Kevin, many thanks. I still am a bit confused on the matters of replication
scope and the name servers tab, at least from a practical standpoint.
Consider this scenario:

Two domains (domainA - parent, domainB - child) each with "domain-wide DNS
server replication scope". No forwarders to the other domain and no stub
zones for the other domain in each domain respectively. So, if on the name
servers tab of the local name servers in each domain one were to add the
names/ip address of DNS servers in the other domain, which because of the
"domain-wide replication scope" each domain would not have a full copy of the
other domains zone, this would have what effect? Based on our question/answer
session I say none. Is even possible to add a name server to the zones name
server tab that does not actually have a full copy of the zone?

If there were full copies of each domains zone in the other domain when both
domains use "domain-wide" replication scope it is possible that each domain
holds a non-AD Integrated copy of the other domains zone that was transferred
using a "zone transfer" (from the AD Integrated "primary" to the standard
"secondary")? If this could be the case, then these name servers holding
"secondary" copies of the zone should be listed in the Name Servers tab in
the other domain too?

Thanks again.

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

> Tom wrote:
> > Kevin, thanks for the .
> >
> > Regarding (#1) names servers listed on the Name Servers tab...if a
> > zone has
> > a "domain-wide" replication scope to DNS servers is it correct to say
> > that only the DNS servers in the same domain would have a copy of the
> > zone and hence be listed in the Name Servers tab?
>
> Domain wide replication means the zone is stored in the DomainDNSZones
> partition, and replicated to all DNS server in the domain. It has nothing to
> do with what is on the name servers tab.
> Windows Server 2003 has three default replication partitions MicrosoftDNS,
> DomainDNSZones, and ForestDNSZones.
>
> >
> > Also, is it the case that if I look on local DNS servers at a stub
> > zone for
> > a remote domain that one should see only the name servers (on the
> > name server tab) that are the name servers listed as (NS) in the stub
> > zone (the name servers in the remote domain)?
>
> On stub zone the servers listed on the Name servers tab are the remote name
> servers that have the full zone.
>
> >
> > Regarding stubs...once the stub zone is in place that is enough to
> > direct
> > DNS queries for host.domainB.local say from domainA (with a stub for
> > domainB) to domainB, no forwarder needed, correct?
>
> Correct, no forwarders needed to the domain named in the stub, nor any name
> under the domain i.e. domainb.local includes host.sub.domainb.local.
> --
> Best regards,
> Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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