Compare to windows 2003, Windows 2008 have more features and improvement, I will discuss the improvement related to DNS in this article, Microsoft done the improvement that really required for the IT environment, Windows 2008 DNS features are listed below Background zone loading: If you are an administrator for an large environment you would have… Read More »
After the implementation of the Application directory partition, you can move the DNS zones from Domain Partition to Application partition, before that you have to have full understanding of Application directory partition, like the different types of Active Directory Zone Replication scopes and which one suitable for the requirementProcedure it very simple however proper planning… Read More »
How to create DNS zone in DNS Application Directory Partition Windows 2003 have a Application Directory Partition feature, you can create DNS zone on the Application Directory Partition to get the advantage of Application Directory Partition, it’s like a normal zone creation except the selection of Active Directory Zone Replication scope 1. Open the DNS… Read More »
Check the DNS zone status from the list of servers If you are using the windows DNS server and it’s not AD integrated then it’s a primary and secondary concept, in this zone will not be replicated automatically you have to create manually an each server, if you want to check the zone status on… Read More »
Network shares on test01.test.com server, we have created the DNS alias test004.test.com pointing to test01.test.com host, while accessing the network shares on test01.test.com through DNS alias (\test004.test.comshare name) getting the below error, however while access this same network share through original server name able to access successfully \test004.test.comshare name You were not connected because a… Read More »
Whats is DNS server roles and different types of zones A zone is a storage database for either a DNS domain or for a DNS domain and one or more of its subdomains. On all Windows 2000 DNS servers except Active Directory-integrated DNS servers, all DNS entries for a zone are contained in single text file… Read More »
DNS troubleshooting If the client resolves the host name with the wrong IP address, this might be because of DNS server cache, the original IP address for the corresponding host have changed but still the local DNS server cache not yet updated, so you client will get the wrong and old IP address from DNS… Read More »
Clearing the DNS Cache You want to clear DNS cache. The DNS cache contains resource records that are cached for a period of time in memory so that repeated requests for the same record can be returned immediately. There are two types of DNS cache. One pertains to the resolver on any Windows client (servers… Read More »
Updated IP address of Domain controller Updated IP address of Domain controller For windows servers DNS entries are dynamically updated, we shouldn’t update manually, especially for domain controllers DNS entry should be updated dynamically, use the below command to register its DNS records dynamically. 1. Then stop/start the netlogon service to update DNS records2. Use… Read More »
Island Issue A potential problem with this configuration arises when the IP address of a domain controller is changed. Since the domain controller is known to its replication partners by its former IP, they will not be able to replicate and get the address change. To resolve this problem, configure the domain controller with the… Read More »
