I think Majeet is looking for a local DNS server for child.test.com zone. Then he can point all the local computers to the appropriate local DNS servers.
Santhosh Sivarajan MCSE(W2K3/W2K/NT4),MCSA(W2K3/W2K/MSG),CCNA,Network+ Houston, TX On 4/19/05, Dean Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm working on the premise that at present all DCs and members resolve > against a single DNS server running on the DC in the forest root that was > created during the promotion of the very first DC. You've since promoted a > new DC and created a child domain named child.test.com. This DC also > resolves against the DNS server running on the DC in the root domain. > > Is that summary accurate? > Have you altered the default configuration created by DCpromo in anyway or > did you create the current DNS structure manually? > Does the A record for the child DC exist, this is a known bug that would > cause anything we do from this point (excluding the use of BIND zone files) > to fail - > - expand the zone on the root DNS server > - locate the entry 'child.test'com' > - two A (host) records should exist, one named after the DC itself > the other, 'same as parent' > > Once we have this information, the steps to distribute your DNS namespace > become relatively simple. > > -- > Dean Wells > MSEtechnology > * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://msetechnology.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manjeet Singh > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 10:02 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Installing DNS in Child Domain > > Hi, > > I am using windows 2003 standard edition. > > This might be the requirement when you have distributed domain model. > Say Root and child domain are in separate remote location. So reduce the > traffic I need to have separate DNS on my child domain controller. > > So do I configure DNS on preinstall Child domain controller ? > > Manjeet > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Wells > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:24 PM > To: Send - AD mailing list > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Installing DNS in Child Domain > > Windows offers no automated solution for this type of restructuring, the > premise being that any organization with a need for a more distributed DNS > infrastructure needs 1) the technical staffing sufficient to create it and > 2) same said staffing to support it. > > Before making any recommendations as to the direction you should take, can I > ask on what version/flavour of Windows you're building this lab environment? > > -- > > Dean Wells > MSEtechnology > * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://msetechnology.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Manjeet Singh > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:11 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] Installing DNS in Child Domain > > Hi, > > I have installed a root domain controller "test.com". > Then I have installed a child domain controller: child.test.com" with > primary DNS as test.com. So a zone child.test.com automatically added in my > test.com DNS. > > I want to install a separate DNS for child domain, and want to set child as > primary DNS and root as secondary DNS. > > To do that I Installed DNS service on my child domain controller. > > So what is the best way to install the DNS on child domain? > > Do I do a ZONE transfer by delegation or some other easy process? > > Thanks, > manjeet > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
