I am replacing my old Windows 2000 server with a newer Windows 2000 server, but I need to move all the DNS, DHCP, WINS, and FSMO roles/services from the old to the new. I moved the DHCP, WINS, and FSMO roles/services. My DNS server zones are in Active Directory Integrated Primary server instead of a traditional Primary zone. So, I created another DNS server on the newer server with the same matching zones, and I can see them on the new server, i.e. forwarding zones and reverse zones. But when I open the DNS Manager on this newer server, the description in the window still says "Configure the DNS Server". The DNS monitoring tool says OK. I have had the old server shut down since last night and today people logged in OK, mapped drives OK, and surfed OK. Any ideas?
My two DCs both say that as well and they have been running for a couple of years now. It might be that we don't have reverse lookup zones defined? Did you define any?
Yes, they are defined. My zones are working and the zones are viewable in DNS manager console. I even toggled back and forth between Primary Zone and Active Directory Integrated Zone with no problem. I even dcpromoed the old server, waited one hour, rebooted the new server, but with the same results...When I open DNS it still says "Configure the server". But, it is working just fine. Even netdiag -v reports not issues. Wierd, eh? Any ideas?
I really don't know why it is this way. I have a Server 2003 DC at my house, I will check it tonight and see what it says. Maybe it is just a 2000 thing.
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