AutoConfigure DNS with AD?

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When you first set up Windows 2003, after a reboot, it asks you if you want
to set it up with standard features which include DHCP, DNS, and Active
Directory. It creates a forward lookup zone.

If I didn't have a backup of that zone, could I remove the zone and get it
to autoconfigure again?

Thank you
 
Don't think if I understood you well, but if you in on point delete your
forward lookup zone, then netllogon service will recreate it on next
restart. If it is already there, then it will populate it with required
records and leave existing one intact.

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Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
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http://ladava.com
 
Thanks, I tried this and although it did create a new forward lookup zone it
didn't have all the data that it should.
 
What data was missing ? You can check this with netlogon.dns file located in
%systemroot%\system32\config. Allso check your eventlogs.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com
 
The stuff it didn't recreate was the _msdcs.doman.local info - I don't know
what it does but it was missing - eg DC, domains, gc,pdc.
It also didn't create the domain..local - _sites, _tcp,DomainDNSZones,
ForestDNSZones or the TAPI3Directory
 
Check, that you have dynamic DNS option enabled on your AD zone. Also check
DNS related events in your EventLog.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com
 
Thanks - I'm seeing a dynamic update issue under the error log but when I
check the location of the issue -TAPI, it looks fine. How do I check the
the DNS option enabled for my AD?
 
Open your DNS server console, locate your domain DNS zone, right click on it
and select properties. There you have option whether you permit dynamic
updates or not. Set this to yes (although only secure is better option) and
restart netlogon service.

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Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com
 
Thannk you, I will
Matjaz Ladava said:
Open your DNS server console, locate your domain DNS zone, right click on it
and select properties. There you have option whether you permit dynamic
updates or not. Set this to yes (although only secure is better option) and
restart netlogon service.

--
Regards

Matjaz Ladava, MCSE, MCSA, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Active Directory
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed)
http://ladava.com
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