What do you mean by "its own DNS"? If you are talking about a separate DNS from your root Domain, Dean is absolutely right.
Santhosh Sivarajan MCSE(W2K3/W2K/NT4),MCSA(W2K3/W2K/MSG),CCNA,Network+ Houston, TX On 4/19/05, Manjeet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My child domain is already configured and working fine. > The only thing I want to have child its own DNS, instead of resolving > from the root DC. > > I have manually install the DNS service on my child domain controller > through add/remove programs. > > Now I am looking for the best way how to configure the DNS on this child > domain. > > Thx, > Manjeet > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Santhosh > Sivarajan > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:13 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Installing DNS in Child Domain > > Are you trying to install and configure DNS on a child Domain > Controller? If it is Active Directory Integrated, install DNS service > on a Windows 2003 machine and perform DCPROMO. It will automatically > populate all the zone information to this new Domain Controller. > > HTH > Santhosh > > Santhosh Sivarajan > MCSE(W2K3/W2K/NT4),MCSA(W2K3/W2K/MSG),CCNA,Network+ > Houston, TX > > On 4/19/05, Manjeet Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/ > 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/