooting 100 times etc and nothing seems to work....

I have read a number of similar things on newsgroups - but nothing so
far that has been of help to me.

A big thanks in advance to anyone that can help...

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