Re: Changing FSMO and DNS masters

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In news:A7C054FC-BCAB-4358-A881-0397E7215A9E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
CryptiniteDemon <CryptiniteDemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Okay so say I upgrade NT to 2003 on DC1 with AD integrated with DNS.

Now I then create a second domain controller DC2, and install DNS on
him also.

I then transfer all FSMO roles from DC1 to DC2 and take DC1 completely
offline.

Will there be any affects or concerns I should have about DNS on DC2
after this? I mean was there any sort of master role stuff that the
DNS on DC1 held since it was the first domain controller in the
domain?

Since it is the first DC in the domain, and it is Win2k3, there should be a
separate _msdcs.ADDomainName Forward lookup zone, make sure it has
replicated to the second DC, and that the ADDomainName Forward Lookup Zone's
_msdcs Delegation has the NS record for DC2. For some reason Second DCs
don't seem to add there NS record to the Delegation and will be reported as
a broken delegation when running dcdiag /test:DNS

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