Re: Second DNS server

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One last question. Once I set up the second DNS server, and it is up and
running, should I point my first DNS server to the IP address of the second
DNS server or should I leave it pointed to itself? Thanks for any
suggestions.

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

Read inline please.

In news:ED4FF9E8-69C9-4233-9E99-117364CBD688@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
zeb2100 <zeb2100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
No. This question came up when I installed DNS on the second domain
controller in the domain. I used the configure your server wizard to
install dns.

There are two wizards that configure DNS, the configure DNS server wizard
which is kind of benign if you don't run the wizard. DNS is still installed
and if it's on a DC, the ADI zones will still replicate to it, even if you
choose not to create a zone. If you try to create a zone for a domain that
has a zone already in Active Directory, the new zone will overwrite the
existing zone, causing record loss. In this wizard yiou should choose to
configure root hints only.


Unless it was in the Dcpromo wizard, it is the same wizard, just in a
different location.

If it was in the DCpromo wizard, you would have gotten it only because the
server was pointed to itself for DNS, instead of pointing it to an existing
DC with DNS. In the DCPromo wizard, and if the server points to itself for
DNS, it will install DNS and create a zone, which will overwrite the
existing zone in AD causing record loss.


I wouldn't say it happens a lot when you coose to create a zone for a domain
that already exists, but if you go back through the postings in the last
couple of months, you will come across a conversation I had with another
poster that chose to create the zone anyway, which replaced the existing
zone, and all the previously existing records were deleted because the new
zone was empty.



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Best regards,
Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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