Active Directory Integrated Primary Server

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Would anyone be able to tell me if having more than one AD-Integrated Primary
DNS server on the same subnet would cause problems for workstations on the
network?

Or is it necessary to set one as the AD-Integrated Primary and the other one
as Secondary?

Thanks for any input.

-lyj
 
The idea is that all Domain Controllers(running DNS) will have DNS AD
Integrated so that they can transfer info into AD from DNS. This will not
cause problems and is the preferred and recommended setup. It's not like a
Primary/secondary zone setup. Just have provide the clients with both DNS as
their DNS options and everything will be running smooth.....

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Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

LastYJ said:
Would anyone be able to tell me if having more than one AD-Integrated Primary
DNS server on the same subnet would cause problems for workstations on the
network?

Or is it necessary to set one as the AD-Integrated Primary and the other one
as Secondary?

Thanks for any input.

-lyj




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There is no such thing as an "AD Integrated Primary DNS server"

It is either Primary/ Secondary or AD Integrated.

To have AD Integrated DNS, DNS MUST be installed on more than one DC.
AD Integrated DNS means the DNS information gets replicated along with the
domain replication. Not a separate replication/transfer process for DNS. In
order for DNS information to get replicated along with the domain
replication DNS must be installed on a DC and AD Integrated DNS activated.

There is no reason this should cause problems.

hth
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LastYJ said:
Would anyone be able to tell me if having more than one AD-Integrated Primary
DNS server on the same subnet would cause problems for workstations on the
network?

Or is it necessary to set one as the AD-Integrated Primary and the other one
as Secondary?

Thanks for any input.

-lyj




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There is no such thing as an "AD Integrated Primary DNS server"

It is either Primary/ Secondary or AD Integrated.
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Sorry that I had the incorrect nomenclature. When I look at the Forward
Lookup Zones in dnsmgmt, the type is listed as "Active
Directory-Integrated Primary". So, I just quoted that.


To have AD Integrated DNS, DNS MUST be installed on more than one DC.
AD Integrated DNS means the DNS information gets replicated along with
the domain replication. Not a separate replication/transfer process for
DNS. In order for DNS information to get replicated along with the
domain replication DNS must be installed on a DC and AD Integrated DNS
activated.

There is no reason this should cause problems.
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Thanks for the info. I will keep them they way they are. This is done as
part of an upgrade of our DC's from Windows 2000 to Windows 2003. We had
two DCs before, but the DNS failed on one and never came back up. So, we
had a different member server act as the secondary DNS. I just never
grasped the idea of having more than one AD integrated DNS servers.

-lyj
 
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LastYJ said:
Sorry that I had the incorrect nomenclature. When I look at the
Forward
Lookup Zones in dnsmgmt, the type is listed as "Active
Directory-Integrated Primary". So, I just quoted that.
Click to expand...
Just to pointout, what Danny is saying is that just the zones aer either AD
Integ, Primary or Secondary, not the server itself, since you can have
multiple zones on one server.

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