DNS without suffix

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Hello

I am trying to re-create the environment of one of our customer (it wasn´t setup by us and we have to live with it
There is only one domain call mydomain, there is about 10 sites/DCs
We are taking over the support for this domain and its really a mess (replication, topologie, DC which weren´t removed...
They created a domain mydomain without any suffix and an AD intregrated zone call mydomain
DNS is apparently working fine (nslookup works)
My problem is when i try to do the same in an environment lab and i can´t install it correctly ( i am always missing the folder _msdcs _sites _tcp _udp ) but it does create a record for the DC

I personaly thought ( and i thing i read it) that it was adviced to create a domain with the extension .local or .lan but never without extension
So if somebody already had the same experience, i would like to hear from him and specially if anybody knows what is the impact of such settings on windows 200 network

Thank you

Xavie
 
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Xavier said:
Hello !

I am trying to re-create the environment of one of our customer (it
wasn´t setup by us and we have to live with it)
There is only one domain call mydomain, there is about 10 sites/DCs.
We are taking over the support for this domain and its really a mess
(replication, topologie, DC which weren´t removed...)
They created a domain mydomain without any suffix and an AD
intregrated zone call mydomain.
DNS is apparently working fine (nslookup works).
My problem is when i try to do the same in an environment lab and i
can´t install it correctly ( i am always missing the folder _msdcs
_sites _tcp _udp ) but it does create a record for the DC.

I personaly thought ( and i thing i read it) that it was adviced to
create a domain with the extension .local or .lan but never without
extension.
So if somebody already had the same experience, i would like to hear
from him and specially if anybody knows what is the impact of such
settings on windows 200 network.
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Here is what you need to know.
300684 - Information About Configuring Windows 2000 for Domains with
Single-Label DNS Names
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;300684

247681 - Microsoft DNS Server Cannot Resolve Some Domain Names
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;247681
 
I think that I have also such a problem :
- domain : mydomain.local
- no SRV folders _msdcs _sites _tcp _udp in DNS
- problems installing a 2nd DC (unable to find a primary DC on th
domain to install a new one !!)

I've already tried to address this case by setting registry value
proposed below, but it didn't seem to work

Please could you help me ?

Thanks a lot in advance !

Kalusta


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kalusta
 
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kalustal said:
I think that I have also such a problem :
- domain : mydomain.local
- no SRV folders _msdcs _sites _tcp _udp in DNS
- problems installing a 2nd DC (unable to find a primary DC on the
domain to install a new one !!)

I've already tried to address this case by setting registry values
proposed below, but it didn't seem to work

Please could you help me ?

Thanks a lot in advance !

Kalustal
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Can you post your ipconfig /all from the DC?
You may have a disjointed namespace.

257623 Domain Controller's Domain Name System Suffix Does Not Match Domain
Name
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257623
 
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