Converting DNS to AD Integrated - I'm a little confused...

[TheSingingCat]

Our network currently has two DNS boxes up (primary / secondary) and all
seems to be running smooth. I would now like to convert to an AD-Integrated
zone. On ServerA (Prim) I see the little check box to convert to AD, I
clicked that and asked it to replicated to all DNS servers in the domain.

So at this point I had one AD Integrated DNS server and my other server
still running as a secondard and of course no longer able to communicate
with the primary AD box.

My question is, how do I do a proper DNS AD conversion? Should I delete my
secondary completey and start with just the first server then re-add DNS on
the secondary?

I read
[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816101&Product=winsvr2003[/url]

but it doesn't mention how to deal with secondaries.

Thanks for any suggestions.

tsc

[Precision]

More detail needed. What versions of server are you
running. I hope your secondary isn't NT or you might
have made a boo-boo.

>-----Original Message-----
>Our network currently has two DNS boxes up (primary /

secondary) and all

>seems to be running smooth. I would now like to convert

to an AD-Integrated

>zone. On ServerA (Prim) I see the little check box to

convert to AD, I

>clicked that and asked it to replicated to all DNS

servers in the domain.

>
>So at this point I had one AD Integrated DNS server and

my other server

>still running as a secondard and of course no longer

able to communicate

>with the primary AD box.
>
>My question is, how do I do a proper DNS AD conversion?

Should I delete my

>secondary completey and start with just the first server

then re-add DNS on

>the secondary?
>
>I read
>[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-[/url]

us;816101&Product=winsvr2003

>
>but it doesn't mention how to deal with secondaries.
>
>Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>tsc
>
>
>.
>

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

You can leave the secondary if you want - just set up zone transfers. If
you want to convert the secondary to AD integrated, it must be running on a
Win2k or Win 2003 domain controller. In that case I would delete the
secondary zone and create an AD integrated zone - the new zone will
automatically populate through the replication process.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"TheSingingCat" <meowmeowmeowmeow@meowmeowmeow.com> wrote in message
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> Our network currently has two DNS boxes up (primary / secondary) and all
> seems to be running smooth. I would now like to convert to an

AD-Integrated

> zone. On ServerA (Prim) I see the little check box to convert to AD, I
> clicked that and asked it to replicated to all DNS servers in the domain.
>
> So at this point I had one AD Integrated DNS server and my other server
> still running as a secondard and of course no longer able to communicate
> with the primary AD box.
>
> My question is, how do I do a proper DNS AD conversion? Should I delete

my

> secondary completey and start with just the first server then re-add DNS

on

> the secondary?
>
> I read
>

[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816101&Product=winsvr2003[/url]

>
> but it doesn't mention how to deal with secondaries.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> tsc
>
>

[TheSingingCat]

My apologies, both servers are 2003 Standard, I'll scrap the secondary --
thank you.

tsc

"Doug Sherman [MVP]" <dsherman@nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:utRI0FSXEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> You can leave the secondary if you want - just set up zone transfers. If
> you want to convert the secondary to AD integrated, it must be running on

a

> Win2k or Win 2003 domain controller. In that case I would delete the
> secondary zone and create an AD integrated zone - the new zone will
> automatically populate through the replication process.
>
> Doug Sherman
> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
>