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More info?)
"Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:#BwsCiXZFHA.2496@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I remember from dcpromoing one WIN2003 Domain Controller ( to undo... )
and
> then dcpromoing it back to a DC that there were three or four different
> possibilities but could not remember them all. I really need to get going
> with WIN2003!
You get to use the same choices in the DNS MMC when
it runs on a DC too.
Microsoft should have just called this stuff NT 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
-- then most people would upgrade without really thinking
about it too hard. <grin>
--
Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
Accelerated MCSE
http://www.LearnQuick.Com
[phone number on web site]
>
> --
> Cary W. Shultz
> Roanoke, VA 24012
> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
>
>
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
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http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
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> "Herb Martin" <news@LearnQuick.com> wrote in message
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> >> Now, I will say that I have not played with WIN2003 much ( it is
getting
> > to
> >> be about time that I did! ) and, IIRC, there are more options in
WIN2003.
> >> Maybe someone with more experience in WIN2003 can chime in.
> >>
> >
> > It's not that different except for additional features to handle
> > multiple zones (conditional forwarding, stub zones) and to
> > control AD integration-replication in a multi-domain forest
> > (domain wide, dns-dc domain wide, dns-dc forest wide, and
> > a specific named application partition for any subset of forest
> > wide replication.)
> >
> > These features are practically all incremental and nothing will
> > screw up Win2000 by default.
> >
> > (E.g., you could use an application partition for replication which
> > will not work to the Win2000 DCs, but then that is obvious since
> > you cannot setup the application partition on those DCs.)
> >
> > --
> > Herb Martin, MCSE, MVP
> > Accelerated MCSE
> >
http://www.LearnQuick.Com
> > [phone number on web site]
> >
> >
> > "Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]" <cwshultz@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:uu66lHQZFHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Andrew,
> >>
> >> The DNS information' is part of the Domain Naming Context and, as
such,
> >> will not replicate to all Domains. It will only replicate to Domain
> >> Controllers in 'that' domain. So, if you have three domains ( domainA,
> >> domainB and domainC ) then the 'information' in domainA will only
> > replicate
> >> to Domain Controllers in domainA and the 'information' in domainB will
> > only
> >> replicate to Domain Controllers in domainB and the 'information' in
> > domainC
> >> will only replication between Domain Controllers in domainC.
> >>
> >> You might have to think about secondary DNS zones.
> >>
> >> Now, I will say that I have not played with WIN2003 much ( it is
getting
> > to
> >> be about time that I did! ) and, IIRC, there are more options in
WIN2003.
> >> Maybe someone with more experience in WIN2003 can chime in.
> >>
> >> You might also want to let us know some more information about your
> >> environment. Is it a single domain Forest or do you have multiple
> >> domains
> >
> >> in the Forest?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cary W. Shultz
> >> Roanoke, VA 24012
> >> Microsoft Active Directory MVP
> >>
> >>
http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
> >>
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Andrew" <bart3rNOSPAM@clinicdesignNOSPAM.com.au> wrote in message
> >> news:bb8l91hjve3grdqp3ktots6hu3848lcd3v@4ax.com...
> >> >I have a domain with Win2k and Win2003 domain controllers.
> >> >
> >> > I would like the Forward Lookup Zones to replicate between the DNS
> >> > servers in the domain. My Forward Lookup Zones are all
> >> > Active-Directory Integrated. I would have thought they would
replicate
> >> > automatically.
> >> >
> >> > Is there an easy way of doing this, because I've checked the
Microsoft
> >> > website, and it all seems very complicated.
> >> >
> >> > Any info would be great.
> >> > Thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Andrew.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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